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Week in review: Active Directory security, Patch Tuesday forecast, stopping lateral phishing attacks
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and podcasts: How can security teams effectively monitor OT and ICS networks? Modern industrial operations are complex...
The number of phishing attacks continued to rise into the autumn of 2019, according to APWG. The total number of phishing sites detected in July through September 2019 was 266,387. This was up 46...
A targeted campaign is delivering an information-stealing malware called Predator the Thief.
A report from security firm Akamai found that hackers were using analytics services to optimize their phishing efforts.
Cyber crooks are quick to abuse legitimate services for their own malicious purposes. One of the latest instances demonstrating this propensity involves phishing kit developers using web analytics...
Web analytics help phishers hone their attacks -- but website defenders can also use these tactics to better detect the scope of attacks and mitigate their effects.
Message About a Raise Designed to Harvest CredentialsA new phishing campaign lures employees with a message about a salary increase, according to researchers at the security firm Cofense. The...
Lateral phishing attacks – scams targeting users from compromised email accounts within an organization – are becoming an increasing concern in the U.S. Whereas in the past attackers would send...
"Spear phishing... remains the principal attack vector for most cybercrimes," says Europol in a new report. Sixty-five percent of targeted attack groups use it as their primary infection vector,...