It noted that 41 percent of the cyber incidents involved hacking into social networks, 25 percent were phishing attempts, and 18 percent were intrusions into computer systems. In the past year, companies offering digital services to various organizations were prime targets for attacks, said the rep...
“High-profile” experts working on Middle Eastern affairs at universities and research organizations in the US, UK, Belgium, France, Israel, and even Gaza have been targeted byhackers allegedly connected to the Iranian government, according to a new report from Microsoft. The report alleges that...
Oct. 4. Microsoft reports an Iranian hacker group called Phosphorus made more than2,700 attempts to identify email accounts belonging to its customersbetween August and September. It says the group attacked 241 accounts, including accounts associated with a U.S. presidential campai...
Also popular is malware that attempts to rename or inject payloads to mimic system processes and collect data from browser caches. Other forms of malware in play were: use of specific reconnaissance strings; processes added to startup folders; Windows Antimalware Scan Interface (AM...
Exploits targeting network services, such as the Server service, can generate large numbers of detections by real-time antimalware products: 23 a worm traversing a network may make repeated attempts to infect an individual computer using the exploit, with each unsuccessful attempt logged...
When STRONTIUM identifies an individual to target, the group will repeatedly conduct spear phishing attacks against it over a long duration, possibly a year or more, until one of the attempts succeeds. STRONTIUM's spear phishing modus operandi focuses on making the recipient concerned about ...
Secondary Threats:The exploitation of telecommunications vulnerabilities can lead to secondary threats. These include blackmail attempts, particularly when confidential relationships are exposed. Additionally, the compromised information can be used for competitive intelligence gathering and espionage. If a high-...
It is therefore no surprise that QR codes have been used in phishing schemes to avoid anti-phishing solutions’ attempts to identify malicious URLs within email messages. They can also be used on webpages or social media. In such schemes,victims scan fraudulent QRs and find themselves taken to...
Copy the link onto a secure browser and go to the website directly. If it is indeed malware, your anti-malware will detect it and stop any attempts to attack. Alternatively, hover on the link to see its source. If the URL reads HTTP, avoid it. A legit URL will often read HTTPS. ...
Six separate Chinese hacking groups are targetingtelecom companies, a popular target for state-backed hackers, CrowdStrike said. The United States has been waging a campaign against Chinese telecom giant Huawei, alleging that the company's attempts to establish a global leadership in 5G mobile phone ...