Investment fraud a serious money maker for criminals
Europols’s spotlight report ‘Online fraud schemes: a web of deceit’, looks into online fraud schemes—a major crime threat in the EU and beyond—and one of…
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Microsoft disables ms-appinstaller after malicious use
In what might be conceived as one of Microsoft’s new year resolutions, it has disclosed that it’s turned off the ms-appinstaller protocol handler by default.…
Oops! Black Basta ransomware flubs encryption
Researchers at SRLabs have made a decryption tool available for Black Basta ransomware, allowing some victims of the group to decrypt files without paying a…
DNA data deserves better, with Suzanne Bernstein: Lock and Code S05E01
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Hackers want to know everything about you: Your credit card number, your ID and passport info, and…
The top 4 ransomware gang failures of 2023
Ransomware gangs care about one thing: Stealing money. Over time, their craven, cybercriminal efforts have toppled businesses, destabilized hospitals, and ruined lives. Worst of all,…
How ransomware operators try to stay under the radar
An often heard remark is that when your security solution notices a ransomware attack, it’s already too late. There’s a lot of truth in that,…
How to recognize AI-generated phishing mails
Phishing is the art of sending an email with the aim of getting users to open a malicious file or click on a link to…
Webinar recap: Ransomware gangs and Living Off The Land attacks (LOTL)
Discover the intersection of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gangs and Living Off The Land (LOTL) attacks in our latest webinar, now available on-demand, led by cybersecurity experts…
Update Chrome now! Emergency update patches zero-day
Google has released an emergency security update for Chrome that brings the browser’s Stable channel to version 120.0.6099.129 for Mac, Linux and to 120.0.6099.129/130 for…
How does ThreatDown Vulnerability Assessment and Patch Management work?
Maintaining updated systems and applications is a challenge for any IT team—especially considering the sheer volume of vulnerabilities organizations must find and prioritize on a…
Comcast’s Xfinity breached by Citrix Bleed; 36 million customer’s data accessed
In a notice for its customers, Xfinity acknowledges it recently fell victim to a data security incident. Xfinity is Comcast’s brand for TV, internet, and…
How Outlook notification sounds can lead to zero-click exploits
An Akamai researcher has found two vulnerabilities in Windows that can be combined to achieve a full, zero-click remote code execution (RCE) in Outlook. Both…