(STISC) reports that it has identified a spear-phishing campaign specifically targeting government institutions...information and authentication data (Information Stealer/Credential Theft) by distributing malicious messages
Engineering. a) Phone phishing (Voice phishing or Vishing): Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud,...financial reward. It is sometimes referred to as ‘vishing’. c) SMS phishing (Smishing): SMS phishing or ‘smishing’ is another form of criminal activity using…
76% of cyberattacks in 2023 stemmed from spear-phishing campaigns targeting specific members within organizations....your organization’s sensitive data. Sample phishing email used in this assessment. Sample landing page...Leveraging the credentials obtained from the phishing campaign, the engineer attempted to log in…
Threat actors with the Black Basta ransomware-as-a-service group are compromising networks...sensitive data before disabling DNS services. Black Basta ransomware actors are utilizing extreme speed and a new...The observed threat activity begins with spear phishing emails, followed by…
An analysis of Qilin’s growth as a ransomware-as-a-service operation details its Windows, Linux,...Linux, and ESXi capabilities, intrusion techniques, extortion… An analysis of Qilin’s growth as a ransomware-as-a-service operation details its Windows, Linux,...Linux, and ESXi…
cybersecurity researcher Jon DiMaggio, describe Scattered Spider as an intrusion cluster that uses social engineering to target help desks, identity systems and account-recovery processes. Their analysis also warns that a help desk call alone does not prove that Scattered…
TRM Labs, announced the disruption of three phishing kits, CoGUI (aka NX or FA), Haozi (aka Phoenix),...facilitating the sending of over one billion phishing emails and SMS messages to over 75 thousand organizations...been described as an interconnected network of…
businesses are facing an unprecedented rise in business email compromise (BEC) leading to fund transfer fraud...of digital fraud occurring far more often than ransomware despite receiving far less media attention. Their...“There’s been a significant increase in business email…
The Gentlemen ransomware group has allegedly claimed to have breached KFC, with a listing observed...confirmed compromise of KFC’s U.S. systems. A public ransomware tracker also records KFC as being named by The Gentlemen on October 10. That supports the existence…
across the U.S. and Europe have been breached by the SafePay ransomware gang since August 2024, according to a new advisory...cybersecurity agencies in Germany as well as the U.K. said SafePay is now “among the most active ransomware groups in 2026” and…
Hostile code and the extortion economy: ransomware attacks and the gangs behind them, infostealers, botnets and other malware, phishing and social engineering.
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