Collaborate Disseminate
Is Necurs toppling down from its high position as a major malspam carrier for elite cybercrime gangs?
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The threat group operating the TrickBot Trojan has been modifying some of the malware’s modules as they continue to deploy their attacks in the wild — most recently in Japan.
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According to IBM X-Force IRIS, Magecart Group 5 is likely testing malicious code designed for injection into benign JavaScript files loaded by commercial-grade L7 routers.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes By 2024, the collective cost of data breaches will reach $5 trillion, according to a study by Juniper Research. This is just one indication of how the future of cybercrime will impact us.
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The dark web market is shifting from commodities to cybercrime services such as infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and malware-as-a-service (MaaS), creating benefits and challenges for security teams.
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In 2018, IBM X-Force researchers observed organized cybercrime groups collaborating, rather than competing over turf or even attacking each other, for the first time.
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IBM X-Force’s top security predictions for 2019 cover a range of potential attack schemes and consequences, from industry-specific prognostications to a rapid expansion of emerging criminal schemes.
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The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) brought with it a new set of attacks using adversarial AI. How can organizations fight an unknown enemy that’s not even human?
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As security tools improve, malicious actors are increasingly operating as organized cybergangs and less sophisticated actors are falling behind, according to X-Force analysis of malware trends.
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The IBM X-Force team monitored major data breach trends throughout 2017 and gleaned key insights to help companies avoid headline-grabbing security incidents and protect sensitive data.
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