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July 25, 2021 Security

How Tokyo Olympics is used as bait for phishing scams

Many Tokyo Olympics related phishing websites have surfaced on the internet.

April 22, 2021 Security

Cybercriminals increasingly using TLS to avoid detection

Attackers are taking advantage of TLS-protected web and cloud services for malware delivery and for command and control

June 16, 2020 Security

Mobile threats distributed as porn content doubled in 2019

Kaspersky researchers during the review of 2019 threat activity found that the number of mobile users attacked by pornographic content grew two-fold in 2019, reaching 42,973 users compared to the 19,699 who were targeted in 2018.

May 28, 2020 Security

Trust has eroded among criminal interactions: report

Trust has eroded among criminal interactions, causing a switch to e-commerce platforms and communication using Discord, which both increase user anonymization, reveals Trend Micro Research report.

November 14, 2019 Security

DDoS attacks up 30 pc points in Q3, 2019 : Kaspersky

In Q3 2019, the share of ‘smart’ attacks dropped to 28% of all DDoS attacks, from 50% in Q2, and grew by only seven percentage points in the Q3 2018 results.

September 27, 2019 Opinions

Cyberattacks on campus: A new breed of cybercriminal targets higher education

Cyberattack, espionage, and ransomware aren’t part of the curriculum; they are the threats that colleges and universities face as more sophisticated cyber criminals target higher education.

September 23, 2019 Security

Monetization of IoT attacks is increasing: Trend Micro study

Cybercriminals from around the world are actively discussing how to compromise connected devices, and how to leverage these devices for moneymaking schemes.

July 31, 2019 Security

Cybercriminals abusing Twitter via tech support scams, data exfiltration: study

Trend Micro researchers analyzed a large volume of Twitter data to identify relationships between various entities to spot anomalies and uncover key insights.

December 10, 2018 Security

New backdoors malware increased over 40 pc in 2018 : Kaspersky report

One in three (30.01%) computers encountered at least one online malicious threat in 2018. Taken together, these results show that malware, and backdoors and ransomware in particular remains significant risk for computer users.

November 30, 2018 News & Analysis

In 2019, organizations will employ more automation to combat threats : Fortinet predicts

“We are seeing significant advances in cybercriminal tools and services which leverage automation and the precursors of AI. Organizations need to rethink their strategy to better anticipate threats and to combat the economic motivations forcing cybercriminals back to the drawing board,”said Michael Joseph, Director – System Engineering, India & SAARC – Fortinet