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This disturbing find by a CERT researcher demonstrates how attackers can encode malicious files within a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image that acts in the same way as a ZIP archive.
The Iranian hacker group dubbed Colbalt Dickens has hit over 60 universities around the globe attempting to steal credentials to provide access to sensitive data.
Ed Kovacs at SecurityWeek reported on something that is one of the few things that keep me "awake at night":
New data from security vendor AlienVault shines a light on the real state of ransomware, and how concerned IT organizations are with preparing for and dealing with an attack.
Attackers are taking advantage of the requirement to secure online shopping and banking transactions processed within the U.K. to gather personal details of consumers and users alike.
A sophisticated threat group is going after a variety of industries using spearphishing and an arsenal of malware, according to Nalani Fraser and Fred Plan from FireEye. Fraser and Plan ...
Are cybercriminals counting on the victim’s simple cost-to-benefit decision to have their cyber-insurer pay the ransom? And, if so, are they targeting companies with cyberinsurance?
Our friends at Malwarebytes have a great article about this written by Pieter Arntz. This is a cross-post with grateful acknowledgement! :-D
The Casbaneiro banking Trojan is going after Latin American victims’ cryptocurrency, Verdict reports. It’s being distributed via phishing emails which trick victims into downloading a ...
LinkedIn says the Fall hiring season is very hot right now. With more than 20 million jobs posted, LinkedIn is the perfect way for scammers to trick users into becoming victims.
The recent rash of successful ransomware attacks against municipalities, state and local government, and school districts is bad for organizations and great for cybercriminals.
The increase in attack effectiveness and remediation costs, along with new compliance fines are causing the cost of a data breach to rise significantly.
77 per cent of UK workers admit that they have never received any form of training cyber skills training from their employer, according to a new study from Centrify, a leading provider of ...
So, Kevin Mitnick Meets Joe Perry from Aerosmith in Australia and someone asks him:
Educating students and staff about phishing attacks is essential to protecting schools, according to Matt Britland, Director of IT and digital strategy at Alleyn’s School in London. In an ...
The latest attack, dubbed “Heatstroke” uses new target-specific phishing kits that may be sold as a “phishing-as-a-service” using new techniques to avoid leaving a trail.
2019 is looking to be the year of the “data dump”, with more exposed records than any other year, empowering further credential stuffing attacks, according to McAfee.
We don’t often hear enough stories of cybercriminals being caught and paying back what they’ve stolen, but in the case of scammer Grant West, that’s exactly what has happened.
Scammers use familiar verification methods to establish credibility and lull the victim into a false sense of security to compromise Instagram accounts.
The FBI has issued a new warning that healthcare organizations, industrial companies, and the transportation sector are being targeted with ransomware. The attack methodologies continue ...
