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Beware the Cyber Ghouls: Spooky Threats Lurking in Digital Shadows

SecureWorld News

From zombie botnets to phishing phantoms, these threats might sound like campfire tales, but they're some of the most sinister forces in cybersecurity today. These botnets, networks of compromised devices, can perform attacks without the user realizing it, overwhelming networks, spreading spam, and even launching DDoS attacks.

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Phishers prefer Tesla, top 3 malware strains in Coronavirus phishing campaigns

Security Affairs

Group-IB’s CERT-GIB analyzed hundreds of coronavirus -related phishing emails and discovered top malware strains in COVID-19 campaigns. Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team ( CERT-GIB ) analyzed hundreds of coronavirus-related phishing emails between February 13 and April 1, 2020. Spyware: the most likely COVID-19 payload.

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Spam and phishing in 2020

SecureList

The Kaspersky Anti-Phishing component blocked 434,898,635 attempts at accessing scam sites. The most frequent targets of phishing attacks were online stores (18.12 The contact phone trick was heavily used both in email messages and on phishing pages. Interestingly, the cybercriminals did not limit their threats to DDoS.

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3 ways DNS filtering can save SMBs from cyberattacks

Malwarebytes

Blocks phishing websites. You might recognize this as one example of phishing , an attack where cybercriminals trick potential victims into sharing sensitive information or giving the perpetrator privileged access to a network. Luckily, by blocking the domain names of phishing sites, a DNS filter can nip attacks in the bud.

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IT threat evolution Q1 2022

SecureList

The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. Subsequently, DDoS attacks hit some government websites. One of the things you can do to protect yourself from advanced mobile spyware is to reboot your device on a daily basis. Other malware.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 445 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Police seized BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform Serbian pleads guilty to running ‘Monopoly’ dark web drug market McLaren Health Care revealed that a data breach impacted 2.2 Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Additional features of botnets include spam, ad and click fraud, and spyware. Phishing and Social Engineering. More targeted efforts at specific users or organizations are known as spear phishing.

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