Potent Emotet Variant Spreads Via Stolen Email Credentials
The dangerous malware appears to be well and truly back in action, sporting new variants and security-dodging behaviors in a wave of recent phishing campaigns.
Paying Ransomware Paints Bigger Bullseye on Target’s Back
Ransomware attackers often strike targets twice, regardless of whether the ransom was paid.
Black Basta Ransomware Teams Up with Malware Stalwart Qbot
The novel cybercriminal group tapped the ever-evolving info-stealing trojan to move laterally on a network in a recent attack, researchers have found.
Cyber Risk Retainers: Not Another Insurance Policy
The costs associated with a cyberattack can be significant, especially if a company does not have an Incident Response plan that addresses risk.
Conducting Modern Insider Risk Investigations
Insider Risk Management requires a different approach than to those from external threats. IRM is unique from other domains of security in that the data sources which serve as inputs…
Attackers Use Public Exploits to Throttle Atlassian Confluence Flaw
The vulnerability remains unpatched on many versions of the collaboration tool and has potential to create a SolarWinds-type scenario.
Cybercriminals Expand Attack Radius and Ransomware Pain Points
Melissa Bischoping, security researcher with Tanium and Infosec Insiders columnist, urges firms to consider the upstream and downstream impact of “triple extortion” ransomware attacks.
Scammers Target NFT Discord Channel
Hackers escalate phishing and scamming attacks to exploit popular Discord bot and persuade users to click on the malicious links.
International Authorities Take Down Flubot Malware Network
The info-stealing trojan used SMS messages and lifted contact credentials to spread with unprecedented speed across Android devices globally since December 2020.
Being prepared for adversarial attacks
There is no question that the level of threats facing today’s businesses continues to change on a daily basis. So what are the trends that CISOs need to be on…