Tag: Cybercriminals

Despite the rise in vulnerability reporting, cryptojacking attacks and attacks on critical infrastructure, one threat trend has been on the decline.

X-Force researchers observed attackers targeting multinational corporations in various sectors using malicious scripts to automate attacks on misconfigured servers.

IBM X-Force researchers observed cybercriminals engaging in three tax-themed malware campaigns.

Security researchers warn that the cybercriminals behind the TrickBot and BokBot banking Trojans are now collaborating to perform man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks.

Security researchers discovered a strain of POS malware dubbed GlitchPOS that comes with an instructional video to help would-be cybercriminals steal credit card data.

In 2018, IBM X-Force researchers observed organized cybercrime groups collaborating, rather than competing over turf or even attacking each other, for the first time.

EdTech today stores more personally identifiable information on K-12 students than ever, but the FBI warns that much of that data is severely exposed to threat actors.

The concept of mutually assured destruction (MAD) has historically prevented nuclear war, but threat actors' advanced obfuscation techniques have made cyber deterrence difficult if not impossible.

A malware family known as CARROTBAT is currently using at least 12 unique decoy documents to spread itself among unsuspecting users.

Security researchers observed the Sednit threat group distributing Zebrocy malware using a Delphi dropper and mail downloader.