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Check Point research has reported that email-based phishing attacks saw the highest increase in number, compared to any other platform in Q2. The most common of these emails are impersonation emails asking users to reset or submit their Microsoft account credentials,...

Two San Francisco Airport (SFO) websites were discovered compromised in March.  The sites were SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com, contain information on various airport-related topics but enjoy low traffic.  The hackers injected code designed to steal visitor’s...

French based Sopra Steria a European IT service provider reported that on October 21st it detected an intrusion on its IT network on October 20th.  The IT giant was targeted in a cyberattack that involved a new variant of the Ryuk ransomware.  This variant is...

It has been reported that Russian state-sponsored hacking group Energetic Bear has successfully compromised state, local, territorial, and tribal (SLTT) government networks and stole data from at least two servers.  The actor, named TEMP.Isotope, has successfully...

Prolific malware turned botnet shows no signs of slowing down as campaigns are launched against financial institutions in the US and UK.  Emotet started life as a banking trojan, but has also evolved into a botnet, with its criminal operators leasing out its...

The Aachener Zeitung newspaper carried a report from the German Press Association (DPA) that Doppelpaymer's eponymous ransomware had been introduced to the University Hospital Düsseldorf's network through a vulnerable Citrix product.  The Federal Office for...

The FBI is investigating the global campaign in which millions of dollars have been stolen from at least 150 victims. The FBI is investigating a global business email compromise (BEC) campaign that has netted cybercriminals at least $15 million in illicit proceeds. On...

According to the Microsoft’s Defender Research team, the ransomware MalLocker.B manipulates multiple Android OS functions to take over your phone when you press the home button.  The good news is that it does not encrypt your files.  What happens is the malware...

Fake voter request for information scam With the current Presidential Election in full swing, spam groups are striking while the iron is hot.  They are using voter registration-related lures to trick people into accessing fake government sites and give away their...

With more people now working from home it truly expands the attack surface. During the first six months of 2020, cybercriminals adapted their usual attack strategies to take advantage of the global pandemic and target the expanded attack surface created by the...