No matter how robust the network security infrastructure is, an error in judgment can open the floodgates for cyberattacks. Deceiving a user into revealing sensitive information, primarily over email, is called phishing. When phishing is done using SMS, it is called smishing. There has been an uptick in smishing ever ... Read More

The use of smartphones has surged, but the users’ knowledge regarding the security of mobile devices has not kept pace with this uptick. To put things into perspective, a study claimed almost 97% of organizations tackled mobile threats in 2020; further, 46% of companies found at least one employee had ... Read More

ZuoRAT is a remote access trojan (RAT) that attacks small office/home office (SOHO) routers. On June 29, 2022, Black Lotus Labs, the threat intelligence arm of Lumen Technologies, revealed the existence of this vulnerability. The code appears to be a heavily modified version of the code behind the Mirai botnet ... Read More

Allot Secure blocked 618% more malicious URLs in the first quarter of 2022 than the previous year. What’s in store for the rest of the year? What did the past few months look like? This is explored in-depth in the recently released Allot Q1 2022 Cyber Threat Report. During the ... Read More

The threat landscape is as active as ever. This past quarter, Communication Service Providers that use Allot Secure saw several interesting new threats., including several threats that we thought had disappeared. Here are three things that we found: A rise and resurgence of banker trojans and other malware Cryptocurrency trading ... Read More

If you had asked 8,000 global subscribers about mobile security and parental controls, what do you think they would say? Is mobile security important? Who do they trust to keep them secure across their mobile devices? Where do they expect to get security? And are they going to switch to ... Read More

In the second half of 2021, adware exploded. This is explored in depth in the Allot H2 2021 Cyber Threat Report. The report found that, during the second half of 2021, Allot NetworkSecure blocked a total of 2.97 billion cyber threats for consumers who subscribe to Allot-powered cybersecurity services provided ... Read More

Did you give or receive a toy or new parental control or security app for the holidays? While well intentioned, you may have inadvertently created a security breach for the recipient or opened your family up to unwanted surveillance. The Internet of security breaches The Internet of Things (IoT) is ... Read More