ThreatList: Banking Trojans Are Still The Top Big Bad for Email

Banking trojans, led by the ever-changing Emotet, dominated the email-borne threat landscape in Q4, according to Proofpoint. Continue reading ThreatList: Banking Trojans Are Still The Top Big Bad for Email

Volunteer Project Takes Down 100,000 Malware Distribution Sites

A community of volunteer researchers has managed to take down around 100,000 malware distribution websites over the past 10 months as part of a new URL blacklisting project. The initiative, called URLhaus, was launched last March by abuse.ch, a non-pr… Continue reading Volunteer Project Takes Down 100,000 Malware Distribution Sites

Cisco Warns of Actively Exploited DoS Flaw in Security Appliances

Cisco Systems is warning customers about an unpatched vulnerability that allows attackers to crash or reboot security devices running its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software or Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software. The vulnerability, C… Continue reading Cisco Warns of Actively Exploited DoS Flaw in Security Appliances

Ransomware Tools, Attacks Become More Business-Focused

Ransomware eclipsed most other cyberthreats in 2017 and has emerged as one of the most pressing security concerns for organizations today. Highlighting the trend are attacks such as the recent attack on Hancock Health of Greenfield, Indiana, which resu… Continue reading Ransomware Tools, Attacks Become More Business-Focused