Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2021

According to the 2020 Insider Threat Report , contractors, service providers, and temporary workers pose the greatest risk to 50% of organizations. The cleaner’s insider access takes care of the physical access challenge, while detachment to the organization makes the individual more susceptible to social engineering.

Social Engineering 129

Social Engineering Healthcare Engineering Hacking 129

Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As we mentioned in a previous blog , hackers come in many forms, but their methods can generally be classified into three distinct types of cybercriminals: The Impersonator – Hackers that pretend to be others, often using social engineering and human psychology to trick users. Let’s look at a few primary examples.

Scams 108

Scams Phishing Firewall Social Engineering 108

Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

McKinsey & Company raised the alarm in 2020. Then, they reported 87% of organisations worldwide were already facing a skill gap or would face a severe talent shortage by 2025. Just like yesterday, all tech is hackable and cybercriminals penetrate 93% of company networks in less than 2-days. Could it get any worse? Sadly, yes.

CISO 130

CISO Mobile Technology Risk 130

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Based on our telemetry, the January 2021 indicators do not necessarily represent new intrusions or new malware samples, as the detections were relatively old (between 2018 and 2020), and the Explosive RAT samples did not contain significant modifications. We discovered a previously unknown backdoor in active use since at least December 2020.

Malware 139

Malware Ransomware Spyware Encryption 139

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The Threat Report Portugal: Q4 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q4, of 2021. This makes it a reliable and trustworthy and continuously updated source, focused on the threats targeting Portuguese citizens. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Threat Report Portugal ).

Threat Reports 87

Threat Reports Phishing Banking Malware 87

Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

2020 may have been the year of establishing remote connectivity and addressing the cybersecurity skills gap, but 2021 presented security experts, government officials and businesses with a series of unpresented challenges. Threats abound in 2021. Ransomware. Earlier in 2021, we detailed the hidden costs of ransomware in our eBook.

Cybercrime 105

Cybercrime Phishing Ransomware Cryptocurrency 105

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

One of the suspected FinFly Web servers was active for more than a year between October 2019 and December 2020. As it turned out, it was active for a very short time around September 2020 on a host that appears to have been impersonating the popular Mail.ru The activities peaked in November 2020, but are still ongoing.

Malware 138

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 138