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  • "Over 90% of Organizations Hit by a Mobile Malware Attack in 2020"
    Researchers from Checkpoint conducted a new study where they polled 1800 customers of its Harmony Mobile device threat protection product.  The researchers discovered that every global organization suffered at least one mobile malware attack in 2020…
  • "Researchers Develop Method for Enhancing Resilience against Replay Attacks In Computer Systems"
    Complex, multi-tier systems' reliance on layered communications in the performance of tasks increases vulnerability as every point of contact could be a target for replay attacks. In replay attacks, the malicious actor uses information already in the…
  • "National Supply Chain Integrity Month: Campaign to Raise Awareness of Supply Chain Threats and Mitigation"
    April is National Supply Chain Integrity Month. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) is partnering with government and industry partners throughout April for the 4th annual National Supply Chain Integrity Month to encourage…
  • "UK Firms Suffer Record Number of Cyber-Attacks in Q1"
    Researchers at Beaming discovered that there was no let up for UK businesses in the first three months of 2021, with commercial organizations suffering an 11% year-on-year increase in cyber-attacks during the period.  The researchers found that UK…
  • "Data from 500M LinkedIn Users Posted for Sale Online"
    In yet another incident of threat actors scraping data from public profiles and slinging it online for potential cybercriminal misuse, researchers have found that personal data from more than 500 million LinkedIn users have been posted for sale online.…
  • "Cybercrime Group Lazarus Upgrades its Arsenal with Vyveva Malware"
    ESET researchers found a new backdoor that is being used by the Lazarus hacking group in attacks against freight and logistic organizations in South Africa. The malware dubbed Vyveva performs backdoor activities such as exfiltrating files, collecting…
  • "Fraudsters Use HTML Lego to Evade Detection in Phishing Attack"
    Researchers with Trustwave SpiderLabs have released a detailed analysis of a new phishing campaign aimed at Microsoft 365 users. The fraudsters behind the campaign employ "HTML Lego" to deliver a fake Microsoft login page. According to Trustwave, the…
  • "Scientists Harness Chaos to Protect Devices From Hackers"
    Researchers at Ohio State University have discovered how to use chaos to help create fingerprints for electronic devices that might be unique enough to thwart the most sophisticated hackers. The researchers believe these fingerprints are unique enough to…
  • "SAP Issues Advisory On the Exploit of Old Vulnerabilities to Target Enterprise Applications"
    SAP and Onapsis recently released a joint threat intelligence report to help SAP customers protect themselves against active cyber threats aimed at compromising organizations running unsecured SAP applications. The report highlights activities in which…
  • "$38 Million Worth of Gift Cards Stolen And Sold on Dark Web"
    Researchers at a fraud intelligence firm called Gemini Avirsory found that a cybercriminal has sold almost 900,000 gift cards and over 300,000 payment cards on a top-tier cybercrime forum on the dark web. The total value of the cards was claimed to be…
  • "Hackers Are Exploiting Discord and Slack Links to Serve Up Malware"
    Collaboration platforms such as Discord and Slack have increased in use to help maintain ties during the COVID-19 pandemic. As these platforms have increasingly become an integral part of our lives, threat actors have been using them to deliver malware…
  • "Armed Conflict Draws Closer as State-Backed Cyber-Attacks Intensify"
    A senior lecturer in criminology from the University of Surrey, Mike McGuire, has found in a new study that there has been a 100% increase in “significant” state-backed attacks between 2017 and 2020, and an average of over 10 publicly attributed attacks…