SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. These services, too, have been outsourced.

Cybercrime 137

Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 137

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

And this is especially dangerous to small businesses in the U.S. If this malware is able to steal the login and password for your business bank account, it will very quickly empty that account. And small business accounts are not protected by zero liability. And maybe even out of business.

Cybercrime 66

Cybercrime Small Business Banking Antivirus 66

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

Cybercrime 198

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 198

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

Cybercriminals employed all manner of schemes to target businesses and individuals, including phishing, spoofing and tech support fraud, the FBI reported. The costliest cybercrimes were against businesses, involving Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) schemes that added up to U.S. 54 million. 146 million in losses.

Cybercrime 52

Cybercrime Internet Internet Small Business 52

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

And a lot of these were small businesses that were just holding on by their fingernails during COVID.” There is a now-dormant Myspace account for a Matthew Philbert from Orleans, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario. The information tied to the Myspace account matches the age and town of the defendant. ” A DARK CLOUD.

Cybercrime 259

Cybercrime Ransomware Accountability Advertising 259

Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Small Business Hacking Malware 110

The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

The data shows how perceptions around cyber and technology risks, from ransomware and other cyber-attacks to the threats posed by AI, are changing the global business risk landscape. The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5

Cyber Risk 161

Cyber Risk Risk Insurance Energy and Utilities 161

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 26, 2023

Small and Medium Businesses Day: Tips on Securing the Backbone of National Economies madhav Tue, 06/27/2023 - 05:46 The United Nations General Assembly designated 27 June as Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises Day to raise awareness of these businesses’ contribution to national economies.

Small Business 62

Small Business Encryption Risk Accountability 62

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Nowadays, small businesses are more susceptible to spear phishing since they lack the IT security infrastructure in larger organizations. Because the address comes across as an internal team member, people trust them, ultimately exposing themselves to cybercrime. Spear phishing. Otherwise, they risk dire consequences.

Phishing 124

Phishing Scams Cybercrime Passwords 124

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The clear and present risk to the average consumer or small business owner is that his or here stolen account credentials will surface in one or more credential stuffing campaigns. And once they do, they swiftly try to gain access to accounts on other popular services. ” Third-party risks.

Small Business 129

Small Business Passwords Authentication Accountability 129

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2023

Threat actors targeted the company’s employees and contractors to gain access to an internal support and account admin tool. “On January 11, the Mailchimp Security team identified an unauthorized actor accessing one of our tools used by Mailchimp customer-facing teams for customer support and account administration.

Social Engineering 92

Social Engineering Small Business Marketing Accountability 92

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4 Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

Spyware 129

Spyware Manufacturing Small Business Surveillance 129

The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

This has projected costs associated with cybercrimes to hit the tens of trillions by 2025, highlighting the vital need for web hosts to implement staunch security. Gainesville, Fla., July 18, 2022 – Around 30,000 websites get hacked every day , with the majority of those cyberattacks due to human error.

Hacking 100

Hacking DDOS Small Business Spyware 100

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Russian man indicted for allegedly orchestrating a vast, international cybercrime network that called itself “ Evil Corp ” and stole roughly $100 million from businesses and consumers.

Cybercrime 208

Cybercrime Banking Small Business Accountability 208

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

Banking 65

Banking Small Business Data breaches Firmware 65

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

Cybercrime has skyrocketed in the last few years, and the websites of small and medium-sized companies have been the most frequent target of web attacks. The Admin interface allows for server and accounts management. Offsite backups SPanel accounts also get free daily backups to a remote server. But is this enough?

Backups 69

Backups Cybercrime Authentication Accountability 69

Identity IQ

APRIL 2, 2021

The recent Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Report shows that cybercrime has spiked, leaving hundreds of thousands of victims and costing more than $4 billion. Phishing scams accounted for 241,342 complaints in the report, generating $54 million in total damages. billion in 2019 to $4.2 billion in 2020. Phishing Scams.

Scams 101

Scams Computers and Electronics Phishing Internet 101

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

Accountability 337

Accountability Identity Theft Hacking Insurance 337

SC Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

“By proactively providing HIBP with hashed passwords from breached data sets, the FBI is strategically empowering victims of cybercrime to more readily identify compromises of their accounts.” The post Have I Been Pwned teams with FBI, gives open-source access to code appeared first on SC Media.

Passwords 113

Passwords Password Management Small Business Media 113

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. LeakedSource also tried to pass itself off as a legal, legitimate business that was marketing to security firms and professionals. An administrator account Xerx3s on Abusewithus.

Hacking 185

Hacking Accountability Data breaches Marketing 185

SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2021

What is Business Email Compromise (BEC) and how does it work? We talked to a lead BEC investigator at the United States Secret Service for an explanation on this type of cybercrime. How do you define Business Email Compromise? First, you have your regular email correspondence and your daily company business.

Small Business 74

Small Business Cybercrime Accountability Government 74

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4

Small Business 96

Small Business Password Management VPN Healthcare 96

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2020

But the Secret Service discovered his various accounts at these data brokers and had them shut down one by one. Ngo became obsessed with restarting his business and maintaining his previous income. Longer term, Ngo says, he wants to mentor young people and help guide them on the right path, and away from cybercrime.

Identity Theft 313

Identity Theft Retail Government Banking 313

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

It’s a good idea to prepare for cybercrime, and whenever possible avoid becoming a victim of it. None of this is to suggest that falling prey to holiday cybercrime is unavoidable or that the potential damage can’t be mitigated, but it is important to educate yourself, friends and family to safeguard the holiday season.

Cybersecurity 191

Cybersecurity Retail Scams Phishing 191

SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2021

What is Business Email Compromise (BEC) and how does it work? We talked to a lead BEC investigator at the United States Secret Service for an explanation on this type of cybercrime. How do you define Business Email Compromise? First, you have your regular email correspondence and your daily company business. government.

Small Business 52

Small Business Cybercrime Accountability Government 52

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

3 Small businesses are at risk. As bad actors opt for a more agile and efficient approach, they’re turning their attention to “easy” targets: small businesses. Now they can hire a team to do it for them. The potential of this growing space is dangerous, and companies need to stay on their toes. #3

Phishing 96

Phishing Social Engineering Small Business B2B 96

SC Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its annual report Wednesday, showing a sharp increase in cybercrime, both in quantity and cost in 2020. The second was the increase in the total cost of business email compromise (BEC) scams and email account compromise (EAC).

Scams 126

Scams Cybercrime Accountability Ransomware 126

SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2022

According to a report from McAfee Enterprise and FireEye titled, "Cybercrime in a Pandemic World: The Impact of COVID-19," 81% of global organizations have experienced increased cyberthreats, and 79% experienced downtime from an attack during a peak season. Cybersecurity attacks are on the rise, especially since the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Digital transformation 75

Digital transformation Ransomware Phishing Small Business 75

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently launched a new website aimed at educating small business owners on the risks of cybercrime and the steps they can take to protect their business. Cyberattacks can be particularly devastating to small businesses.

Small Business 52

Small Business Government Risk Cybersecurity 52

SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

Yet in reality, cybercriminals can target anyone, especially those who are less protected, while small businesses typically have smaller budgets and are not as securely protected as larger companies. If an employee enters their credentials, the scammers get access to their account. Scammers often reach employees by e-mail.

Cybercrime 84

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 84

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

Others specialize in small businesses that are often targeted by ransomware these days. Those with an existing and satisfactory business insurance relationship with a vendor are advised to first contact that company, as they may be able to offer attractive rates by packaging cyber insurance with other types of insurance.

Cyber Insurance 95

Cyber Insurance Insurance Marketing Small Business 95

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If you are already familiar with the evolving cyber threat landscape in your home country, you’ll know that humans are often the most exploited attack vector for cybercrime, and how frequently small businesses are breached. So, how exactly are these challenges exacerbated when moving your operations beyond borders?

Penetration Testing 73

Penetration Testing Risk Cyber threats Marketing 73

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The unbridled optimism that spoke to so many at the dawn of the internet age has given way to malign actors, big and small, confident in their ability to evade the consequences for the harms they use cyberspace to inflict.". It will improve public-private collaboration to tackle cyber challenges across sectoral lines.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Government Cyber Insurance Technology 68

SC Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

The Huntress Labs official account has been live-blogging its experience with the attacks on a Reddit thread. By around 3:15 pm, Huntress said in their posts it was aware of 200 businesses being encrypted over eight MSPs. But later in the evening, Huntress cast doubt on the fewer than 40 figure.

Media 110

Media Small Business Encryption Ransomware 110

Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 17, 2021

Additionally, the long-outdated $10,000 threshold creates situations in which legitimate small business owners experience significant inconvenience; there are many small businesses engaging in normal, legal commerce that trigger the reporting requirement every single day when they deposit their daily cash receipts to banks. (I

Accountability 248

Accountability Small Business Artificial Intelligence Banking 248

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 13, 2022

Vulnerability threat management is critical because cybercrime is a constant and global risk. While developers should test their products, assess for vulnerabilities, and fix them before release, end users should also have a robust plan for vulnerability threat management to protect themselves from the damaging repercussions of cybercrime.

Software 117

Software Risk Cybercrime Small Business 117

Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Hackers love small businesses. Currently, three times more small businesses are targeted by them than larger ones and around 60% go under within six months of falling victim to a cyberattack. Today they account for only 25% of the cybersecurity workforce, a 1% improvement in the last two years.

CISO 130

CISO Mobile Technology Risk 130