IBM Security have released the annual study “Cost of Data Breach,” conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored and analysed by IBM, based on data related to data breaches suffered by over 500 organisations between May 2020 and March 2021. The…
The cybercriminal underground is becoming increasingly organized, according to researchers at HP. The criminal underground functions like a regular economy, with people selling goods and services such as phishing kits, malware, and access to compromised networks. As a result, the…
After well over a year of getting used to working from home, as U.K. employees look to head back into the office, new data shows they don’t see themselves as a cyber risk (which makes them one!). We’ve already made…
Phishing activity increased dramatically in the second quarter of 2021, according to a recent report by Vade. The company observed 4.2 billion phishing emails in June alone. “Overall phishing increased dramatically in Q2 2021, with a significant spike (281 percent)…
Recorded Future have released the second of their fraud series reports, this time on online retail fraud (also known as e-commerce fraud). Based on data from the Recorded Future® Platform, as well as dark web and open-source intelligence (OSINT) sources,…
Researchers at Avanan warn that attackers are exploiting the collaboration and note-taking app Milanote to host phishing links. “Major companies, including Uber, Chanel, Facebook, Google, and Nike, among many others, use [Milanote] in their daily work,” the researchers write. “Hackers…
