Spike in Snake Ransomware Activity Attributed to New Campaign

Security researchers attributed a spike in Snake ransomware activity to a new campaign that’s targeted organizations worldwide. Snake ransomware first attracted the attention of malware analysts in January 2020 when they observed the crypto-malwa… Continue reading Spike in Snake Ransomware Activity Attributed to New Campaign

Getting Zoom Security Right – 8 Tips for Family and Friends

If you’ve read a newspaper or watched the news in the past few weeks, you’ll notice one common topic that all the major news outlets are discussing… COVID-19. Right now, many companies are trying to provide employee guidance during th… Continue reading Getting Zoom Security Right – 8 Tips for Family and Friends

Digital Fraudsters Masquerading as FINRA in Phishing Emails

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) warned that digital fraudsters are impersonating it in an ongoing phishing email campaign. In a regulatory notice published on its website, FINRA revealed that malicious actors had sent out fraudulent… Continue reading Digital Fraudsters Masquerading as FINRA in Phishing Emails

Increase in Ransomware Demand Amounts Driven by Ryuk, Sodinokibi

The Ryuk and Sodinokibi ransomware families both contributed to an increase in the ransom amounts demanded by attackers over the past quarter. Coveware found that the average ransom amount demanded by ransomware attacks in Q1 2020 was $111,605. This am… Continue reading Increase in Ransomware Demand Amounts Driven by Ryuk, Sodinokibi

Is Cyber Bullying Just Kids Being Mean On Social Media, Or Is There More To It?

Whilst there are many definitions out there, to me cyberbullying is any form of communication that is aimed at hurting or embarrassing a specific target. From my personal experience, it has been often used in an attempt by the bully to raise themselves… Continue reading Is Cyber Bullying Just Kids Being Mean On Social Media, Or Is There More To It?

Phishers Increasingly Incorporating reCaptcha API into Campaigns

Security researchers observed that digital attackers are increasingly incorporating the reCaptcha API into their phishing campaigns. Barracuda Networks explained that malicious actors are starting to outfit their phishing attempts with reCaptcha walls … Continue reading Phishers Increasingly Incorporating reCaptcha API into Campaigns

Operators of Shade Ransomware Publish 750K Decryption Keys

The operators of Shade ransomware published the decryption keys for 750,000 of their victims in an effort to help them recover their data. The authors of Shade used a GitHub post to make decryption keys available to all of its remaining victims (approx… Continue reading Operators of Shade Ransomware Publish 750K Decryption Keys

What is the Cyber Essentials Certification and How Can it Help Your Business?

According to a statistical research of the University of Portsmouth for the government of the UK, more than 80% of the cyber-attacks affecting businesses in the UK could have been prevented by the implementation of some basic security controls. To help… Continue reading What is the Cyber Essentials Certification and How Can it Help Your Business?

Zero-Day Flaw Allowed Attackers to Achieve RCE on Firewalls

British security firm Sophos determined that malicious actors had abused a zero-day vulnerability to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on some of its firewall products. According to Sophos, the attack chain began when digital attackers exploited a ze… Continue reading Zero-Day Flaw Allowed Attackers to Achieve RCE on Firewalls

New Phishing Campaign Spoofed Skype to Steal Users’ Credentials

A phishing campaign leveraged malicious emails to spoof video calling platform Skype in order to steal users’ account credentials. Cofense observed that the campaign began with an attack email that appeared to originate from Skype. Specifically, … Continue reading New Phishing Campaign Spoofed Skype to Steal Users’ Credentials