Mustang Panda Uses Spear Phishing to Conduct Cyberespionage

The China-based threat actor Mustang Panda is conducting spear phishing campaigns against organizations in NATO countries and Russia, as well as entities in the US and Asia, according to ...

May 5, 2022 Stu Sjouwerman

Cozy Bear Goes Typosquatting

Researchers at Recorded Future’s Insikt Group warn that the Russian threat actor NOBELIUM (also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear) is using typosquatting domains to target the news and media ...

April 26, 2022 Stu Sjouwerman

More_eggs Malware Distributed Via Spear Phishing

Threat actors are sending out the stealthy “more_eggs” malware in spear phishing emails that target hiring managers, according to researchers at eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU).

April 20, 2022 Stu Sjouwerman

TraderTraitor: When States do Social Engineering

North Korea’s Lazarus Group is using social engineering attacks to target users of cryptocurrency, according to a joint advisory from the US FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ...

April 15, 2022 Stu Sjouwerman

Q1 2022 Report: Holiday-Themed Phishing Emails Entice Employees to Click [INFOGRAPHIC]

KnowBe4's latest quarterly report on top-clicked phishing email subjects is here. We analyze the top categories, general subjects (in both the United States and globally), and 'in the ...

April 5, 2022 Stu Sjouwerman

Social Engineering from Tehran

Social engineering continues to be a core component of the Iranian government’s hacking operations, according to researchers at Recorded Future.

February 8, 2022 Javvad Malik

The Evolution and Future of Ransomware

The history of ransomware spans over 30 years. The first specimen, known as the AIDS Trojan, was delivered via physical media using the postal system, and, upon its discovery, was quickly ...

February 8, 2022 Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers Now Exploit 'Slinks' in LinkedIn

Scammers are exploiting LinkedIn redirect links, or “Slinks,” to fool users and bypass email security filters, Brian Krebs reports. These links allow companies to track their marketing ...

January 19, 2022 Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4's Top-Clicked Phishing Email Results for Q4 2021 Compare the U.S. and EMEA [INFOGRAPHIC]

KnowBe4's latest quarterly report on top-clicked phishing email subjects is here. We analyze the top categories, general subjects (in both the United States and Europe, Middle East and ...

January 19, 2022 Stu Sjouwerman

A Cyberespionage Group Uses Social Engineering

A sophisticated China-aligned threat actor is using social engineering to carry out cyberespionage and financially motivated attacks, according to researchers at Trend Micro.

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