Collaborate Disseminate
Threat actors are leveraging stolen data to enhance ransomware attacks.
Data leaks and ransomware – once considered two distinct threats – are overlapping into a hybrid tactic known as double extortion. While traditional ransomware attacks den… Continue reading Encryption to Double Extortion: Ransomware’s Rapid Evolution
With Election Day just around the corner, the
Republican Party of Wisconsin revealed that $2.3M was recently stolen from election funds intended to support the re-election of President Trump. According to their statement, they are vict… Continue reading $2.3M Stolen from Wisconsin GOP via BEC Attack
As if the COVID-19 pandemic were not enough, the healthcare sector is now being actively targeted by threat actors using Ryuk ransomware. Yesterday, the FBI issued an
increased and imminent cyber threat warning
amid
growing reports of heal… Continue reading Ryuk Ransomware Targeting Healthcare
There are many ways look-alike domains can be used by threat actors. While business email compromise (BEC) and phishing sites are often top-of-mind for defenders, there are dozens of other uses for look-alike domains. This variation, as well as… Continue reading Eliminating the Threat of Look-alike Domains
Today’s enterprise attack surface is not limited to the corporate network. In fact, the network is just a small slice. When it comes to deciding how and where to attack an enterprise, threat actors have ample opportunity beyond the network peri… Continue reading What is Digital Risk Protection?
Threat actors increasingly use social media to attack brands, VIPs, and customers. The types of threats on these platforms are diverse and each social network has different policies in place for how they respond to reported attacks. As a result… Continue reading How to Take Down Social Media Threats
Social media is rapidly becoming the preferred online channel for threat actors. Almost
four billion people use some form of social media, and organizations are increasingly reliant on company pages, executive presence, and positive customer i… Continue reading Social Media Intelligence: Cutting Through the Noise
PhishLabs is monitoring a multi-stage phishing campaign that impersonates government entities and telecoms to target financial institutions and their customers. The threat actor behind the attacks has been designated Royal Ripper. The initial s… Continue reading Royal Ripper: Multi-Stage Phishing Attack Adapts to Victim Input
On Tuesday afternoon, dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts were hijacked to promote cryptocurrency scams. Threat actors took over the accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, and many others. Corporate Twitter accounts we… Continue reading Account Takeover Attacks Cause Chaos @ Twitter
Social media account compromise is nothing new. If you haven’t had an account hacked in the past, most of us know someone who has. According to a study by the University of Phoenix, almost two-thirds of US adults have had at least one social… Continue reading Why You Should Take Social Media Account Takeover as Seriously as a BEC Attack