With the value of data skyrocketing, there has been an increase in cyberattacks against larger enterprises. These organizations often host data for thousands of customers, and the risk from these …
New Study: Hospital Breaches Could Be Killing Patients
Research by Vanderbilt University and the University of Central Florida implies that data breaches affecting hospitals could have deadly consequences, as mortality rates at hospitals that suffered a …
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Only 47% of cybersecurity pros are prepared to deal with attacks on their IoT devices
A recent Neustar survey reveals that while 48% pf organizations suffered a cyberattack targeting their Internet-of-things (IoT) devices last year and nine in ten are worried about future threats of …
Microsoft Warns of More Harmful Windows BlueKeep Attacks, Patch Now
Research by Microsoft shows that the new campaign in which attackers exploit RDP instances vulnerable to the BlueKeep vulnerability in order to install cryptojacking malware, is likely tied to a …
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PayPal Upsets Microsoft as Phishers’ Favorite Brand
A new report by Vade Secure indicates that PayPal was the most impersonated brand in phishing attacks last quarter, which is rather surprising since Microsoft usually dominates these campaigns. …
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You’ve got malware: Malicious actors are waiting in your inbox
A new report by Proofpoint looks at the email threat landscape in Q3 of this year. It shows that message containing malicious URLs now make up 88% of email-based threats. The overall volume of …
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Phishing attacks at highest level in three years
In the third quarter of this year, phishing campaigns were more prevalent than in any other quarter since Q4 of 2016, according to a new report by APWG. The number of phishing domains surged by 46% …
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Tech Support Scammers Are Abusing a New Firefox Browser Lock Bug
Threat actors are taking advantage of a vulnerability in the Firefox browser as part of a new tech support scam, a security researcher with Malwarebytes discovered. The flaw, dubbed browlock, makes it …
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Kaspersky identifies mysterious APT mentioned in 2017 Shadow Brokers leak
Kaspersky has identified one of the advanced persistent threat (APT) groups mentioned in a leaked US National Security Agency (NSA) scanning tool. The python script was made public as part of the …
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New Megacortex Ransomware Changes Windows Passwords, Threatens to Publish Data
MalwareHunterTeam has detected a new sample of the MegaCortex ransomware strain that is typically distributed via Trojans like Emotet in targeted campaigns. In addition to encrypting files on infected …