Cryptolocker malware and ransomware is increasing at a rapid rate, with these threats rising 167% over the previous quarter.More

“Almost every vendor offered us tailored versions of malware as a way of targeting specific companies or industries,” says researcher Mike McGuire.More

Targeting one company rather than casting a wide net allows threat actors to take a more sophisticated approach. More

SolarWinds found the most common attacks were phishing (95%) and malware (86%), with a large step down to third place, ransomware (54%). More

Fake cryptocurrency apps on Google Play have been discovered to be phishing and scamming users out of cryptocurrency, according to a new report from ESET. More

While there are occasionally very advanced new threats, these are massively outnumbered by common-or-garden email fraud, ransomware attacks and well-worn old exploits.More

There's a serious gap between IT pros and general staff, and this expert says it's on the people in IT to bridge it.More

A recent survey undertaken by CSO made some interesting findings in the state of cybercrime in Australia.More

Far from becoming obsolete in the face of new cybersecurity software and systems, phishing is just as effective now as it always has been.More

Proofpoint says commonly targeted accounts are not necessarily people who are known or actively tracked by the security team.More

Over a dozen US-based web servers from far-right linked hosting service are being used to target businesses with mass phishing campaigns spreading malware. More

The report analyses survey results from different industries, organisation sizes and IT team sizes.More

WatchGuard's Internet Security Report for Q4 2018 also finds growing use of a new sextortion phishing malware customised to individual victims.More

It doesn’t take some people long to abuse people’s kindness and generosity in a time of mourning.More

Proofpoint found that the education sector was the most targeted of both brute-force and sophisticated phishing attempts.More

Managed Workplace delivers an RMM platform with security tools and services, such as site security assessments, Office 365 account management, and integrated third-party antivirus.More

Even the most mature and well-resourced ASX 200 organisations have trouble sufficiently deploying cybersecurity basics. More

The Cloud App Security report details how escalating email threat levels are exposing organisations to an increased risk of fraud, spying, information theft, and spoofing. More

“Employees are more likely to receive a sextortion scam than an employee impersonation or business email compromise attack.”More

Cybersecurity professionals are growing in confidence, but visibility and employee risks remain major concerns.More

It pays to double check any email that lands in your inbox, because phishing attacks are so advanced that they can now literally originate from a genuine sender’s account – but those emails are far from genuine.More

The report analyses more than 160 billion emails sent across 150 countries in both 2017 and 2018 to identify email fraud attack trends.More

As these threats continue to grow in volume and sophistication, it is imperative that organisations implement a people-centric security approach.More

Techday spoke to experts and executives in the security industry about the data leak and the implications on phishing and credential stuffing.More