Hot for Security

MAY 11, 2021

In 2020, The National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) Active Cyber Defense (ACD) program managed to curb the online scam economy in a record-breaking takedown of 700,595 scams. The NCSC notes that the HMRC-themed attacks were among the most popular UK government departments used as a phishing lure, with over 4,000 campaigns in 2020.

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Scams Phishing Banking Internet 121

SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In this study, we analyzed how long phishing pages survive as well as the signs they show when they become inactive. In addition to the general data, we provided a number of options for classifying phishing pages according to formal criteria and analyzed the results for each of them. Life cycle of phishing pages. Introduction.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2020

Until recently, I couldn’t quite work out what Privnotes was up to, but today it became crystal clear: Any messages containing bitcoin addresses will be automatically altered to include a different bitcoin address, as long as the Internet addresses of the sender and receiver of the message are not the same. The altered message.

Phishing 209

Phishing Encryption Internet Internet 209

SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2021

Phishing attacks hit an all-time high earlier this year, and your end-users should certainly be trained on how to identify them. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report, 1st Quarter 2021 , which dives into phishing attacks and other identity theft techniques.

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Phishing Identity Theft Encryption Ransomware 102

SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. In this report, we cover PC and mobile threats as well as various phishing schemes that capitalize on popular games. Pandemic-related statistics cover the period of January 2020 through June 2021.

Adware 126

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

According to SiteLock researchers and cybersecurity experts, the threat landscape will only continue to grow in 2020 and will likely bring even more new challenges with it. We’ve analyzed the current state of the industry and packaged up our top five cybersecurity predictions for 2020. Given that over 2.5

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2021

Google is urging users to beware of the phishing attacks that are taking place on Google Drive. In what is known to our Cybersecurity Insiders, hackers are seen launching phishing campaigns against Google Drive users by sending them email’s filled with malicious links and locking them from their accounts thereafter.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. It just so happened that the year 2020 gave hackers a large number of powerful news topics, with the COVID-19 pandemic as the biggest of these.

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 140

Identity IQ

APRIL 8, 2021

The information released in the FBI 2020 Internet Crime Report is staggering when it comes to the sheer scope of the crimes committed. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) provides information to the public regarding cybercrime and allows citizens to report crimes directly to the government. Number of 2020 complaints.

Internet 105

Internet Internet Scams Cybercrime 105

Hot for Security

MAY 20, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has been providing the public with reliable cybercrime reporting systems for 20 years. ” According to the 2020 IC3 report, the top three scams and cybercrimes reported by victims were phishing scams, non-payment/non-delivery scams and extortion attempts. .

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Internet Internet Scams Cybercrime 125

Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Bitdefender this week has published its annual Consumer Threat Landscape Report for 2020 underscoring some of the most prevalent cyber threats targeting regular users today. A key stat: cybercrime in 2020 was marked by a visible and aggressive targeting of the human layer. Aligned efforts to capitalize on COVID-19.

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Cybercrime Ransomware Cyber threats Surveillance 116

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. In H2 2020, 39.3%

Engineering 131

Engineering VPN Accountability Software 131

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. At the beginning of that year, we still observed phishing attacks that used the themes of infection and prevention as the bait.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 101

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2022

German police arrested one individual suspected of having stolen €4 million from users via large-scale phishing campaigns. Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) arrested an individual (24) suspected of having stolen €4,000,000 from internet users via phishing attacks along with a two accomplices who are suspected.

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Phishing Banking DDOS Accountability 93

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bad ops of operators of a phishing campaign exposed credentials stolen in attacks and made them publicly available through Google queries. . Check Point Research along with experts from cybersecurity firm Otorio shared details on their investigation into a large-scale phishing campaign that targeted thousands of global organizations.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Our Anti-Phishing system blocked 253 365 212 phishing links. Safe Messaging blocked 341 954 attempts to follow phishing links in messengers. Hurry up and lose your account: phishing in the corporate sector. Another noticeable phishing trend targeting the corporate sector was to exploit popular cloud services as bait.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed that the number of phishing websites peaked at record levels in the first quarter of 2021. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has published its new Phishing Activity Trends Report related to the first quarter of 2021. Reported Phishing Websites for Q1 2021.

Phishing 105

Phishing Advertising Cryptocurrency Encryption 105

Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2020

There seems to be a new stealer in town called #TroyStealer , targeting Portuguese internet users EXE: [link] Exfil email address: domionhuby@gmail.com Has anyone seen this threat before? /cc cc @CNCSgovpt @sirpedrotavares pic.twitter.com/1bDK3BtYeE — abuse.ch (@abuse_ch) June 12, 2020. About the author Pedro Tavares.

Internet 111

Internet Internet Malware Banking 111

Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. By September 2020, the average ransom payment peaked at $233,817. “In

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

In 2020, as the world grappled with a fast-spreading global pandemic, the FBI received more than 2,000 complaints each day, totaling 791,790 for the year. billion in losses, according to data collected by the FBI’s The Internet Complaint Center (IC3). The COVID-19 pandemic played a major role in cybercriminal activities in 2020.

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Cybercrime Internet Internet Small Business 52

SecureList

MARCH 25, 2021

This downward trend was not observed in the second half of 2020. Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked, by half-year, 2017 – 2020 ( download ). In H2 2020, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked increased in relation to H1 in 62% of countries. Northern Europe.

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Ransomware Spyware Internet Internet 96

SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2021

Phishing attacks hit an all-time high earlier this year, and your end-users should certainly be trained on how to identify them. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report, 1st Quarter 2021 , which dives into phishing attacks and other identity theft techniques.

Phishing 52

Phishing Identity Theft Encryption Ransomware 52

Heimadal Security

MAY 19, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has published its annual report for 2020, revealing that a total loss of $4.2 Billion to Cybercriminals in 2020 appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Billion to Cybercriminals in 2020 appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Cybercrime Internet Internet Phishing 60

SecureWorld News

MARCH 28, 2022

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its annual report, providing the public with specific details on how cybercrime has evolved in the last five years, what threats were the most persistent, and what groups were the most targeted, along with a flurry of other information and statistics.

Internet 72

Internet Internet Cybercrime Ransomware 72

Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The victim, through no fault of their own, has been the target of numerous angry tweets designed to ridicule their role in internet security and suggest they are incapable of performing their duty. — NordVPN (@NordVPN) October 23, 2020 Ah, tricky! Been a lot of "victim blaming" going on these last few days. Poor Googie!

Phishing 362

Phishing Password Management Passwords Internet 362

Hot for Security

MARCH 24, 2021

Fraud losses climbed to $56 billion in 2020 and identity fraud scams accounted for a staggering $43 billion of that cost, according to a new report. As consumers relied increasingly on digital payment products during 2020, identity fraud scams kept pace with this shift in behavior, the report reveals.

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Scams Accountability Authentication Internet 122

SecureWorld News

MARCH 22, 2021

The FBI just released its annual Internet Crime Report, and it is truly a sign of the times. The FBI notes that the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has been key to its mission to track cybercrimes. The IC3 received 791,790 complaints from the American public in 2020, the most ever in one year, with reported losses exceeding $4.1

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Cybercrime Scams Banking Accountability 54

Troy Hunt

APRIL 6, 2020

The Ultimate Tor Browser Guide for 2020 The Best VPN for China 2020 How to know if someone is watching you on your camera 5 Ways to Stay Protected from Advanced Phishing Threats How to Access Windows Remote Desktop Over the Internet What We Need To Know About Bluetooth Security The Best Internet Browser for 2020 Two-Factor Authentication: ?What

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Advertising VPN Internet Internet 295

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Carding Action 2020 targeted crooks selling/purchasing compromised card data on sites selling stolen cred itcard data and darkweb marketplaces. Carding Action 2020 sought to mitigate and prevent losses for financial institutions and cardholders. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Carding).

Cybercrime 90

Cybercrime eCommerce Banking Marketing 90

The Hacker News

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday said it's tracking more than 270 government-backed threat actors from more than 50 countries, adding it has approximately sent 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attempts to customers since the start of 2021.

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Phishing Internet Internet Government 117

Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2021

It is no surprise to see SOCs being conducted over the internet by crime groups. However, determining the exact figure has always been a challenge seeing that underreporting and inaccurate cost estimates were and have been pretty much a problem in 2020. And the NCA has been monitoring them year on year. Organized crime: Online fraud.

Cybercrime 92

Cybercrime Scams Ransomware Phishing 92

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

“According to this actor, he had originally intended to send his targets—all senior-level executives—phishing emails to compromise their accounts, but after that was unsuccessful, he pivoted to this ransomware pretext,” Abnormal’s Crane Hassold wrote. Source: FBI/IC3 2020 Internet Crime Report.

Scams 270

Scams Cybercrime Banking Identity Theft 270

SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

share in 2020 to the second most common in 2021 with 12.2%. Emotet (9.3%), described by Europol as “the world’s most dangerous malware”, underwent a drop of five percentage points between 2020 and 2021.This The mass change in cybercriminals’ objectives and methods seen in 2020 continued in 2021.

Banking 108

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Malware 108

Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2021

Internal actors moved significantly towards External in 2020. Top actions in breaches were: phishing (social), use of stolen credentials (hacking), other, ransomware (malware), pretexting (social), misconfiguration (error), misdelivery (error), brute force (hacking), C2 (malware), and backdoor (malware).

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Data breaches Social Engineering Ransomware Phishing 192

Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is Phish(ing)? But, never mind the dozens of other reports and white papers about phishing that come out every year from security industry leaders, let’s take a look at the 2021 Verizon DBIR. Going back a bit, it was also the top attack vector in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and well, hopefully, you get the picture.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Releasing a report on this note, security researchers compiled their report based on the information passed on by the National Cyber Security Index (NCSI) and the Global Cybersecurity Index 2020. Contrarily, Myanmar led the list of countries that gained the lowest score in internet safety with a score of 2.22

Cyber threats 137

Cyber threats Internet Internet Data breaches 137

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices.

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Mobile Phishing Authentication Accountability 297