A phishing campaign is impersonating HR to target employees who are making annual insurance changes during the open enrollment period, according to researchers at Abnormal Security. The attackers are using legitimate notifications from Dropbox to send phishing messages, asking recipients to view…
A new and concerning cybersecurity trend has emerged. According to the latest Q3 2024 Cato CTRL SASE Threat Report from Cato Networks, ransomware gangs are now actively recruiting penetration testers to enhance the effectiveness of their attacks. This development signals a significant…
The Swiss National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned of a QR code phishing (quishing) campaign that’s targeting people in Switzerland via physical letters sent through the mail, Malwarebytes reports. The letters purport to come from the Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology…
New data shows just how crippling ransomware has been on small businesses that have fallen victim to an attack and needed to pay the ransom. Logic would normally dictate that ransomware gangs are going to go after the “big fishes” – the…
Threat actors are exploiting Microsoft Visio files and SharePoint to launch two-step phishing attacks, according to researchers at Perception Point. “Perception Point’s security researchers have observed a dramatic increase in two-step phishing attacks leveraging .vsdx files – a file extension rarely used…
Researchers at IBM X-Force are tracking a phishing campaign by the criminal threat actor “Hive0145” that’s using stolen invoice notifications to trick users into installing malware. Hive0145 acts as an initial access broker, selling access to compromised organizations to other threat actors…
