B2C companies must perform a series of verification operations to verify the identities of their individual customers known as Know Your Customer (KYC). Similarly, companies with B2B clientele must do the same process for businesses; in AML taxonomy this is…
Dubbed ‘SharpPanda’, this Chinese APT group uses malicious Word docs, .RTF templates, and the RoyalRoad malware to install a powerful backdoor DLL giving them all kinds of access. Researchers at Check Point Research have identified an ongoing operation that specifically…
Cybercriminals are quick to put hacked accounts to use, according to Agari by Help Systems. The researchers found that 91% of compromised accounts are accessed by attackers within one week, and half of these accounts are accessed within the first…
In a new report from IBM Security, we get the opportunity to see exactly what kinds of attacks are succeeding, where are they happening, how they’re getting in, and what are the results. Ransomware has been at the forefront of…
According to new data from VMware Carbon Black, the sophistication and impact of modern cyberattacks is causing CISOs to rethink how to secure the expanding attack surface. There’s a tremendous amount of FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) that naturally surrounds…
Malicious browser extensions often have fake positive reviews to garner trust from users, according to Brian Krebs. Krebs describes a phony Microsoft Authenticator extension in the Google Chrome Store that had five user reviews. Three were one-star reviews warning users…
