Cybercrime outfits appeared to take a vacation around the December holidays. But attacks involving Emotet, Hancitor and Trickbot have resurged following their December slowdown, as has the Fallout exploit kit, lately serving GandCrab ransomware.
Our goal with this report has always been to track the ever-shifting contours of the cyber-threat landscape and communicate what
we're seeing to our readers.
Generally speaking, the TLI is based on the premise that if organizations are seeing more threats more frequently, then things are
getting worse. If the...
As the threat landscape evolves, it becomes a game of
survival of the fittest. Only the best attacks and attackers
remain standing, and the result is a series of targeted
ransomware attacks that now cost global enterprises
millions of dollars per year. This is among the important
findings of the Sophos 2019...
A new, free decryptor has been released for "aggressive" crypto-locking ransomware called GandCrab. Researchers say GandCrab has come to dominate the ransomware-as-a-service market, earning its development team an estimated $120,000 per month.
A slick ransomware-as-a-service operation called Kraken Cryptor has begun leveraging the Fallout exploit kit to help it score fresh victims, researchers from McAfee and Recorded Future warn. Absent offline backups, victims have little chance of recovering from its crypto-locking attacks.
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The notorious GandCrab ransomware-as-a-service gang has released the latest version of its crypto-locking malware, backed by crypter service and exploit toolkit partnerships. But the gang's marketing savvy belies shoddy code-development practices, security firm McAfee finds.
More evidence that running cybercrime schemes remains inexpensive and accessible to anyone with criminal intent: To send spam emails, admitted botnet herder Peter Levashov quoted customers $500 for 1 million emails. And that was just his 2016 pricing.
Russian national Peter Levashov, who was arrested in Spain last year and extradited to the U.S., has admitted to a two-decade crime spree that included running multiple botnets that harvested online credentials while also pumping out spam, banking Trojans and ransomware.
This quarter's finds uncover some very interesting cyber security trends and examples of malware developers, leveraging agile development, IoT devices used for cryptojacking, and vulnerability exploitation.
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API endpoints have become a weak link in today's enterprise networks. Organizations are deploying Application Program Interface (API)
endpoints at an ever-increasing rate to keep up with the demands of
mobile applications, server-to-server communication, and microservice
requirements. This creates a broader attack...
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Ransomware is vicious malware that locks users out of their devices or blocks access to files until a sum of money or ransom is paid. Attacks cause downtime, data loss, possible intellectual property theft, and in certain industries an attack is considered a data breach. Phishing emails, compromised websites and free...
Ransomware is a multi-billion dollar business with the number of new ransomware variants continuing to grow quarter-over-quarter. Despite the many security offerings available, organizations continue to fall victim to ransomware attacks.
For this report, we surveyed businesses across all industries to find out what...
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