Intelligence & Analytics July 1, 2020

How Growing Businesses Should Tackle Cybersecurity Challenges

3 min read - When we think about the most public cyber attacks and data breaches, we generally associate them with large enterprises. The truth is cyber attacks are not limited by company size. A significant cyber attack can happen to any company, in…

Threat Intelligence June 8, 2020

German Task Force for COVID-19 Medical Equipment Targeted in Ongoing Phishing Campaign

3 min read - During the course of ongoing research on coronavirus-related cyber activity, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) uncovered a COVID-19 related phishing campaign targeting a German multinational corporation (MNC), associated with a German government-private sector task force to procure…

Data Protection June 4, 2020

Shift Your Cybersecurity Mindset to Maintain Cyber Resilience

3 min read - As the business world navigates the ups and downs of today's economy, a mindset shift will be required to maintain cyber resilience.

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.

May 27, 2020

Office 365 Credentials Targeted by Fake Supreme Court Phishing Attacks

2 min read - Malicious actors leveraged phishing emails designed to look like they originated from the Supreme Court in order to steal victims' Office 365 credentials.

May 25, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: ‘Silent Night’ Malware Reminiscent of ZeuS

3 min read - Researchers observed digital criminals selling a new malware strain based on the ZeuS family called "Silent Night." Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.

May 20, 2020

New Microsoft Azure AD Sign-In Page Spoofed in Numerous Phishing Campaigns

2 min read - Microsoft discovered numerous phishing campaigns in which malicious actors attempted to spoof its new Azure AD sign-in page.

Zero Trust May 15, 2020

What the Data Is Telling Us About the Current Rise in Security Threats During the COVID-19 Pandemic

5 min read - IBM X-Force Research has been seeing a significant number of new malicious domains related to COVID-19 appear in the wild since late February 2020, based on Quad 9 data.

May 12, 2020

Astaroth Trojan Employed YouTube Channels as C&C to Evade Detection

2 min read - A new variant of the Astaroth Trojan family employed YouTube channels for command-and-control (C&C) functionality in order to evade detection.

May 12, 2020

Thunderspy Vulnerabilities Put Some Thunderbolt Users at Risk of Data Theft

2 min read - Millions of Windows and Linux-based devices could be hit by what researchers call Thunderspy attacks, where flaws in Thunderport interfaces are exploited in a matter of minutes.