cybercriminals have not abandoned this attack vector. In addition, the number of attempts in 2022 increased compared to the year before. In total, Kaspersky security solutions detected more than 7 million attacks from January 2022 and December 2022. In 2021, cybercriminals attempted 4.5 million att...
But the world of gaming isn’t quite as buddy-buddy as might seem at first glance, so here toocybersecurityis a must. Sure, the games themselves are (mostly) fine — the problem is the parasite scammers and cybercriminals they attract. Kaspersky experts have dug deep to find out which ...
Awareness of the techniques used by cybercriminals will therefore lead to increased attention to suspicious transactions. However, the intersection between cybercrime and money laundering has not yet been sufficiently explored in the literature. Therefore, there is asignificant research gap. For this ...
In 2021, it experienced an extensive cybersecurity incident unlike anything before. The cyberattack revealed gaps in OSU’s security operations. “The types of threats that we’re seeing, the types of events that are occurring in higher education, are much more aggressive by cyber ad...
Credit cards are a common target for cybercriminals, and that will not change anytime soon, if ever. Awareness of themethods they use to steal personal information-- credit card data, in particular, but other details that can lead to fraudulent transactions, identity theft and more -- is th...
The links sent by the cybercriminals are usually created using a URL shortener service. Such tools are often used when the sender doesn’t want the real address of a site to be seen. What’s more, anti-phishing tools find it harder to spot such links. ...
Cybercriminals scare us into thinking that our computers or smartphones have become infected to convince victims to purchase a fake application. In a typical scareware scam, you might see an alarming message while browsing the Web that says “Warning: Your computer is infected!” or “You have...
Cybercriminals exploit theemotion of impulseby utilizing tactics like setting unrealistic timelines or deadlines for action. For instance, the phishing email I received ended with the statement, “Your account will be deleted within 72 hours.” Additionally, cybercriminals plan their phishing emails to...
Organizations use CAPTCHA to prevent automated attacks like credential stuffing. Learn how cybercriminals bypass it and how to mitigate the risk.
Credential stuffing, a type of a brute-force attack that makes use of botnets to access websites and online services using stolen credentials, allows financially motivated actors to gain unfettered access to victims’ bank accounts and sensitive information. Cybercriminals also profit from sto...