Just when you thought threat actors couldn’t find another way to launch a dropper, a new method has surfaced that takes advantage of native functionality found in Windows 10. If you’ve been following phishing attacks at all over the last…
This rudimentary form of phishing contains no malicious links or attachments but serves a very important purpose for cybercriminals and scammers looking to better target victims. I’ve talked about spear phishing attacks that often incur a lot of up-front diligence…
This elaborate scam uses social engineering to trick victims into sending the hacker Bitcoin while holding Instagram accounts hostage. It’s an interesting use of hacking skills. According to a recent story on Motherboard, hackers are taking over Instagram accounts using…
New data shows the business of phishing is moving “up and to the right” in nearly every way measurable, indicating a serious problem as threat actors continue to see growing success. Most businesses love to see charts moving up and…
You already knew remote workers increase the risk of cyberattack. New data spells out exactly what the impact of a remote workforce is on data breaches and the cost to remediate. The hybrid workforce is here to stay, so it’s…
A state-sponsored threat actor is sending spear phishing emails to North Korean defectors and also to journalists who cover matters related to North Korea, according to researchers at Kaspersky. The threat actor first messages the target via a hacked Facebook…
