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Malicious individuals targeted a food delivery website located in Germany with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Jitse Groen, founder and CEO of the Germany-based food delivery service Takeaway (Lieferando.de), announced on March 18 that h… Continue reading Food Delivery Website in Germany Targeted by DDoS Attackers
A newly discovered ransomware family called “Nefilim” told its victims that it would publish their stolen data within a week unless they paid their ransom. According to Bleeping Computer, Nefilim started up near the end of February 2020. Th… Continue reading Nefilim Ransomware Threatens to Release Victims’ Data within a Week
Security isn’t a simple matter of caring or spending time reading manuals or being told what you can or can’t do. Security is understanding how to view the world from a different perspective. It’s a skill that people build over time, … Continue reading What Is Multi-Factor Authentication, and What Does It Have to Do with You?
Security researchers spotted BlackWater malware leveraging a Cloudflare Worker for command-and-control (C&C) functionality. MalwareHunterTeam observed that the threat activity began with an RAR file called “Important – COVID-19.rar.R… Continue reading Cloudflare Worker Employed as C&C Server by BlackWater Malware
First and foremost, our hearts go out to those around the world impacted by the COVID-19 virus. The director of the U.S. Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), who advises the country on public health, has indicated that the risk to the gen… Continue reading Working from Home during COVID-19? What You and Your Organization Need to Consider
Attackers are increasingly exploiting the fact that email gateways turn a blind eye to links to popular sites such as YouTube, in order to phish passwords from unsuspecting computer users. Researcher Ashley Trans of Cofense highlighted the threat in a … Continue reading Phishing attacks exploit YouTube redirects to catch the unwary
Together with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a series of practice guides that focuses on data integrity: the property that data has not been altered in an … Continue reading How to Leverage NIST Cybersecurity Framework for Data Integrity
Arguably, the first malware extortion attack occurred in 1988 – the AIDS Trojan had the potential to be the first example of ransomware, but due to a design flaw, the victims didn’t end up actually having to pay up the 189 bucks. It’s… Continue reading We Want You! Win the War on Ransomware Today
Digital fraudsters incorporated a chatbot into their phishing scam for the purpose of helping victims hand over their personal information. In a scam discovered by MalwareHunterTeam and shared with Bleeping Computer, digital attackers targeted Russian … Continue reading Chatbot Used by Phishing Scammers to Help Victims Provide Their Data
It’s an unfortunate reality that cyber attacks on the U.S. 2020 election are likely to happen. However, while this is a potent threat to democracy, an even greater threat is to not take the necessary actions to prevent these attacks until it is t… Continue reading Four Important Steps to Secure the United States 2020 Election