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In a recent report, Trend Micro announced it detected 119,000 cyber threats per minute in 2020 as home workers and infrastructure came under new pressure from attacks. Attacks on homes surged 210% to reach nearly 2.9 billion-amounting to 15.5% of all homes.
In early 2021, a Chinese threat actor tracked as TA413 attempted to hack into the Gmail accounts of Tibetan organizations using a malicious browser extension, researchers with cybersecurity firm Proofpoint have discovered. In January and February 2021, the group was observed delivering the FriarFox extension, customized to specifically target the Firefox browser and provide attackers with access to and control of victims' Gmail accounts.
Cybergangs are joining forces under the guise of affiliate groups and "As-a-service" models, warns Maya Horowitz, the director of threat intelligence research with Check Point Research. Several malware gangs have paired up over the past year - such as the FIN6 cybercrime group and the operators of the TrickBot malware.
Microsoft on Thursday announced the open source availability of CodeQL queries that it used during its investigation into the SolarWinds attack. The company has released the source code of CodeQL queries, which it used to analyze its code at scale and identify any code-level indicators of compromise associated with Solorigate.
There was a massive increase in cyber threats globally year-over-year fueled by both the pandemic and expanding attack surfaces, Skybox Security reveals. Expanding attack surfaces New malware samples nearly doubled: New ransomware samples increased 106% year-over-year.
"The convergence of an increasingly ICS-aware and capable threat landscape with the trend towards more network connectivity means that the practical observations and lessons learned contained in our 2020 YIR report are timely as the community continues to work to provide safe and reliable operations." ICS threat activity continues to rise - both in terms of the number of distinct groups tracked and the industries and regions that they are targeting.
Understanding the nature of the latest threats can help you identify shifts in tactics and techniques, prioritize security resources and test the most likely scenarios, says IBM X-Force. In a report released Wednesday, security arm IBM X-Force describes some of the latest threats that have surfaced and offers advice on how to protect your organization against them.
A total of 15 threat groups have been observed targeting industrial organizations, according to industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos. Dragos on Wednesday released its ICS Cybersecurity Year in Review report for 2020, which covers the industrial control systems threat landscape and vulnerabilities disclosed last year.
BlackBerry researchers see more double-extortion ransomware attacks, attackers demanding ransom from healthcare patients, and rising bitcoin prices driving the growth of ransomware. As ransomware attacks gained greater traction and variety in 2020, so too will they bring about more developments in 2021.
In this story, we have covered everything you need to know about ransomware and how it works. Ransomware has always been one of the most popular kinds of malicious samples uploaded in malware analysis sandbox ANY.RUN. Over 124,00 interactive sessions with ransomware were analyzed online only in 2020.