Cisco Security

MAY 13, 2021

It provides a highly secure service platform that protects business users from malware, such as ransomware, phishing and other malicious cybersecurity activities. Our partnership allows us to simplify our customers’ cybersecurity approach so that they can focus on their core business whilst being safe from cyber threats.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2023

In the email, Gary Bragg, then-president of Pennsylvania law firm O'Neill, Bragg & Staffin, asked Staffin to wire $580,000 to a Bank of China account. A hacker had gained access to Bragg's email account and used it, along with information they'd learned about an ongoing loan transaction, to pose as Staffin's boss.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

And yet, if artificial intelligence achieves what is called an agentic model in 2025, novel and boundless attacks could be within reach, as AI tools take on the roles of agents that independently discover vulnerabilities, steal logins, and pry into accounts. These are real threats, but they are not novel. That could change in 2025.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 2, 2022

May 2 marks the start of National Small Business Week , a week that recognizes “the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners”, and promises to “celebrate the resiliency and tenacity of America’s entrepreneurs.” Thinking you are not a target.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

However, the truth is that businesses of all sizes hold valuable data in their hands, and cybercriminals work to create new sophisticated attack methods to acquire this information. An unfortunate reality for SMBs is that 43% of all cyberattacks target small businesses. Noisy Cybersecurity Risks for SMBs.

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The cybercrooks spread the COVID-19 relief scam via Telegram and WhatsApp, and ultimately harvest account credentials and even pics of IDs.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

These hacking waves contribute to the harvesting of account credentials and unauthorized access to loosely-configured servers; and these ill-gotten assets can, in turn, be utilized to execute different stages of higher-level hacks, such as account takeovers and ransomware campaigns. Remote desktop risks. Password concierge.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2025

The cost and impact of cyber breaches Learn just how devastating a single cyber incident can be for a small or medium business, including real-world examples and financial impact analysis. Small business owners and executives who need to understand cyber risk in business terms. businesses. of all U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2020

Google says that the Gmail malware scanners have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in just one week. Google announced that its anti-malware solutions implemented to defend its Gmail users have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures within the last seven days.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

If you’re a small business owner, it’s crucial to understand the significance of cybersecurity and the steps needed to safeguard your data, customers, and company reputation. The Financial Impact of Cyberattacks For small businesses, the financial consequences of a cyberattack can be devastating.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As a small business, you’re likely concerned with drawing traffic and visitors to your site – but you may be attracting the wrong kind of attention. No matter how small your business is, you’re not too small to be hacked. In fact, 50% of small businesses in the US have been breached.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Phishing is one of the oldest methods of cyberattacks. The emails are designed in a way that it appears to be authentic or belonging from a real business or authoritative source. Types of Phishing Attacks. There are different types of phishing attacks and each is deceiving and manipulative in its own unique way.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Phishing attacks masquerading as QuickBooks invoices are targeting users of the popular accounting software in an attempt to infect victim’s devices with the infamous Dridex banking Trojan. The ongoing phishing campaign began on April 19, targeting QuickBooks users from across the globe. We appreciate your prompt payment.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Phishing attacks are nothing new, but scammers are getting savvier with their tactics. Related: The threat of ‘business logic’ hacks. Other Iranian-based cyberattacks have included hackers targeting Albanian government systems and spear phishing scams. Spear phishing. Phishing via texting.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2019

They’re also related to the 2016 arrest of Krasimir Nikolov , a 47-year-old Bulgarian man who was extradited to the United States to face charges for allegedly cashing out bank accounts that were compromised by the GozNym malware. based small to mid-sized businesses several years ago. Prosecutors say Nikolov, a.k.a.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Russia-linked APT29 group targeted dozens of organizations and government agencies worldwide with Microsoft Teams phishing attacks. Microsoft Threat Intelligence reported that the cyberspies conducted highly targeted social engineering attacks using credential theft phishing lures sent as Microsoft Teams chat.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

One was the emergence of COVID-19 themed phishing targeting both organizations and individuals. The second was the increase in the total cost of business email compromise (BEC) scams and email account compromise (EAC). “Ransomware is not even close to the amount of impact that BEC has to businesses.”

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Cytelligence

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In an increasingly digital world, small businesses are just as vulnerable to cyber threats as their larger counterparts. Cybersecurity is not just a concern for big corporations; it’s an imperative function for small businesses as well. A single data breach can cripple a small business, and some may never recover.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently launched a new website aimed at educating small business owners on the risks of cybercrime and the steps they can take to protect their business. Cyberattacks can be particularly devastating to small businesses. This amount climbs once indirect expenses are considered.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 24, 2019

The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images — were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. No authentication was required to read the documents.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

The cost of ransomware attacks accounts for 21 percent of the overall expenses, while the cost of malicious insider accounts for 15 percent. Which is the impact of cybercrime on small business? According to the 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report , 43% of all nefarious online activities impacted small businesses.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

Attackers believed to have ties to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) are using Microsoft Teams chats as credential theft phishing lures. In the phishing attacks the group leverages previously compromised Microsoft 365 instances, mostly owned by small businesses, to create new domains that look like technical support accounts.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2022

Over 50 countries sign the “Declaration for the Future of the Internet” Watch out for these 3 small business cybersecurity mistakes. The post A week in security (May 2 – 8) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 13, 2021

These days, every major ransomware campaign runs a “double extortion” method, a scary prospect for small businesses. Phishing continues to be key for these campaigns and it’s typically the first step in compromising a business for the nastiest malware. Discover more about 2021’s Nastiest Malware on the Webroot Community.

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In today’s world, both small businesses and everyday consumers face a growing number of cyber threats. From ransomware attacks to phishing scams, hackers are becoming more sophisticated. Whether you’re running a small business or managing personal data at home, here’s what you need to know.

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SecureList

JUNE 25, 2024

Phishing Employee negligence remains a significant vulnerability for SMBs. Falling for phishing schemes can have catastrophic consequences for businesses. Phishing attacks are distributed via various channels, including spoofed emails and social media, to fool users into divulging login details or other sensitive data.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

That’s because, small businesses and not-for-profit organizations are often hit the hardest by ransomware. Here are a couple factors to consider that might help reframe how we think about ransomware, who’s targeted and why small businesses can’t escape the gaze of ransomware groups.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 2, 2021

These criminals have used phishing, spoofing, extortion and various types of Internet-enabled fraud to target the most vulnerable in our society – medical workers searching for personal protective equipment, families looking for information about stimulus checks to help pay bills and many others. Phishing Scams.

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SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

Yet in reality, cybercriminals can target anyone, especially those who are less protected, while small businesses typically have smaller budgets and are not as securely protected as larger companies. In the past, the perception was that large corporations were more attractive to cybercriminals.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We look at phishing threats commonly encountered by users and companies as well as the prevalence of various Windows and Android-based financial malware. Phishing: In 2021, 8.2% of users were hit by phishing. E-commerce-related phishing continued to exceed banking-related phishing, as it did in 2020, making up 17.6%

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 12, 2021

But the good news is that employees can protect their work environments from malicious threats by marking the suspicious emails as RED from their work email accounts. NCSC is encouraging small business users to use recently released security tool to protect their work environments from any kind of cyber threat.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 28, 2022

We’ve seen multiple hijacked profiles on Facebook recently claiming to be account recovery services. These bogus account recovery services aren’t here to help. They’re actually just trying to scare users into falling for phishing attempts. How do scammers go phishing? Your account will be deactivated.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2023

Latest email security trends Phishing and spear-phishing attacks: Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where cybercriminals use deceptive emails to trick recipients into divulging sensitive information or downloading malware.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2023

Threat actors targeted the company’s employees and contractors to gain access to an internal support and account admin tool. “On January 11, the Mailchimp Security team identified an unauthorized actor accessing one of our tools used by Mailchimp customer-facing teams for customer support and account administration.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Oh, what a year it was for insecurity, and especially for the small business. It wasn’t as though we didn’t already know – that small businesses were firmly in the crosshairs of hackers. It was easy to buy hundreds of millions of email addresses, pack them with phishing messages, and attach a nasty malware payload.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2022

Small businesses generally don’t have time to dip into logs several times a day, monitor every aspect of endpoint security via complex management consoles, or jump from point product to point product to stay on top of security. Instead, they want a few good tools that do a lot for them and don’t require much in the way of babysitting.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 3, 2022

Audit access privileges and clean up old account credentials. All it takes for an attacker to get in, then, is for any of those employees to slip up in, say, a phishing scam. Also, be sure to clean up any old user accounts from ex-employees. Such accounts should be deactivated. Stay vigilant of phishing scams.

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