Collaborate Disseminate
Researchers said they saw a seven-times increase in ransomware activity in the fourth quarter of 2020, across various families – from Ryuk to Egregor. Continue reading Podcast: Ransomware Attacks Exploded in Q4 2020
The malicious extension, FriarFox, snoops in on both Firefox and Gmail-related data. Continue reading Malicious Mozilla Firefox Extension Allows Gmail Takeover
Cisco also stomped out a critical security flaw affecting its Nexus 3000 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches. Continue reading Cisco Warns of Critical Auth-Bypass Security Flaw
Mozilla said its Total Cookie Protection feature in Firefox 86 prevents invasive, cross-site cookie tracking. Continue reading Mozilla Patches Bugs in Firefox, Now Blocks Cross-Site Cookie Tracking
As more organizations migrate to Office 365, cybercriminals are using Outlook, Teams and other Microsoft-themed phishing lures to swipe user credentials. Continue reading Microsoft Lures Populate Half of Credential-Swiping Phishing Emails
A critical-severity buffer-overflow flaw that affects IBM Integration Designer could allow remote attackers to execute code. Continue reading IBM Squashes Critical Remote Code-Execution Flaw
Microsoft users are receiving emails pretending to be from mail couriers FedEx and DHL Express – but that really steal their credentials. Continue reading 10K Microsoft Email Users Hit in FedEx Phishing Attack
APT31, a Chinese-affiliated threat group, copied a Microsoft Windows exploit previously used by the Equation Group, said researchers. Continue reading Chinese Hackers Hijacked NSA-Linked Hacking Tool: Report
RIPE NCC, the regional Internet registry for Europe, West Asia, and the former Soviet Union, said attackers attempted a credential-stuffing attack against its single-sign on service. Continue reading Credential-Stuffing Attack Targets Regional Internet Registry
The Department of Justice (DoJ) cracked down on a Ghana-based cybercriminal enterprise behind a slew of romance scams, COVID-19 fraud attacks and business email compromise schemes since 2013. Continue reading Cybercriminal Enterprise ‘Ringleaders’ Stole $55M Via COVID-19 Fraud, Romance Scams