Tag: automation
New Sophisticated Attacks Demonstrated by Disney+ Impersonators – December 6th
Abnormal Security published a study revealing a Disney+ impersonation attack, demonstrating never-before-seen phishing tactics. The cybercriminals initiated the impersonation attack through an auto-generated notification email, about pending charges for their Disney+ subscription. The emails also demonstrated customized PDFs, with legitimate numbers & emails, inflated charges, and believable branding.
Beware of Death by a Billion Bots
US corporations lose an average of 4.3 percent of their online revenues to malicious ‘bots,’ malware designed to resemble human communications. Malware attacks of this nature accounts for an average annual loss of $86.5 million a year for corporations with average annual online revenues of $1.9 billion, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Netacea, “Death by a Billion Bots: The Accumulating Business Cost of Malicious Automation”.