Aamir Lakhani, cybersecurity researcher for Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, explains why employers are now looking for candidates with a variety of skills in order to keep the ever-evolving cybercriminals under check.Read More…
ESET researchers have discovered a previously unknown malware family that utilizes custom and well-designed modules, targeting operating systems running Linux. Modules used by this malware family, which ESET dubbed FontOnLake, are constantly under development and provide remote accessRead More…
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published research, “Phishing and Malware Actors Abuse Google Forms for Credentials, Data Exfiltration,” describing how cyberattackers – from entry-level scammers to advanced adversaries – abuse Google Forms to implement a wide range of attacks, targeting both organizations and individuals. Read More…
According to Kaspersky ICS CERT, almost one in three industrial computer was subject to malicious activity in H1 2021. During the first half of 2021, cybercriminals intensively used various types of spyware and malicious scripts while performing their attacks.Read More…
According to Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity firm, Oman experienced 2,482 financial malware attacks in the first half of 2021, with 37.5 percent of these attacks aimed at the Sultanate’s corporate users.Read More…
Check Point Research (CPR) reports that a malware strain has evolved to steal the information of MacOS users. For as low as $49 on the Darknet, hackers can buy licenses for the new malware, enabling capabilities to harvest log-in credentials, collect screenshots, log keystrokes, and execute malicious files. Check PointRead More…
Sophos today announced that it has acquired Braintrace, further enhancing Sophos’ Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Braintrace’s proprietary Network Detection and Response (NDR) technology.Read More…
Although Africa is not necessarily considered a focus area for the more sophisticated types of cybercriminal activity such as targeted attacks or advanced persistent threats (APTs), the continent is certainly not immune to these or other types of cyber risks, warn Kaspersky researchers.Read More…
