Category Security

Just 1% of Dot-Org Domains Are Fully DMARC Protected

Security vendors claim that of the nearly 10 million .org domains in circulation, only 1.2% have fully implemented DMARC to mitigate the risk of phishing. EasyDMARC surveyed over 9.9 million verified .org email domains and found that only 376,497 (3.8%)…

Researchers Reveal New Malware Distribution Techniques

March 22, 2023Rabbi Lakshmanancyber threat intelligence North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Actor Dubbed scar craft uses weaponized Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (CHM) files to download additional malware. According to multiple reports from the AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC),…

Security Researchers Spot $36m BEC Attack

After uncovering audacious attempts to steal tens of millions of dollars, security experts warn of a growing threat from business email compromise (BEC) attacks that impersonate victims’ vendors and suppliers. The e-mail in question was sent to an insurance company…

Ransomware Attacks Double in Europe’s Transport Sector

Ransomware and data breaches were the most prominent cyber threats to affect the European transport sector last year, according to ENISA, with incidents of the former nearly doubling. The EU security agency’s industry-first Threat Landscape Report covers the period from…

Hackers Use NuGet Packages to Target .NET Developers

Attackers have been observed using the open source package manager NuGet to create malicious packages that target .NET developers. According to JFrog, a software package management company, this discovery represents the first instance of a package containing malicious code found…