Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2021

The post A week in security (August 9 – August 15) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs. Stay safe, everyone!

Social Engineering 108

Social Engineering Scams VPN Phishing 108

Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Researchers explore the insecure world of the subdomain (Source: Can i take your subdomain) Cyber insurance model is broken, consider banning ransomware payments (Source: The Register) How facial recognition solutions can safeguard the hybrid workplace (Source: Help Net Security) Capital One hacker faces fresh charges for 2019 hacking spree (Source: (..)

Cyber Insurance 108

Cyber Insurance Social Engineering Scams Insurance 108

BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

So far we haven’t seen criminals write malware entirely in AI. Mostly they’re using it for scripts and smaller tools… It is an assistant to the malware developer, not actually replacing them.” How AI assists financial fraud One area where AI can be effective in helping criminals is in creating scams using impersonation.

Artificial Intelligence 64

Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Social Engineering Cybersecurity 64

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The security firms have collected more than 125,000 TrickBot malware samples and mapped the command and control infrastructure. The TrickBot botnet was considered by security experts one of the biggest botnets. Microsoft took action against the Trickbot botnet, disrupting one of the world’s most persistent malware operations.

Malware 98

Malware Banking Advertising Financial Services 98

Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Below, our security experts forecast where the main areas of concern lie in the year ahead. Malware made leaps and bounds in 2021. There was no shortage of discussion surrounding cryptocurrency and its security flaws. The rise of exchange attacks grew, and quick scams reigned. In particular, six key threats made our list.

Cybercrime 116

Cybercrime Ransomware Phishing Cryptocurrency 116

SC Magazine

MAY 14, 2021

Microsoft Security Intelligence earlier this week tweeted out that it has been tracking a campaign of remote access trojans (RATs) targeting the aerospace and travel industries with spear-phishing emails that distribute an actively developed loader, which then delivers RevengeRAT or AysncRAT. “The Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images).

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Phishing Scams Security Awareness Security Intelligence 126

Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2022

We urge customers to upgrade to the latest version or apply recommended mitigations: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) June 11, 2022. Industrious malware authors really have been having a grand time of things with this vulnerability.

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Ransomware Scams Security Intelligence Encryption 86