Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Threats abound in 2021. In 2021, we witnessed so many competing shifts, many of which we detailed early on in our 2021 BrightCloud® Threat Report. This year, we will likely see new threat actors become strategic in their cost-benefit analysis of undertaking long-term mining versus short-term ransomware payments.

Cybercrime 116

Cybercrime Ransomware Phishing Cryptocurrency 116

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The motive behind such socially engineered email attack is simple, to create fear among the victim and make him/her open an attachment filled with a malicious link leading to a malware download. Sophos, a cloud-native data security firm, has discovered in its research that a new malware is being distributed through threatening email.

Malware 134

Malware Social Engineering Threat Reports Engineering 134

Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022. Targeted attacks like these, plus social engineering, specifically phishing – where attackers pose as a trusted source, prey on human vulnerability, and use email or malicious websites to gain the information they want – are effective but they aren’t the only problem.

CISO 130

CISO Mobile Technology Risk 130

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 8, 2022

Verizon’s 2022 Mobile Security Index Report – Confirming what we all suspected. Tue, 08/09/2022 - 05:56. Everyone knows the usual song about how important passwords are for mobile devices, how to be aware of “shoulder surfers”, and all the perils of social engineering, and these risks are reiterated in the recent report.

Mobile 71

Mobile Social Engineering Risk Threat Reports 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

Tue, 01/25/2022 - 05:15. This trend is demonstrated in the latest Thales Data Threat Report 2021 ; 55% of the survey respondents reported that more than 40% of their data now resides in a cloud platform. However, with technology innovation comes new risks, security challenges and threats. Every week of 2022.

Data privacy 127

Data privacy Data breaches Social Engineering Technology 127

Security Boulevard

APRIL 14, 2023

Cryptocurrency-related phishing attacks are on the rise, with a report from Kaspersky recording an increase of 40% in 2022 compared to the previous year.

Cryptocurrency 98

Cryptocurrency Phishing Threat Reports Social Engineering 98

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Employees should be trained against various social engineering and phishing attacks, as it’s a classic vector used by cybercriminals to deploy malware. AT&T labs provided a list of IoCs (indicators of compromise) that system administrators can use to add specific rules to security solutions.

Malware 118

Malware Social Engineering System Administration Antivirus 118

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

According to statistics on insider threats, these threats may originate from employees, business contractors, or other reliable partners with simple access to your network. However, insider threat reports and recent developments have shown a sharp rise in the frequency of insider attacks.

Social Engineering 98

Social Engineering Risk Technology Engineering 98

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

Thu, 07/21/2022 - 12:28. With that in mind, Thales has launched the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report Critical Infrastructure Edition, which includes responses from 300 security leaders and practitioners within critical infrastructure organizations. The effects of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure can be catastrophic.

Cyber threats 71

Cyber threats Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT 71

BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile the FBI reports that losses resulting from the crime came to a staggering $2.7 Trustwave said BEC incidents were up by 25 per cent in Q1 of this year compared to the same period in 2022. Its 2023 phishing threats report combines findings from email security data with a survey of security decision makers.

Scams 59

Scams Passwords Social Engineering Cybersecurity 59

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Attacks that we see today impacting single agent systems, such as data poisoning, prompt injection, or social engineering to influence agent behavior, could all be vulnerabilities within a multi-agent system. What the Practitioners Predict Jake Bernstein, Esq.,

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Cybersecurity Education Risk CISO 121