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More advanced phishing kits contain a control center to tune the functionalities of the phishing pages, such as by specifying how they will receive data, or performing filtering. Phishing kits make it easier for cybercriminals without technical knowledge to launch phishing campaigns.
As the war in Ukraine unfolded, one way of helping was to donate cryptocurrency which resulted in over $50 million in crypto donations. Cybercriminals were quick to move and take advantage of this lucrative situation and inattentive victims.
Cybercriminals will always use third-party IP addresses to deliver their attacks. Criminals need IP addresses to deliver distributed denial of service attacks.
During the second half of 2021, cybercriminals launched approximately 4.4 million Distributed Denial of Service attacks, bringing the total number of DDoS attacks in 2021 to 9.75 million, a NETSCOUT report reveals. The report details how the second half of 2021 established high-powered botnet armies and rebalanced the scales between volumetric and direct-path attacks, creating more sophisticated operating procedures for attackers and adding new tactics, techniques, and methods to their arsenals.
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center released its annual report compiled from 847,376 complaints it received in 2021. There were 19,954 BEC complaints to the IC3 in 2021 that accounted for approximately $2.4bn in losses.
A research from Trend Micro warns of spiraling risk to digital infrastructure and remote workers as threat actors increase their rate of attack on organizations and individuals. "Attackers are always working to increase their victim count and profit, whether through quantity or effectiveness of attacks," said Jon Clay, VP of threat intelligence at Trend Micro.
Cybercriminals are targeting Ukrainian sympathizers, what can you do to remain safe? Cisco Talos published findings March 12 detailing a number of malware items being disguised as offensive cyber tools against Russian entities, when in actuality, the virus is designed to infect users who download the software.
Cybercriminals are taking sides over Russia's deadly invasion of Ukraine, putting either the West or Moscow in their sights, according to Accenture. "Pro-Ukrainian actors are refusing to sell, buy, or collaborate with Russian-aligned actors and are increasingly attempting to target Russian entities in support of Ukraine," Accenture claimed.
DDoS attacks expand as cybercriminals target cloud providers and ransomware victims. Cybercriminals expanded the types of organizations at the receiving end of DDoS attacks.
Code-signing certificate theft - more common than you might think. The compromise of signing certificates is an old technique that's been used in the past by several cybercriminals to sign their malware.