New Research: Ransomware Data Extortion Skyrocketing
Data theft extortion attacks increased by 46% in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to a new report from Nuspire.
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Data theft extortion attacks increased by 46% in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to a new report from Nuspire.
SentinelOne warns that a phishing campaign is targeting high-profile X accounts, including those belonging to US political figures, leading journalists, major technology companies, ...
Dr. Martin J. Kraemer discusses learning from The Word Economics Forum Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 report Last year, the British multinational corporation Arup lost about 20 million pounds ...
Scammers are taking advantage of the newfound popularity of the China-based AI app DeepSeek, according to researchers at ESET.
Nearly half (46%) of businesses observed an increase in deepfakes and generative AI-related fraud last year, a new report from AuthenticID has found.
Researchers at Cisco Talos warn that a new phishing campaign is targeting users in Germany and Poland in an attempt to deliver several strains of malware, including a new backdoor dubbed ...
Our recent Africa Cybersecurity Awareness survey has revealed a startling surge in cybersecurity concerns among African users, with 58% of respondents expressing high levels of worry ...
Microsoft, Apple, and Google were the most commonly impersonated brands in phishing attacks last quarter, according to researchers at Check Point.
Drivers across the U.S. are being bombarded with fraudulent text messages claiming to come from toll operators like E-ZPass.
73% of educational institutions in the UK have sustained at least one cyberattack or breach in the past five years, according to researchers at ESET.
Phishing attacks are the most common security issue for smartphone users, according to a new study by Omdia.
An SMS phishing (smishing) campaign is attempting to trick Apple device users into disabling measures designed to protect them against malicious links, BleepingComputer reports.
Social engineering and phishing are involved in 70% - 90% of data breaches. No other root cause of malicious hacking (e.g., unpatched software and firmware, eavesdropping, cryptography ...
Ransomware groups claimed responsibility for 5,461 attacks in 2024, with 1,204 of these attacks being publicly confirmed by victim organizations, according to Comparitech’s latest ...
In cybersecurity, email has always been a critical concern. However, we feel the new 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Email Security Platforms™ has signaled a shift in how we approach ...
Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) has attributed more than 200 cyber incidents over the past five years to the China-aligned threat actor “MirrorFace,” Infosecurity Magazine reports.
Securonix warns that tax-themed phishing emails are attempting to deliver malware via Microsoft Management Console (MSC) files.
KnowBe4 is a big believer in focusing on decreasing human risk as the best way to decrease cybersecurity risk in most environments.
ESET has published its threat report for the second half of 2024, outlining a new social engineering tactic targeting mobile banking users.
A threat actor is abusing HubSpot’s Free Form Builder service to craft credential-harvesting phishing pages, according to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.
