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WHO Targeted in Espionage Attempt, COVID-19 Cyberattacks Spike
2020-03-24 19:16

The attack appeared to be aimed at achieving a foothold at the agency rather than being an end unto itself: "The targeting infrastructure seems to focus on certain types of healthcare and humanitarian organizations that are uncommon for cybercriminals," Costin Raiu, researcher at Kaspersky, told Threatpost. As for the "Why" of the attack, which was thwarted, Raiu said that information about remediation for coronavirus - such as cures, tests or vaccines - would be invaluable to any nation-state's intelligence officials.

Fraud spike prompts Chrome developer lock-out
2020-01-29 12:17

Google Chrome extension developers have been left high and dry for weeks as the company struggles to cope with a spike in fraud on the Chrome Web Store. Earlier this month the Chrome Web Store team detected a significant increase in the number of fraudulent transactions involving paid Chrome extensions that aim to exploit users.

ThreatList: Healthcare Breaches Spike in October
2019-11-28 13:00

38 million consumer health records have been exposed so far in 2019.

Healthcare spikes data breach fever, endpoint threat detections grow 60%
2019-11-18 05:30

The healthcare industry has been overwhelmingly targeted by Trojan malware during the last year, which increased by 82 percent in Q3 2019 over the previous quarter, according to Malwarebytes. The...

Health Data Breach Tally Spikes; AMCA Breach Reports Added
2019-09-05 19:48

Total Number of Individuals Affected by Breaches Reported in 2019 TriplesThe federal tally of major health data breaches has spiked over the last month, mostly because of the American Medical...

Ransomware Sees Triple-Digit Spike in Corporate Detections
2019-08-08 14:00

A pair of reports released at Black Hat mark the huge shift away from targeting consumers.

Watch Out! Microsoft Spotted Spike in Astaroth Fileless Malware Attacks
2019-07-09 08:18

Security researchers at Microsoft have released details of a new widespread campaign distributing an infamous piece of fileless malware that was primarily being found targeting European and...

Microsoft remains the most impersonated brand, Netflix phishing spikes
2019-01-24 06:30

Although Microsoft remains the top target for phishers, Netflix saw an incredible surge in Dec., making it the second most impersonated brand in Q4 2018, according to Vade Secure. Microsoft...

ThreatList: Gift Card-Themed BEC Holiday Scams Spike
2018-12-07 22:25

Watch out for emails about gift cards and corporate donations, researcher warn.

ThreatList: Credential Theft Spikes by Triple Digits in U.S.
2018-10-11 20:19

Meanwhile, the LokiPWS (a.k.a. Lokibot) malware family distribution is surging.