On April 14-15, 2021, Kaspersky technologies detected a wave of highly targeted attacks against multiple companies. Closer analysis revealed that all these attacks exploited a chain of Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows zero-day exploits....
The statistics presented here draw on detection verdicts returned by Kaspersky products as provided by users who consented to share statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in the first quarter: we...
Introduction In a nutshell, email spoofing is the creation of fake emails that seem legitimate. This article analyzes the spoofing of email addresses through changing the From header, which provides information about the sender’s...
For over a year we’ve been living in a world gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only has the pandemic affected people’s lifestyles, it has also accelerated the development and implementation of technologies that...
These emails do not explain what you are unsubscribing or subscribing to and are being used by spammers to verify if the recipient’s email is valid and susceptible to future phishing scams. click here...
Targeted attacks Putting the ‘A’ into APT In December, SolarWinds, a well-known IT managed services provider, fell victim to a sophisticated supply-chain attack. The company’s Orion IT, a solution for monitoring and managing customers’...
All statistics in this report are from the global cloud service Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which receives information from components in our security solutions. The data was obtained from users who have given their...
American Express (Amex) has been fined £90,000 by the UK data regulator for sending over 4 million spam emails to customers within one year. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) stated that during the...
Bizarro is yet another banking Trojan family originating from Brazil that is now found in other regions of the world. We have seen users being targeted in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy. Attempts have...
Users will encounter scam web pages that are propagated on a large scale through a number of techniques, including malvertising, compromised WordPress sites, and SEO tricks. click here to read full Article Read more...
As the world marks the second Anti-Ransomware Day, there’s no way to deny it: ransomware has become the buzzword in the security community. And not without good reason. The threat may have been around...
News overview Q1 2021 saw the appearance of two new botnets. News broke in January of the FreakOut malware, which attacks Linux devices. Cybercriminals exploited several critical vulnerabilities in programs installed on victim devices,...
Similar to how Ryuk and Conti partnered with TrickBot and Egregor and ProLock worked with QBot, the Cuba Ransomware has partnered with Hancitor to gain access to compromised networks. click here to read full...
Panda Stealer, a new cryptocurrency variant, has been found spreading through a global spam campaign and potentially through Discord channels. It is targeting individuals across U.S., Australia, Japan, and Germany. click here to read...
Windows rootkits, especially those operating in kernel space, are pieces of malware infamous for their near absolute power in the operating system. Usually deployed as drivers, such implants have high privileges in the system,...
Quarterly highlights Banking phishing: new version of an old scheme In Q1 2021, new banking scams appeared alongside ones that are more traditional. Clients of several Dutch banks faced a phishing attack using QR...
