Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

Mobile device management (MDM) deployments haven’t exactly put the kibosh on threats to financial services. In fact, even while MDM adoption rose 50%, quarterly exposure to phishing between 2019 and 2020 jumped by 125%, according to the Lookout Financial Services Threat Report.

Financial Services 141

Financial Services Phishing Malware Mobile 141

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

The ransomware operation has been active since late December 2019, this is the second time that the FBI first shares IoC related to RagnarLocker operation, the FBI first became aware of this threat in April 2020. Use multi-factor authentication with strong passwords, including for remote access services.

Ransomware 84

Ransomware Financial Services Passwords VPN 84

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Gartner has projected that by 2025, more than 60% of organizations will move away from VPN and rely on ZTNA. RELATED: Death of the VPN: A Security Eulogy ] VPNs have notably higher operating costs and lower scalability when using device-based architecture. In this case, CISOs must manage the risks due to the technology debt.

IoT 90

IoT VPN Architecture Risk 90

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It provides victims with a VPN connection that can be used to browse these resources. 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.

Malware 143

Malware Ransomware Spyware Encryption 143

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 20, 2021

Organizations suffered an unprecedented number of cyberattacks in 2020. The FBI’s Cyber Division received as many as 4,000 complaints of digital attacks a day in H1 2020, reported by The Hill. Meanwhile, Verizon found in its MSI 2021 that less than half (47%) of respondents with a VPN installed on their devices activated it.

Mobile 71

Mobile Architecture Data breaches Authentication 71

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 143

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 143

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. CrowdStrike: Observes the top attack vector in 2023 and predicts 2024’s targets: Unmanaged network appliances (edge gateway, firewall, virtual private network/VPN) remain the most observed initial access vector exploited in 2023. 20,551 gambling industry attacks.

Cybersecurity 121

Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords 121