A new Incident Response (IR) threat report by Secureworks reveals that cybercriminals are targeting vulnerabilities created by the pandemic-driven worldwide transition to remote work. The report is based on hundreds of incidents the company’s IR team has responded to since the start of the pandemic.Read More…
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has not only created chaos in the real world but has pushed the virtual world into an utter disruption. Organizations which never had the remote working culture had to enable work from home option for its employees overnight.Read More…
Trend Micro has released its annual mid-year roundup report, which reveals COVID-19 related threats as the single largest type of threat in the first half of the year. In just six months, Trend Micro blocked 8.8 million COVID-19 related threats, nearly 92% of which were spam delivered via emails.Read More…
Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET discusses the risks associated with plugging in an unknown or found USB flash drive as it could infect your device with viruses and malware as well as it can compromise data on your system.Read More…
ESET researchers have discovered and analyzed malware that targets Voice over IP (VoIP) softswitches. This new malware, named CDRThief by ESET, is designed to target a very specific VoIP platform used by two China-made softswitches (software switches): Linknat VOS2009 and VOS3000.Read More…
Tamer Odeh, Regional Director for the Middle East at SentinelOne, highlights techniques and methods suggested for preventing cyber-attacks on educational institutions.Read More…
On July 17, 2020, Proofpoint researchers notified the return of threat actor TA542 and the Emotet malware. Before TA542’s return on July 17, 2020, it were last seen on February 7, 2020. This 161-day hiatus was the longest known break for this threat actor group. TA542 email campaigns are theRead More…
Schneider Electric and Fortinet have joined in a strategic partnership to provide cybersecurity solutions that address the unique needs of OT networks.Read More…
