Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2025

A continuation of the events stemming from UK giving a secret order to Apple to incorporate backdoors for iCloud , regardless of whether ADP was enabled. Companies who have received these orders cannot legally say so and the British Home Office department naturally will not confirm or deny involvement.

Surveillance

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2023

June 20, 2023 – IRONSCALES, the leading enterprise cloud email security platform protecting more than 10,000 global organizations worldwide, today announced the Beta launch of Themis Co-pilot for Microsoft Outlook , a GPT-powered chat assistant for self-service threat reporting.

Phishing

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Key Takeaways from the Thales Data Threat Report: EME Edition madhav Tue, 09/24/2024 - 05:23 Organizations in the Europe and Middle East (EME) region face significant challenges. The threat landscape is increasingly complex, regulatory requirements are becoming more stringent, and the economic environment remains uncertain.

Threat Reports

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Key Takeaways from the Thales Data Threat Report: EME Edition madhav Tue, 09/24/2024 - 05:23 Organizations in the Europe and Middle East (EME) region face significant challenges. The threat landscape is increasingly complex, regulatory requirements are becoming more stringent, and the economic environment remains uncertain.

Threat Reports

SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2023

March Madness is one of the most watched, and anticipated, sporting events every year here in the U.S. What makes it most interesting is that it's the only major sporting event in the U.S. Cybercriminals will use any major event or tragedy that has captured the attention of the general public as bait for attacks.

Phishing

Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

As we navigate through 2024, the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, bringing new challenges for both businesses and individual consumers. The latest OpenText Threat Report provides insight into these changes, offering vital insights that help us prepare and protect ourselves against emerging threats.

Antivirus

SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The year 2021 was eventful in terms of digital threats for organizations and individuals, and financial institutions were no exception. Imperfections in the transition to remote/hybrid work continue to pose a huge threat to businesses. This report aims to offer thorough insights into the financial cyberthreat landscape in 2021.

Banking

SecureList

MARCH 31, 2021

As a result, 2020 was extremely eventful in terms of digital threats, in particular those faced by financial institutions. At the same time, some of the known APT (Advanced persistent threats) groups that are not generally targeting financial institutions have tried their hand at it. Key findings. in 2019 to 38.7%

Banking

Cisco Security

MARCH 15, 2021

Today, an email administrator needs to get the most out of their data and reporting when it comes to the daily management of Business Email Compromise, Ransomware, Malware, and Phishing. The email administrator also has to share the data, reporting and actual emails allowing their SOC and other teams in order to perform X, Y, Z.

Phishing

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 (..)

Cyber Attacks

Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

The cyber threat landscape keeps evolving at lightning-speed. According to the latest 2022 BrightCloud® Threat Report , small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are particularly vulnerable to becoming a victim of a ransomware attack. Ransomware, malware and phishing threats keep evolving.

Threat Detection

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. CEOs who say that cybersecurity is the biggest threat to short-term growth have doubled in the past year.

Backups

Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The Opportunist – Hackers that exploit public events and socio-political crises for disruption or personal gain. Impersonators are known to use phishing , Business Email Compromise (BEC) and domain spoofing to lure victims, and they’re always looking for new ways to innovate. government stimulus payments are also on the rise.

Scams

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

What would the consequences be if such an event happens were to happen on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or during the holiday shopping season? The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report: Retail Edition , finds that 45% of retail respondents reported that the volume, severity and/or scope of cyberattacks had increased in the previous 12 months.

Retail

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) is a powerful tool that combines event tracking with a threat intelligence feed. Not only is it able to identify both potential and active threats, but it can also deploy responses to remediate them. Data extraction from suspected phishing emails. Compliance reports.

Threat Detection

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Fortunately, vendor surveys identify five key cybersecurity threats to watch for in 2024: compromised credentials, attacks on infrastructure, organized and advanced adversaries, ransomware, and uncontrolled devices. Read on for more details on these threats or jump down to see the linked vendor reports.

Cybersecurity

Digital Shadows

APRIL 8, 2025

Although outside the reporting period, leaked chat logs in March 2025 revealed an automated brute-forcing tool used by the ransomware group Black Basta, 2 underscoring how valuable this method is for attackers seeking initial access. This method is highly effective because it takes advantage of the credibility of known senders.

Cyber Attacks

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In the evolving digital commerce landscape, the threat to retail cybersecurity has never been more palpable. The Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report reveals that system intrusion, phishing, and web app attacks are the predominant patterns that enable criminals to steal personal and financial information, including credit card data.

Retail

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 20, 2021

The FBI’s Cyber Division received as many as 4,000 complaints of digital attacks a day in H1 2020, reported by The Hill. Many of those security events bore fruit for attackers. That’s a 400% increase compared to what investigators saw prior to the pandemic.

Mobile

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

With that in mind, Thales has launched the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report Critical Infrastructure Edition, which includes responses from 300 security leaders and practitioners within critical infrastructure organizations. Download the full Thales 2022 Data Threat Report for the Critical Infrastructure for more information.

Cyber threats

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 6, 2024

Reduced Downtime : In the event of a takedown or disruption of a C2 server, dynamic DNS enables attackers to quickly re-establish communication with compromised systems by updating the DNS records, minimizing downtime and the risk of losing control over their botnet or malware network. Want more threat intel on a weekly basis?

DNS

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These summaries are based on our threat intelligence research; and they provide a representative snapshot of what we have published and discussed in greater detail in our private APT reports. They are designed to highlight the significant events and findings that we feel people should be aware of. Other interesting discoveries.

Malware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

The Threat Level Is Rising. According to the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report : … Rates of successful breaches have reached an all-time high for both mid-sized and enterprise class organizations, with more than two-thirds (67%) of global organizations and nearly three fourths (71%) in the U.S. This hacking ring stole $3.4

Risk

Centraleyes

OCTOBER 17, 2024

By understanding the tactics of potential attackers, organizations can anticipate threats and implement preemptive measures. Incident Response: In the event of a breach, TIPs offer enriched context about the attack, including motives and methods. SOAR Platform SOAR platforms automate security operations.

Threat Detection

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

However, traditional financial threats – such as banking malware and financial phishing, continue to take up a significant share of such financially-motivated cyberattacks. We previously reported on the Lazarus group, which developed VHD ransomware for the purpose of monetary gain. of all phishing attacks in 2022.

Banking

Webroot

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

26, we co-hosted a live virtual event, Blackpoint ReCON , with partner Blackpoint Cyber. The event brought together industry experts and IT professionals to discuss how security professionals can continue to navigate the modern threat landscape through a pragmatic MDR approach. Vulnerability reigns supreme.

Small Business

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 12, 2022

The event brings together security leaders, vendors and advocates to empower organizations and consumers to reduce the risk of experiencing a data breach and potentially damaging data loss. The federal requirements go one step further – not only require MFA across all federal agencies but these deployments must be phishing resistant.

Authentication

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 18, 2023

Live Sessions With this in mind, we have scheduled a host of events and tech talks around our participation at RSA Conference 2023. Quantum Resistant Crypto Briefing The proliferation of quantum computing will bring many exciting applications, but it also creates novel threats to data security and privacy.

Digital transformation

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

McAfee researchers addressed the shift in ransomware strategy this week in their McAfee Threats Report: June 2021. Tuning will be required to lower the quantity of events due to solutions that leverage PowerShell. Detect and alert on execution of PowerShell , which is the top execution method discovered by ransomware.

Ransomware