Organizations should expect to see phishing attacks exploiting the global IT outage that occurred last Friday, the Business Post reports. I recently wrote my thoughts about the outage that was caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update that was extremely disruptive…
New data puts the spotlight on the frequency and impact of modern ransomware attacks, highlighting the overconfidence organizations are showing in their ability to defend and respond to attacks. If you’re like one of the organizations surveyed in Halcyon’s latest Ransomware…
Our friends at the CyberWire reported: "ZeroFox and Fortinet have both published reports on threats facing the 2024 Olympics in Paris. ZeroFox says the primary cybersecurity threat will be cyberattacks from Russia, which are "likely to take the form of DDoS attacks,…
Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a malvertising campaign is targeting Mac users with phony Microsoft Teams ads. The ads are meant to trick users into installing Atomic Stealer, a commodity strain of malware designed to steal information from macOS systems…
A new report focused on cyber espionage actors targeting government and critical infrastructure sectors highlights the strategic use of ransomware for distraction or misattribution. It was inevitable: a threat group using a secondary attack type to cover their tracks –…
Phishing remains a top initial access vector for ransomware actors, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The threat actors often use phishing to steal legitimate credentials so they can use employee accounts without raising suspicion. “Talos’ studies indicate that the…
