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New data from cyber insurance underwriters shows what they think the biggest threats will be in 2024 and what organizations should do about it. Because insurance underwriters analyse lots of risk data to make decisions about insurance premiums and policies,…
New data for Q4 of 2023 reveals a sizable shift in the cyber threat landscape, with serious implications regarding ransomware and social engineering attacks targeting both the largest and smallest organizations worldwide. The good news is that ransoms continue to…
Check Point’s review of ransomware shows that the percent of organizations worldwide hit by this greatest of cyberthreats rose by a whopping 33% in 2023. In 2022, 1 in 13 organizations globally had been the victim of a ransomware attack. …
Phishing attacks are increasingly using open redirects to evade detection by security filters, according to researchers at Trustwave. Open redirects are URLs hosted on trusted domains that take users to separate, potentially malicious domains. The researchers explain the process using…
Researchers at Check Point warn that scammers are using airdrops to distribute phony non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that direct users to malicious sites. “This campaign is unique in its methodology, employing a source spoofing technique to target a broad spectrum of…
The surge in Ransomware-as-a-Service affiliates is likely the reason behind the dramatic increase in the number of victimized organizations, with all indicators suggesting that this trend will persist into 2024. I love it when vendors put out a yearly summary,…
