Phishing Costs Nearly Quadrupled Over 6 Years
Lost productivity & mopping up after the costly attacks that follow phishing – BEC & ransomware in particular – eat up most costs, not payouts to crooks.
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Malware
Exchange Servers Under Active Attack via ProxyShell Bugs
There’s an entirely new attack surface in Exchange, a researcher revealed at Black Hat, and threat actors are now exploiting servers vulnerable to the RCE bugs.
Read MoreWordPress Sites Abused in Aggah Spear-Phishing Campaign
The Pakistan-linked threat group’s campaign uses compromised WordPress sites to deliver the Warzone RAT to manufacturing companies in Taiwan and South Korea.
Read MoreRogue Marketplace AlphaBay Reboots
Illicit underground marketplace relaunches years after takedown.
Read MoreAdLoad Malware 2021 Samples Skate Past Apple XProtect
A crush of new attacks using the well-known adware involves at least 150 updated samples, many of which aren’t recognized by Apple’s built-in security controls.
Read MoreRansomware Payments Explode Amid ‘Quadruple Extortion’
Unit 42 puts the average payout at over half a million, while Barracuda has tracked a 64 percent year over year spike in the number of attacks.
Read MoreAccenture Confirms LockBit Ransomware Attack
LockBit offered Accenture’s purported databases and made a requisite jab at its purportedly sad security. Accenture says it recovered just fine from backups.
Read MoreKaseya’s ‘Master Key’ to REvil Attack Leaked Online
The decryptor is of little use to other companies hit in the spate of attacks unleashed before the notorious ransomware group went dark, researchers said.
Read MoreeCh0raix Ransomware Variant Targets QNAP, Synology NAS Devices
Some bad actors are honing tools to go after small fry: This variant was refined to target not one, but two vendors’ devices that are common in SOHO setups.
Read MoreChaos Malware Walks Line Between Ransomware and Wiper
The dangerous malware has been rapidly developed since June and could be released into the wild soon.
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