Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2025

61% of Hackers Use New Exploit Code Within 48 Hours of Attack Infosecurity Magazine According to SonicWall's Annual Cyber Threat Report (2024), for year 2024 cyber threat actors launched attacks within 48 hours of discovering a vulnerability, with approximately 61% of attackers using new exploit code in this window.

Surveillance 52

Surveillance Data breaches Firmware Encryption 52

Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As the threat reports Webroot produces each year have shown — not to mention the increasing number of major hacks in the headlines — threats keep evolving, and their growth is often exponential. That means even before the pandemic, cyberattacks and resulting data loss were already becoming a case of “when,” not “if.”

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Backups Ransomware Encryption Malware 111

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

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. Ransomware. Ransomware is the fastest-growing trend.

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Backups Ransomware Malware Firewall 145

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 3, 2024

Challenge 1: Data breaches and ID fraud A single hack or data breach can undo decades of trust building and have a catastrophic effect on the perception of a financial organisation. These threats include sophisticated phishing scams, complex cyber-attacks aimed at stealing sensitive customer information and ID fraud.

Digital transformation 62

Digital transformation Data breaches Encryption Insurance 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

The Threat Level Is Rising. According to the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report : … Rates of successful breaches have reached an all-time high for both mid-sized and enterprise class organizations, with more than two-thirds (67%) of global organizations and nearly three fourths (71%) in the U.S. This hacking ring stole $3.4

Risk 48

Risk Digital transformation IoT Identity Theft 48

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 12, 2021

ESET’s latest threat report (PDF) tracked a 103.9 MORE Educational videos that teach how to hack? MORE Who scams the scammers? Better check your Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) endpoints are secure, as attacks against them have more than doubled since June. per cent rise since the previous edition mere months ago.

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VPN Ransomware InfoSec Scams 52

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The joint document doesnt name the hacking group. However, The Wall Street Journal identified it as Salt Typhoon when, citing anonymous sources, it reported in September that the group had breached several U.S. Adopt an access control list (ACL) strategy that denies access to the network by default, and log all denied traffic.

Cybersecurity 64

Cybersecurity VPN Ransomware Software 64

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

While cybersecurity has its bad side (breaches, hacks, AI); it also has a good side (good practitioners and vendors fighting the good fight, AI). Expect to see AI-enabled phishing campaigns, deepfake scams, and automated attacks grow in complexity. Death, taxes, and cybersecurity.

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Cybersecurity Education Risk Government 121

Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

An impersonation attack recently made headlines with the 2020 Twitter/Bitcoin scam , in which 130 high-profile Twitter accounts were compromised by outside parties to steal bitcoin. This is a scam that’s been around for years and since no one can reverse a cryptocurrency transaction, it’s very likely here to stay.

Scams 119

Scams Phishing Firewall Social Engineering 119

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. How not to disclosure a Hack. UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack.

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Hacking Banking 122

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2023

PII Belonging to Indian Citizens, Including their Aadhaar IDs, Offered for Sale on the Dark Web Spain police dismantled a cybercriminal group who stole the data of 4 million individuals CISA adds second Cisco IOS XE flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Cisco warns of a second IOS XE zero-day used to infect devices worldwide City of Philadelphia (..)

Data breaches 127

Data breaches Artificial Intelligence DDOS Malware 127

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2024

CISA adds Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver and Adobe ColdFusion flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog ConnectOnCall data breach impacted over 900,000 individuals Report claims that Serbian authorities abused Cellebrite tool to install NoviSpy spyware Multiple flaws in Volkswagen Group’s infotainment unit allow for vehicle compromise (..)

Data breaches 60

Data breaches Cybercrime Spyware Firmware 60

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal Threat actors breached Okta support system and stole customers’ data US DoJ seized domains used by North Korean IT workers to defraud businesses worldwide Alleged developer of the Ragnar Locker ransomware was arrested CISA adds Cisco IOS XE flaw to its Known Exploited (..)

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Ransomware Data breaches Telecommunications Mobile 123