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October 9, 2019

Business Email Compromise Attacks Increased by 269% in Q2, 2019

Figures from Mimecast show there has been a sharp rise in business email compromise (BEC) attacks in Q2, 2019. Compared to Q1, 2019, BEC attacks ...

October 2, 2019

U.S. Senate Passes Cybersecurity Legislation to Protect Infrastructure & Aid Recovery from Ransomware and Other Cyberattacks

The U.S. Senate has passed a new bill – the DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act – that calls for the Department of Homeland ...

September 26, 2019

New Links Between Sodinokibi and GandCrab Ransomware Discovered

The threat actors behind the infamous and highly successful GandCrab ransomware operation announced their retirement earlier this year and shut down their operation. The gang ...

September 24, 2019

58% of CISOs Believe Surviving a Data Breach Will Make Them More Attractive to Future Employers

Data breaches are best avoided by Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) through the implementation of a strong cybersecurity framework, but should disaster strike it could ...

September 20, 2019

Phishing Attack on Ramsey County Impacts 117,905 Individuals

Ramsey County has revealed that a phishing attack that took place in August 2018 impacted a great many more individuals than first thought. The victim ...

September 19, 2019

SMBs are Underestimating Damage Caused by a Cyberattack

AppRiver has published the results of its Q3 Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey, which have revealed that SMBs are underestimating the consequences of a successful ...

September 18, 2019

Emotet is Back in Action and Delivering TrickBot and Ryuk Ransomware

It has been all quiet on the Emotet front for the past four months, but the infamous botnet is back with a vengeance. A large-scale ...

September 4, 2019

43% of UK SMEs Have Experienced an Email Impersonation Attack in the Past 12 Months

43% of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom have experienced a business email compromise (BEC) or email impersonation attack in the ...

September 2, 2019

Digital Extortion and Fileless Malware Attacks Have Soared in 1H, 2019

The first 6 months of 2019 have seen significant increases in business email compromise (BEC) attacks, ransomware attacks, and other forms of cyber extortion, according ...

August 28, 2019

Multi-Factor Authentication Stops 99.9% of Automated Cyberattacks

A new report from Microsoft suggests 99.9% of all automated cyberattacks on Microsoft platforms and other online services are blocked by multi-factor authentication, highlighting the ...

August 21, 2019

Study Highlights Risk of Lateral Phishing Attacks

Phishing is the use of impersonation to trick another person into disclosing sensitive information. Phishing can take place over the Internet, telephone, or via text ...

August 19, 2019

Texas Ransomware Attack Affects 23 Government Agencies

The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has issued a statement confirming the state has experienced a major ransomware incident that has affected multiple agencies. ...

August 14, 2019

Xwo Web Scanner Used to Identify Unprotected MongoDB Databases

Security researchers at AT&T Alien Labs have identified a new ‘malware’ variant that is being used to identify potential targets. The web scanner has been ...

July 31, 2019

Capital One Data Breach Impacts 106 Million Customers: Hacker Arrested

Capital One, the 7th largest U.S. commercial bank and the 5th largest credit card issuer in the United States, has announced it has recently suffered ...

July 23, 2019

Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million to Settle Data Breach Case

The massive data breach at the credit reporting firm Equifax in 2017 exposed the personal and financial information of 147 million Americans. The breach triggered ...

July 23, 2019

AMCA Data Breach Total Nears 25 Million

The number of healthcare providers confirmed to have been affected by the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) data breach has continued to grow over the ...

July 12, 2019

Tennessee Hospice Phishing Attack may have Impacted Sensitive Data

A provider of end-of-life care, palliative care, bereavement support and community education based in Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee has revealed that the email account ...

July 5, 2019

TA505 Hacking Group Spam Campaigns Distributing Gelup Downloader and FlowerPippi Backdoor

Several recent spam campaigns have been linked to the hacking group TA505. The campaigns distribute a malware downloader – AndroMut or Gelup – and the FlowerPippi backdoor. ...

July 2, 2019

Phishing-as-a-Service Helping to Fuel Increase in Phishing Attacks

If a task is time consuming or difficult, there is usually someone willing to offer it as a service. That can now be said of ...

July 1, 2019

Second Major Florida Ransomware Attack Raises Ransom Total to $1.1 Million in a Month

Two Florida cities suffered major ransomware attacks in the past month that wiped out their computer and phone systems. First came the news that Riviera ...

June 26, 2019

California and Illinois Clinics Discover Ransomware Attacks

Quantum Vision Centers and Eye Surgery Center patients located in Illinois are being contact to make them aware that some of their protected health information ...

June 22, 2019

645,000 Clients of Oregon Department of Human Services Alerted Regarding Phishing Breach

The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) is making contact with 645,000 clients to advise them that some of their personal information may have been ...

June 21, 2019

Florida City Pays $600,000 Ransom to Hackers for Keys to Unlock Encrypted Files

A ransomware attack on the city of Riviera Beach in Florida has paralyzed the city’s computer system for more than 3 weeks and has caused ...

June 21, 2019

MSP Remote Access Tools Abused to Deploy Ransomware on Client Networks

Managed service providers (MSPs) are being warned about a spate of attacks that has seen hackers infiltrate MSP systems, compromise their remote management tools, and ...

June 20, 2019

Radware Survey Reveals the 2019 Cost of a Cyberattack is now $4.6 Million

A recent survey by Radware has confirmed there has been a significant increase in the cost of a cyberattack in 2019. The average cost of ...

June 18, 2019

Free GandCrab Ransomware Decryptor Released for Versions 5.0 and 5.2

Bitdefender has released a decryption tool that can be used to recover files encrypted by all GandCrab ransomware variants, including 5.0 and 5.2. Three decryptors ...

June 11, 2019

U.S. Coast Guard Issues Warning Following Increase in Cyberattacks on Ships

A rise in malware attacks on commercial vessels has prompted the U.S. Coast Guard to issue a warning to ship owners about the increased risk ...

June 10, 2019

Phishing Breach Notifications Sent to 645,000 Clients of Oregon Department of Human Services

The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) is making contact with 645,000 clients to advise them that a portion of their personal information was possibly ...

June 7, 2019

Misconfigured ElasticSearch Server at University of Chicago Medicine Exposed Over 1.68M Records

It has been revealed that University of Chicago Medicine has discovered more than 1.68 million of its records have been exposed due to a misconfigured ...

June 6, 2019

Norsk Hydro Ransomware Attack Estimated to Cost Firm Between $58 and $70 Million

Disaster strikes and ransomware is installed on the network. If backups have been made and they have also not been encrypted, files can be unlocked ...

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