Spear Phishing Report Card: Perfect Scores in School Security Pen Testing
According to a new U.K.-based study, 100 percent of test spear phishing attacks gained access to sensitive university data in less than two hours.
Web Servers Used to Host 10 Malware Families Distributed via Phishing Emails
Digital attackers used more than a dozen web servers to host 10 malware families and distributed those threats using phishing emails.
Brute-Force Attack Wave Uses Legacy Protocols, Credential Dumps to Compromise Cloud Accounts
A massive brute-force attack campaign used both legacy protocols and credential dumps to compromise cloud user accounts, according to security researchers.
Instagram Hack Fools Social Media Influencers With Phony ‘Verified’ Badges
Security researchers observed a Turkish-speaking group of cybercriminals using an Instagram hack to extort money, nude photos and other information from social media influencers.
Attack Campaign Targets Organizations Worldwide With New Qbot Banking Malware Variant
Security researchers spotted a new attack campaign that's targeting organizations in several countries with a new variant of Qbot banking malware.
How Fraud Specialist Danna Pelleg Fights Bad Guys With the Best Team in the Business
Danna Pelleg's childhood curiosity, early technology education and compulsion to fight the bad guys led her to a career as a fraud specialist and security operations team lead at IBM Trusteer.
Social Engineering Testing: Why Getting Hacked Is a Security Advantage
Social engineering and security awareness training exercises can help business leaders uncover gaps in their incident response plans and identify poor security hygiene among employees.
Why You Should Be Worried About London Blue’s Business Email Compromise Attacks
Researchers have discovered evidence of a threat group named London Blue, a U.K.-based collective that focuses on CFOs at mortgage companies, accounting firms and some of the world's largest banks.
Threat Actors Use Malspam Campaign to Target Italian Users With sLoad Downloader
Security researchers identified a malspam campaign targeting Italian users with a variant of the sLoad downloader.
Thanksgiving Spam Campaign Use Obfuscation to Deliver Emotet Banking Trojan
Bad actors recently launched a Thanksgiving-themed spam campaign that used obfuscation to deliver the Emotet banking Trojan.