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'LockBit of phishing' EvilProxy used in more than a million attacks every month

Insight Leaves a trail of ransomware infections, data theft, business email compromise in its wake

Malware Month30 Jul 2024 | 7

Proofpoint phishing palaver plagues millions with 'perfectly spoofed' emails from IBM, Nike, Disney, others

They DKIM here, they DKIM there

Research30 Jul 2024 | 33

That PowerShell 'fix' for your root cert 'problem' is a malware loader in disguise

Control-C, Control-V, Enter ... Hell

Research19 Jun 2024 | 18

70% of CISOs worry their org is at risk of a material cyber attack

Wait, why do you want this job again?

CSO23 May 2024 | 7

Bumblebee malware wakes from hibernation, forgets what year it is, attacks with macros

Trying to break in with malicious Word documents? How very 2015 of you

Cyber-crime14 Feb 2024 | 5

Fancy Bear goes phishing in US, European high-value networks

GRU-linked crew going after our code warns Microsoft - Outlook not good

Security06 Dec 2023 | 4

VMware president Sumit Dhawan out – scores gig as CEO of infosec vendor Proofpoint

Amid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a 'strategic review' of end-user compute and Carbon Black products

Virtualization29 Nov 2023 |

Malware crooks find an in with fake browser updates, in case real ones weren't bad enough

Researchers say ransomware could be on the horizon if success continues

Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 | 2

Meatbag mishaps more menacing than malware? CISOs think so

Company boards, on the other hand, aren't letting cybersecurity disturb their sleep as much

Research06 Sep 2023 | 6

No more macros? No problem, say miscreants, we'll adapt

Microsoft blocking 'net scripts sparked 'monumental shift' in attacks

CSO15 May 2023 | 10

Pro-Putin scammers trick politicians and celebrities into low-tech hoax video calls

Who needs deepfakes when you've got makeup and 'element of surprise'?

Security07 Mar 2023 | 13

Attackers abuse Microsoft’s 'verified publisher' status to steal data

Malicious OAuth apps were the tickets into victims' systems

Security01 Feb 2023 | 7

Iran-linked Charming Kitten espionage gang bares claws to pollies, power orgs

If you get email from 'Samantha Wolf', congrats: you're important enough to make a decent target

Cyber-crime15 Dec 2022 | 1

Notorious Emotet botnet returns after a few months off

And it's been sending out hundreds of thousands of malicious emails a day

Cyber-crime17 Nov 2022 | 3

Decentralized IPFS networks forming the 'hotbed of phishing'

P2P file system makes it more difficult to detect and take down malicious content

Security29 Jul 2022 | 23

Bumblebee malware loader emerges as Conti's BazarLoader fades

At least three threat groups are using the loader in malicious email campaigns

Research29 Apr 2022 | 3

Cow-counting app abused by China 'to spy on US states'

Now that's breaking moos

Security09 Mar 2022 | 14

Email phishing crapcannon operators TA505 are back from the dead, researchers warn

And they're packing a new dirty RAT as well

Security19 Oct 2021 | 8

Proofpoint wins $14m from ex-VP and French email security rival in IP theft court battle

Jury finds message-filtering tech misappropriation was 'wilful and malicious'

Security24 Aug 2021 | 3

Iranian state-backed hackers posed as flirty Scouser called Marcy to target workers in defence and aerospace

Recognise this one? Oh dear...

Security28 Jul 2021 | 21

Security vendor Proofpoint snapped up by private equity for $12.3bn but still in search of profit

Thoma Bravo follows Sophos purchase with further infosec landgrab

Security26 Apr 2021 | 2

Health workers are top of phishers' target lists thanks to data value

Interview And HR folks aren't far behind, says Proofpoint strategist

Security16 Mar 2020 | 15

Fake 'U's! Phishing creeps use homebrew fonts as message ciphers to evade filters

fg xjc dua ihut vyfq, xjc uih jci sfat jg mjggfa

Security04 Jan 2019 | 120

Security bods liberate EITest malware slaves

Miscreants' command and control network traffic sent down sinkhole

Security16 Apr 2018 | 2

Smut-watchers suckered by evil advertising

'Millions' of Pr0rnHüb visitors offered fake browser updates

Security10 Oct 2017 | 29

Evolved DNSChanger malware slings evil ads at PCs, hijacks routers

Software nasty is packed with exploits for vulnerabilities in home broadband boxes

Security20 Dec 2016 | 20

Email security: We CAN fix the tech, but what about the humans?

From Michelangelo to ransomware

Security13 Oct 2016 | 41

Securing Office 365? There's always more you can do

Don't just accept the defaults and hope for the best

Security06 Oct 2016 | 23

It's official: David Brents are the weakest link in phishing attacks

Middle managers are infosec's biggest problem, says study

Channel22 Apr 2015 | 36

Rejoice, Blighty! UK is the TOP of the WHOLE WORLD ... for PHISHING

Thanks, gullible chumps - now everyone knows we're a soft touch

Security16 Sep 2014 | 16

SPAM supposedly spotted leaving the fridge

Internet of Things security scares already need to take a chill pill

Security20 Jan 2014 | 11

Cybercrooks slide fingers into TELLIES+FRIDGES, spam splurge ensues

DON'T OPEN THAT - your media centre has become a FRAUDSTER

Security17 Jan 2014 | 39

New class of industrial-scale super-phishing emails threatens biz

Bulk messages are highly targeted and able to slip past defences

Security04 Mar 2013 | 30

US firms use own staff to snoop on co-workers

(Office)spy versus spy

On-Prem23 May 2008 | 21

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