Individuals and organizations lost three times more money to cybercrime and fraud in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2020, as incidents soared, according to new figures. The data comes from the National Fraud…
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an advisory describing a ransomware affiliate that calls itself “OnePercent Group,” the Record reports. The Record notes that the OnePercent Group is an affiliate of the REvil, Maze, and Egregor ransomware…
The use of employees as insider accomplices potentially changes how social engineering is being used in exchange for a direct request for internal assistance. Security researchers at Abnormal Security have identified a recent set of emails soliciting employees of a…
In what appears to be a phishing attack that includes a mix of emails and phone calls, Microsoft reminds us to be wary of only opening emails and attachments from known contacts. Perhaps taking a page from the recent Amazon-themed…
A researcher has disclosed details of a clever UPS phishing campaign which utilised an XSS vulnerability in UPS.com to push fake and malicious 'Invoice' Word documents. The threat actor has used the XSS vulnerability in UPS.com to modify the site's…
Cybercriminals appear to be more aggressive with their idealistic ransom demands as some gangs continue to evolve, using new “quadruple extortion” tactics to ensure payment. In security vendor Palo Alto Network’s recent Unit 42 Ransomware Threat Report, 1H 2021 Update,…
