Malware
Hackers Still Abusing LinkedIn Smart Links in Phishing Attacks
Email security firm Cofense in 2022 uncovered a phishing campaign that abused LinkedIn’s Smart Links feature to redirect unsuspecting victims to malicious websites, another example of bad actors using a trusted source ...
Microsoft Defender Brings Automated Attack Disruption to Endpoints
Microsoft’s Defender for Endpoint can now stop ransomware and other human-operated cyberattacks by automatically isolating a compromised device to keep the bad actors from being able to move laterally through a targeted ...
Survey Sees Cyberattacks Impacting Primary Health Care Services
A Proofpoint survey found the majority of health care organizations experienced an average of 40 attacks in the past 12 months ...
Unpatched Critical Zero-Day Bug Puts Exim Servers at Risk
Millions of Exim servers could be impacted by a flaw found in all versions of Exim, according to an advisory from Trend Micro ...
A Growing Cyberwar in the Widening Israeli-Hamas Conflict
The unprecedented assault by Hamas on Israel over the weekend brought with it cyberattacks by a number of known threat groups, echoing what was seen in the runup and aftermath of Russia’s ...
Survey Sees Many Cybersecurity Professionals Willing to Jump Ship
Half of cybersecurity professionals reported it is very likely, likely or somewhat likely they will leave their current job this year ...
How is Malware Detected in 2023? Uncover the Latest Techniques
Introduction In 2023, malware detection has never been more critical. As cyber threats evolve, understanding the latest techniques to identify and block malicious software is essential for safeguarding your digital assets. This ...
Google, Yahoo to Put Tighter Spam Restrictions on Bulk Senders
Email giants Google and Yahoo are putting tighter requirements on bulk email senders in hopes of reducing the massive amounts of spam that hammer inboxes every day and deflecting the phishing and ...
iPhone/iPad Warning: Update Now to Avoid Zero-Day Pain
Apple’s embarrassing regression: iOS 17.0.3 fixes yet more nasty zero-days (and the overheating bug) ...
Qakbot Hackers Delivering Ransomware Despite FBI Takedown
The raid two months ago that shut down the infrastructure of the notorious Qakbot malware group doesn’t seem to have been the kill shot that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies ...
