Tag: security
Ransomware is threatening more businesses than ever before
As a threat, ransomware is expanding and diversifying, making defending against it a much harder, tedious task, new research has claimed. Elastic’s second Global Threat Report analyzed more than a billion data points collected over the last 12 months to get a better overview of the ransomware threat landscape, and…
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Email security threats are more dangerous than ever – here’s what you need to know
The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Chat-GPT and the increasing popularity of cloud services have made spam and phishing emails infinitely more dangerous, new research has claimed. A new report from the VIPRE Security Group found that as consumers started using the cloud more, so did…
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Watch out – that QR code could just be a phishing scam
The latest evolution of phishing emails includes QR codes as hackers look to maximize the potential of their campaigns. A new report from cybersecurity researchers SecurityHQ claims to have observed a “significant increase” of such “quishing” emails in these past couple of months. The premise is simple – the majority…
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Beware – this fake KeePass download site is just spreading malware
Hackers are getting creative with malicious Google Ads campaigns, with a new scam spotted by cybersecurity researchers Malwarebytes meaning even more eagle-eyed visitors could fall prey and end up accidentally installing malware. Hackers were spotted distributing malware by impersonating the KeePass password manager, initially by creating a website that looks…
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Casio data breach hits users in 149 countries
Casio has suffered a security incident that saw data on thousands of customers spread all over the world hacked and stolen. The company confirmed the news, saying unnamed threat actors managed to access a ClassPad.net database within its development environment. ClassPad.net is the company’s education and learning platform. “On the…
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RagnarLocker dark web sites seized in major crackdown
The operators of the RagnarLocker ransomware have had their website seized by the authorities, hopefully lessening its ability to spread chaos to victims. Where once stood information on the encryptor and its victims, now stands a message saying “This service has been seized by a part of a coordinated international…
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