attacks begin with a scammer building trust with the victim via online interaction. This usually involves interacting with content and sending messages as if talking with a friend or business. But before the actual act takes paces, several steps are followed: ...
Cyber attacks have been on the rise, in sync with the digitization of business that has become more and more popular in recent years. While there are dozens of different types of attacks, the list of cyber attacks includes the 20 most common examples. Cyberthreat Predictions for 2025 Learn...
Cyberattacks can target a wide range of victims from individual users to enterprises or even governments. When targeting businesses or other organizations, the hacker’s goal is usually to access sensitive and valuable company resources, such as intellec
Attacks that exploit previosuly unknown vulnerabilities are considered some of the most dangerous attacks. How are these vulnerabilities discovered? What are some of the most recent zero-day attacks? Do you think there is a way to protect your computer against ALL types of malicious...
The four-day WannaCry epidemic knocked out more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries. This included critical infrastructure: In some hospitals, WannaCry encrypted all devices, including medical equipment, and some factories were forced to stop production. Among recent attacks, WannaCry is the most...
A botnet is a network of devices that has been infected with malicious software, such as avirus. Attackers can control a botnet as a group without the owner’s knowledge with the goal of increasing the magnitude of their attacks. Often, a botnet is used to overwhelm systems in adistributed...
Accelerated by digital transformation, ransomware attacks are on the rise. Learn the 7 most common ransomware attack vectors & how to protect against them.
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DDoS attacks are happening more frequently and on a larger scale than ever before. In fact, the world has seen almost a300 percent increasein these types of attacks year over year, and it’s only expected to get worse. Some recentDDoS attacksover the last two decades have targeted major co...
The detection name “OSX/CobaltStrike” refers to malicious abuses of Cobalt Strike Beacons as post-exploit agents or malware droppers that are used in real-world attacks (rather than simulations).June 2022: Adware and moreAlthough there weren’t any notable malware write-ups in June (other ...