In a novel attack technique, cybercriminals are abusing legitimate URL protection services to hide malicious URLs in phishing emails, according to a new Threat Spotlight from Barracuda Networks. From mid-May 2024 onwards, Barracuda researchers observed phishing attacks taking advantage of three different URL protection services to mask their phishing URLs. The servicesRead More…
Fortinet has announced the release of the FortiGuard Labs 2H 2023 Global Threat Landscape Report. The latest semiannual report is a snapshot of the active threat landscape and highlights trends from July to December of 2023, including analysis on the speed with which cyber attackers are capitalizing on newly identifiedRead More…
Sonia Domínguez Waisbrod, the writer at ESET explains here what drives cybercriminals to relentlessly target the personal information of other people and why you need to guard your data like your life depends on it.Read More…
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered the emergence of three cross-platform threats, and reveals three new strategies being employed by cybercriminals Read More…
At GITEX 2023, results-driven cybersecurity leaders Positive Technologies will reveal insights from their new GCC Dark Web report which aims to enhance the lens on cybercrime, providing cybersecurity professionals with keen insight to protect their companies from threat actors. Positive Technologies experts conducted the study of the shadow market usedRead More…
The latest NETSCOUT DDoS Threat Intelligence Report reveals that cybercriminals launched approximately 7.9 million Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2023, representing a 31% year-over-year increase.Read More…
Proofpoint has released new research identifying that 84% of the top 100 universities in the Middle East are lagging behind on basic cybersecurity measures, subjecting students, staff and partners to a higher risk of email-based impersonation attacks. These findings are based on a Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) adoptionRead More…
Kaspersky experts have detected a wave of scams related to courier services in the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa. Fraudsters are employing deceptive tactics to trick unsuspecting users into divulging their financial information by claiming packages were undelivered due to unpaid delivery fees. Emails are mimicking communication on behalf ofRead More…
