Tag: cybercrime
Interpol-Afriapol success and 200,000 phishing victims – August 18th
Discord.io data leak Discord.io exposes the personal data of more than 760,000
Companies slow to take the fight to cybercriminals
According to a study conducted in June, “Threat intelligence: Eyes on the enemy,” by threat intelligence firm Cyber Risk Analytics (CRA), vulnerability priority is the chief use of threat intelligence for 70 percent of the study’s respondents; 65 percent of those respondents also stated that they are starting to use threat intelligence to aid them with reactive incident response. By contrast, proactive measures still rank low on the list of primary uses for threat intelligence where most organizations are concerned, with 50 percent of respondents using threat intelligence for threat hunting and 46 percent, fewer than half, using actionable threat intelligence providing advanced warning against future attacks.
Microsoft One Drive doubles as ransomware tool
Microsoft's OneDrive includes built in ransomware detection and recovery and is marketed as a safe place to store sensitive documents. However, SafeBrach Researcher, Or Yair, was able to demonstrate its worrying capability to be used by the very criminals it was built to protect against.
Barracuda again the target of malware attack – August 14th
Barracuda Email Security Gateway devices have again been violated, this time through a novel backdoor malware named 'Whirlpool.' The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has identified the breach to be the work of a pro-China group of hackers. The threat actors have targeted a zero-day remote command injection vulnerability through the malware. Reports say this vulnerability was used to plant malware payloads of Seapsy and Whirlpool backdoors on compromised devices.
August vacations pose QR code nightmare
A new summer craze is hitting the world of cybercrime – weaponized Quick Response (QR) codes. According to cybersecurity firm Darktrace, last month saw a marked increase in “Quishing” attacks.
UK Foreign Office hack reveals major security weaknesses
The UK Foreign Office's culture of secrecy kept the details of the extent of a 2021 breach that endangered its staff and allies until now.
Too little too late for Interpol
Interpol's latest bust may look like a victory, but critics contend that its approach is outdated, ineffective, and all too often political.