Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2025

House banned WhatsApp on government devices due to security concerns Russia-linked APT28 use Signal chats to target Ukraine official with malware China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targets Canadian Telecom companies U.S.

Data breaches

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS) now accounts for 57% of all cyberthreats, marking a 17% increase from the first half of 2024, according to Darktraces Annual Threat Report. The post CaaS Surges in 2025, Along With RATs, Ransomware appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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We Live Security

JULY 4, 2025

Award-winning news, views, and insight from the ESET security community English Español Deutsch Português Français TIPS & ADVICE BUSINESS SECURITY ESET RESEARCH About ESET Research Blogposts Podcasts White papers Threat reports WeLiveScience FEATURED Ukraine crisis – Digital security resource center WeLiveProgress COVID-19 Resources Videos TOPICS (..)

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Pursuing global collaborations, creating public-private partnerships, and developing frameworks to combat threats are all vital to enhancing our collective resilience. infrastructure, affecting vital citizen services like water, electricity and satellite systems into 2025.

Cybersecurity

Trend Micro

JUNE 10, 2025

6 Alerts Back Unread All Inside the criminal mind: Trend’s deep dive into cybercrime. close Read report > Cloud security that leads: Centralized, multi-layered protection now named a CNAPP Leader by IDC. Under Attack?

Cyber Risk

Trend Micro

JULY 2, 2025

6 Alerts Back Unread All Inside the criminal mind: Trend’s deep dive into cybercrime. close Read report > Cloud security that leads: Centralized, multi-layered protection now named a CNAPP Leader by IDC. Under Attack?

Cyber Risk

Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2025

botnet operators, all of whom are in China Malware KongTuke FileFix Leads to New Interlock RAT Variant Code highlighting with Cursor AI for $500,000 The Linuxsys Cryptominer From a Teams Call to a Ransomware Threat: Matanbuchus 3.0

Data breaches

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2024

CISA adds Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver and Adobe ColdFusion flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog ConnectOnCall data breach impacted over 900,000 individuals Report claims that Serbian authorities abused Cellebrite tool to install NoviSpy spyware Multiple flaws in Volkswagen Group’s infotainment unit allow for vehicle compromise (..)

Data breaches

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

I’m preparing the slides for my next speech and I decided to create this post while searching for interesting cybercrime statistics in 2020. Cybercrime will cost as much as $6 trillion annually by 2021. The global expense for organizations to protect their systems from cybercrime attacks will continue to grow.

Cybercrime

Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to Jun, Q2, of 2020. This makes it a reliable and trustworthy and continuously updated source, focused on the threats targeting Portuguese citizens. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Threat Report Portugal Q2 2020).

Threat Reports

Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from January to March, Q1, of 2021. Threat Report Portugal Q1 2021: Phishing and malware by numbers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Threat Report Portugal). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Threat Reports

Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 22, 2023

ESET's latest report highlights the abuse of the ChatGPT name, the rise of the Lumma Stealer malware and the Android SpinOk SDK spyware.

Threat Reports

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2022

The Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from March to June, Q2, 2022. This makes it a reliable, trustworthy, continuously updated source, focused on the threats targeting Portuguese citizens. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Threat Report Portugal ).

Threat Reports

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The Threat Report Portugal: H2 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to December, H2, 2022. This makes it a reliable, trustworthy, continuously updated source, focused on the threats targeting Portuguese citizens. The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware.

Threat Reports

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

Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. Megatraffer has continued to offer their code-signing services across more than a half-dozen other Russian-language cybercrime forums, mostly in the form of sporadically available EV and non-EV code-signing certificates from major vendors like Thawte and Comodo.

Malware

CSO Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

Today, cybercrime-as-a-service is a lucrative and growing business model among criminals. Ransomware is still a massive threat to organizations. These are among the findings of the Sophos’ 2023 Threat Report, which details how the cyberthreat landscape has changed due to an easier barrier of entry for criminal hopefuls.

Cybercrime

Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Today, were proud to present the ReliaQuest Annual Cyber-Threat Report: 2025. Now in its third year, this report offers a close look at the top cyber threats our customers faced throughout 2024. Last year was a defining one for cybercrime.

Threat Reports

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

This is a problem facing nearly every industry, but retailers remain a top target for cybercrime. According to the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report-Retail Edition , 62 percent of U.S. retail organizations say that they have been breached at any time in their history, with 37 percent breached in the last year alone.

Retail

Naked Security

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Latest episode - security expert John Shier explains what the real-life cybercrime stories in the Sophos Threat Report can teach us.

Threat Reports

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

This successful operation is just one example of how law enforcement are working with industry partners, adapting and applying new technologies to aid investigations and ultimately reduce the global impact of cybercrime,» concluded Mr Jones.” INTERPOL’s Director of Cybercrime. ” Craig Jones. ” Idam Wasiadi.

Cybercrime

Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Threats abound in 2021. In 2021, we witnessed so many competing shifts, many of which we detailed early on in our 2021 BrightCloud® Threat Report. The cybercrime marketplace also continued to get more robust while the barrier to entry for malicious actors continued to drop.

Cybercrime

Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

But regular consumers are equally affected by cybercrime, directly or indirectly. 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. Cybersecurity can often seem like a topic for the business sector.

Cybercrime

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

North Korea-linked APT groups actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaw Multiple APT groups exploited WinRAR flaw CVE-2023-38831 Californian IT company DNA Micro leaks private mobile phone data Threat actors have been exploiting CVE-2023-4966 in Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway devices since August A flaw in Synology DiskStation Manager allows admin account (..)

Ransomware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Alarming Reality of Fraud Fraud and cybercrime are pressing challenges for all sectors, including financial services. Fraud and cybercrime account for over 40% of all estimated crimes in England and Wales and affects more people more often than any other crime. billion annually.

Financial Services

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

Experts found critical authentication bypass flaw in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S.

Data breaches

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2022

Unfaithful HackerOne employee steals bug reports to claim additional bounties Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2022 CISA orders federal agencies to patch CVE-2022-26925 by July 22 Tens of Jenkins plugins are affected by zero-day vulnerabilities Microsoft: Raspberry Robin worm already infected hundreds of networks. Upgrade it now!

Cybercrime

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2023

INC RANSOM ransomware gang claims to have breached Xerox Corp Spotify music converter TuneFab puts users at risk Cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania Russia-linked APT28 used new malware in a recent phishing campaign Clash of Clans gamers at risk while using third-party app New Version of Meduza (..)

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Unfortunately, this time of year brings as much cybercrime as it does holiday cheer. According to our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud Threat Report , on average, 18.8% Antivirus software offers threat protection by securing all of your music files, photo galleries and important documents from being destroyed by malicious programs.

Antivirus

Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2020

According to the CrowdStrike 2020 Global Threat Report, the telecommunications and government sectors were the most targeted by the threat actors. China-linked cyber espionage groups increasingly targeted organizations in the telecommunications industry in 2019.

Telecommunications

Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

American Trucking Associations developed new Fleet CyWatch threat reporting, information sharing service in conjunction with FBI.

Cybercrime

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

CISA adds Veritas Backup Exec flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Apple addressed two actively exploited zero-day flaws MSI confirms security breach after Money Message ransomware attack Microsoft aims at stopping cybercriminals from using cracked copies of Cobalt Strike Phishers migrate to Telegram Money Message ransomware group claims (..)

Computers and Electronics

The State of Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Organisations hit by ransomware attacks are finding themselves paying out more than ever before, according to a new report from Palo Alto Networks. The post Average ransomware payouts shoot up 171% to over $300,000 appeared first on The State of Security.

Ransomware

Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2023

WordPress sites using the Ultimate Member plugin are under attack LockBit gang demands a $70 million ransom to the semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC Avast released a free decryptor for the Windows version of the Akira ransomware Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT enhanced its POWERSTAR Backdoor miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin (..)

Cybercrime

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). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 341 appeared first on Security Affairs.

Banking

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Read more: How to Stop DDoS Attacks in Three Stages How to Prevent DDoS Attacks: 5 Steps for DDoS Prevention DDoS Attack Traffic Surges According to Cloudflare’s most recent DDoS threat report , the amount of HTTP DDoS attack traffic in the last quarter of 2022 surged by 79 percent year-over-year.

DDOS

Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

While we were working to secure this new environment, there was a dark side brewing; the world of cybercrime saw an opportunity to capitalize on the haste to preserve life, and we saw a rise in cyberattacks. Source: Cisco, “Defending Against Critical Threats, A 12 Month Roundup”.

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