Adversaries in search of financial gain will innovate. We all need to accept that observation as a fact of life, meaning we should all stay agile and prepare for surprise. When it comes to deep fake …
A look into the frequency and success of phishing attacks on SMBs
In the last 12 months, threat actors targeted 43% of small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the UK with a phishing attack in which they masqueraded as one or more employees, a new CybSafe report …
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America’s Most Critical Infrastructure is also Our Most Neglected Infrastructure
This special report is the first of a two-part series designed to both inform OODA members on the nature of challenges to our nation's most critical infrastructure and provide recommendations for …
BEC overtakes ransomware and data breaches in cyber-insurance claims
Business email compromise (BEC) has become the most common reason for organizations to file cyber-insurance claims, a new AiG study[pdf] covering the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Asia) region …
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Back to School? Be Careful of Malware Hiding As Textbooks
A new report by Kaspersky Lab warns that students looking to download electronic versions of textbooks and essays may end up infecting their system with malware downloaders that can expose them to a …
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Report: China behind iPhone hacking, targeted Android and Windows too
China was behind the years-long campaign targeting iPhone users that was recently uncovered by Google researchers, two separate reports claim. Last week, Google published a report about the campaign, …
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WordPress sites under attack as hacker group tries to create rogue admin accounts
Threat actors are adding backdoor admin accounts to compromised WordPress websites as part of an ongoing campaign targeting over 10 vulnerable plugins for the highly popular content management system, …
US Cyberattack Hurt Iran’s Ability to Target Oil Tankers, Officials Say
In June of this year, US security experts destroyed a database used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to plan attacks against international oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, US …
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Global Breach Costs Set to Top $5 Trillion By 2024
Data breaches will result in $3 trillion in global losses for impacted firms this year, and the costs will steadily increase over the coming years to reach $5 trillion by 2024, Juniper Research …
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Malicious websites were used to secretly hack into iPhones for years, says Google
Threat actors may have hacked into thousands of iPhones via an "indiscriminate" attack involving a number of malicious websites, new research by Google shows. The websites were visited by thousands of …