Security Services September 17, 2021

How to protect against deepfake attacks and extortion

2 min read - Cybersecurity professionals are already losing sleep over data breaches and how to best protect their employers from attacks. Now they have another nightmare to stress over — how to spot a deepfake. Deepfakes are different because attackers can easily use…

News June 21, 2021

New Buer Malware Loader Spread Through DHL Scam Email

2 min read - Digital attackers are using fake DHL shipping emails to trick recipients into opening a malicious Microsoft Office document. According to Proofpoint, the DHL scam email leads to an infection of ‘RustyBuer,’ a new variant of the Buer Loader malware family…

Incident Response June 16, 2021

Why a Phishing Attack Is Still Profitable — And How To Stop One

4 min read - As the business world continues to grapple with an expanding definition of new normal, the phishing attack remains a common tactic for attackers. Why are phishing attacks still happening? How can we prevent them? We spoke to a threat analyst…

June 1, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: Average Ransomware Demand Grew 14 Times in One Year

3 min read - Researchers revealed that the average ransomware demand grew 14 times over a one-year period from 2018 to 2019. Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.

April 27, 2020

‘Florentine Banker’ Group Steals Approximately £600K in Successful BEC Scam

2 min read - A threat group known as "The Florentine Banker" stole approximately £600K in a successful business email compromise (BEC) scam.

Government April 27, 2020

SBA Spoofed in COVID-19 Spam to Deliver Remcos RAT

5 min read - As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impacts small businesses in the U.S., cybercriminals are trusting that people will be more likely to open unsolicited emails purporting to come from relevant entities.

April 21, 2020

Emotet Gets a Redesign to Improve Its Evasion Capabilities

2 min read - Emotet has returned with additional modules that have been specifically designed to improve the malware's evasion capabilities, a cybersecurity researcher warned.

April 15, 2020

Phishing Campaign Tries to Fool WebEx Users With Bogus IT Security Warnings

2 min read - A phishing campaign is targeting WebEx users who are working from home by spoofing IT security alerts, according to security researchers.

Threat Intelligence March 3, 2020

State of the Phish: IBM X-Force Reveals Current Phishing Attack Trends

6 min read - Phishing has long been an infection vector of choice for threat actors, and for good reason — it is relatively easy, inexpensive and consistently successful.

October 14, 2019

Impostor Email Attacks Targeting Healthcare Increased by 300 Percent Between Q1 2018 and Q1 2019

2 min read - Healthcare companies saw a 300 percent increase in impostor email attacks between the first quarters of 2018 and 2019, a new report found.