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Researchers at Barracuda have observed an increase in phishing attacks that abuse popular content creation and collaboration platforms. These include online graphic design platforms and document-sharing services widely used by educational institutions and businesses. “The analysts found that attackers are…
Statista projects that the total cost of cybercrime will increase from $6.4 trillion between 2024 and 2029, reaching a staggering $15.63 trillion by the end of this period. They reported: "The global indicator 'Estimated Cost of Cybercrime' in the cybersecurity…
The latest evolution of the ransomware service model, RansomHub, has only been around since February of this year, but its affiliates are already successfully exfiltrating data. You know you’re a problem when the U.S. government puts out a notice about…
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have caused more than $55 billion in losses between 2013 and 2023, according to an advisory from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). “The BEC scam continues to target small local businesses to larger…
Research from The Financial Ombudsman Service, a U.K. based organization dedicated to helping citizens with free financial advice, has found an increase in Authorized Pushed Payment (APP) scams. These attacks are rising both in number and sophistication. The Financial Ombudsman Service…
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warn that attackers are using refresh entries in HTTP response headers to automatically redirect users to phishing pages without user interaction. “Unit 42 researchers observed many large-scale phishing campaigns in 2024 that used…
