Cyber Security Threats

Anti-pornography legislation in Alabama could be introduced from January 1, 2018, following the introduction of a new bill last month. House Bill 428 was introduced by Jack Williams (R-Montgomery) to prevent state residents from using Internet-enabled … Read more

Dropbox phishing campaigns are relatively typical and often fool employees into revealing their sensitive information or installing malware. Dropbox is widely used for sharing files and employees are used to receiving links advising them that … Read more

The source code for the NukeBot Trojan has been published online on a source-code management platform. The code for NukeBot – or Nuclear Bot as it is also known –  appears to have been released … Read more

The SANS Internet Storm Center has released a statement that says the Blank Slate spam campaign which was first discovered in July last year is now being employed to spread Cerber ransomware, rather than previous … Read more

A flaw in the mobile Safari browser has been exploited by cybercriminals and used to extort money from individuals who have previously used their mobile device to view pornography or other illegal content. The Safari … Read more

The world’s biggest spam operation has been exposed including a gigantic database of email addresses. Over 1.37 billion email addresses, names, addresses, and IP addresses were included in the database, which was exposed due to … Read more

A new form of PoS malware – called MajikPOS malware – has recently been discovered by security researchers at Trend Micro. The new malware has been used in targeted attacks on businesses in the United … Read more

There is a new ransomware threat that businesses should be aware of, but PetrWrap ransomware is not exactly anything new. It is actually a form of ransomware that was first discovered in May last year. … Read more

A W-2 Form phishing scam that has been widely used to trick businesses out of the tax information of their staff is now being used on educational institutions. School districts should be on high alert … Read more

The final New York Department of Financial Services cybersecurity rules have now been issued. Covered entities – banks, Insurance companies, and financial service firms operating in the state of New York must now comply with … Read more

Complex phishing emails and elaborate web-based scams are being used to attack students at the University of Connecticut. The range to which students have been focused on with these scams has lead toUConn Chief Information … Read more

A recent university cyberattack in the United States resulted in more than 5,000 systems being taken out of action. The university cyberattack only became apparent after the IT department was flooded with complaints from staff … Read more

The past few months have seen an increase in phishing attacks on law firms. Cybercriminals are attacking law firms to gain access to the highly confidential data held by attorneys and solicitors. Healthcare industry attacks … Read more

A law firm phone hacking incident has resulted in an Alexandria, VA attorney being sent a staggering $65,000 phone bill. The attorney’s phone system was hacked and used to make a slew of international phone … Read more

A restaurant malware attack has resulted in the theft of the credit and debit card numbers of more than 355,000 customers, according to Krebs on Security. A breach was suspected to have occurred when credit … Read more

If your organization was hit with a malware or ransomware infection last year, the 2016 malware report from Malwarebytes may serve as an unpleasant reminder of 12 months best forgotten. Malware infections rose in 2016 … Read more

You have secured your servers, you have end point protection, but have you ensured your organization is protected against printer hacking? According to one hacker, as many as 300,000 organizations have left a gaping hole … Read more

A hotel ransomware attack in Austria hit the headlines in the past couple of days. The cyberattack affected the Romantik Seehotel Jägerwirt. The hotel’s computer system was infiltrated by the attacker who installed ransomware. A … Read more

According to a new report from data breach insurance provider Beazley, US ransomware attacks on enterprises quadrupled in 2016. There is no sign that these attacks will slow, in fact they are likely to continue … Read more

More than 60 apps have now been permanently deleted from Google Play Store that were full of AdultSwine Malware – a malware variant that shows pornographic adverts on users’ technological devices. Many of the apps … Read more

A large number of Gmail phishing attacks was reported in the media this week. While the phishing scam is not previously unseen – it was first identified around 12 months ago – cybercriminals have activated … Read more

Credential stuffing attacks on enterprises are soaring according to a recent study conducted by Shape Security. The massive data breaches at the likes of LinkedIn, Yahoo, MySpace have provided cybercriminals with passwords aplenty and those … Read more

Internet censorship laws in two U.S. states may be augmented, forcing Internet service providers and device manufacturers to implement technology that blocks obscene material from being viewed on Internet-connected devices. North Dakota has recently joined … Read more

Spora ransomware, a new ransomware variant, has been discovered by Emisoft. This ransomware included a new tactic which involves victims having a wide range of their files encrypted as with other forms of file-encrypting malware before … Read more

Cybersecurity spending in 2016 was increased by 59% of businesses according to PwC. Cybersecurity is now increasingly being viewed as essential for business growth, not just an IT cost. As more companies digitize their data … Read more

Companies must now deal with a new ransomware threat: 2017 is likely to see a proliferation of doxware attacks. 2016 was the year when cybercriminals fully embraced ransomware and used it to devastating effect on … Read more

Despite email marketing service MailChimp having security controls in place to ensure that its account holders do not use the service to share spam; yet, this week malicious spam emails were broadcast from multiple accounts … Read more

There have been many new reports recently detailing how hackers have managed to obtain tens of thousands of confidential records, or in some instances, tens of millions or more. However, it is rare that a … Read more

Kaiser Permanente is alerting a few of its associates of a website formation mistake that led to the revelation of a few of their safeguarded health information. Luckily, the mistake was swiftly known and ePHI … Read more

Holiday email scamming campaigns are conducted at this point every year due to the fact that they are often successful. Dangerous malicious programs are disguised as Christmas screensavers, phishing campaigns will look like festive quizzes, … Read more

Spam email volume has dropped a lot over the past few years after the takedown of key botnets – and individuals – behind some of the largest spamming attacks. It was beginning to look like … Read more

Thanksgiving weekend sees millions of people begin online Christmas shopping and this year the holiday season scams have already kicked off. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the busiest online shopping days, but some retailers are … Read more

Over the past few weeks reports of emails and letters being sent advising the recipients they have almost become a Euro millionaire have been witnessed. Email user are told that their numbers have been drawn … Read more

It has been discovered that a Russian Snake Virus, Uroboros has been stealing data for 8 years. Despite being disvoered virus will be present on many systems, and will go on stealingas it is incredibly … Read more

Trump Hotels and Management LLC has paid the price for failing to implement robust security controls to secure its POS system from cybercriminals. The hotel chain, which is headed by Donald Trump and run by … Read more

The Division of Health and Human Services’ OCR has lately distributed guidance for HIPAA covered entities on ransomware to assist protected bodies trade with the enhanced danger of ransomware assaults. Recently the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has … Read more

August was a regrettable month for healthcare data breaches. Over 8.8 million health plan member and patient files were stolen or exposed, totaling exactly 8,804,608 files. According to the latest segment of the Protenus Breach … Read more

It has been discovered that the Russian Snake Virus, Uroboros has been stealing data for 8 years. This virus will be present on many systems, and will continue to steal data as it is incredibly … Read more

recently, LinkedIn spear phishing scams have been discovered. Efforts are being made to gather information from LinkedIN that an be used against peoples – or organizations – to carry outhighly convincing spear phishing campaigns. Spear … Read more

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has circulated the outcomes of its yearly healthcare cybersecurity analysis. The report demonstrates that healthcare companies are using a range of methods to enhance their safety posture … Read more

The Tripwire survey was completed on 480 IT security experts and asked questions about enterprise patch management policies at their groups. The results indicate that IT staff are struggling to ensure that all systems are … Read more

A huge data break has been informed by a Phoenix AZ-based healthcare company which has possibly affected 3.7 million people. The assault is the 2nd biggest cyberattack informed thus far in 2016, just second to previous … Read more

A new, complex Game of Thrones phishing scam has been discovered which is targeting individuals who illegally obtain pirated copies of the HBO series. Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV show on record, … Read more

A new authentic-looking Game of Thrones-styled phishing campaign has been identified which is targeting people who illegally download pirated copies of the HBO series. Game of Thrones is, to date, the most pirated TV show … Read more

Malvertising – A Major Security Risk that Should be Managed Malvertising is the term used for the practice of displaying malicious adverts to website visitors. The malicious adverts are displayed via third party advertising networks … Read more

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a new security alert warning of a new extortion email campaign. The alert was released after its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) started receiving multiple reports from … Read more

Security researchers at ESET have discovered a dangerous new Mac backdoor program which allows attackers to gain full control of a Mac computer. Mac malware may be relatively rare compared to malware used to infect … Read more

The developers of CryptXXX ransomware have made some updates to the malicious software recently. A new campaign has also been launched which is seeing an increasing number of Joomla and WordPress websites compromised with malicious … Read more

Kaspersky Lab has published a new ransomware study that clearly shows the rise in use of the malicious file encrypting software over the past two years. The research shows that companies are firmly in attackers’ … Read more

The EU referendum that took place in the United Kingdom in 2016 has resulted Brexit phishing attacks. Brexit – the UK exit from the European Union – has inflicted major economic turmoil in the UK … Read more