credential theft
Python Snake Info Stealer Spreading Via Facebook Messages
As per recent reports, threat actors are increasingly leveraging Facebook messages to distribute the Python Snake Info Stealer malware. Researchers have noticed that threat actors are using three variants of the information ...
QR Code Scammers are Changing Tactics to Evade Detection
Check Point researchers last year saw a 587% increase between August and September of phishing attacks enticing unsuspecting targets to click on QR codes that then redirect them to malicious pages used ...
Microsoft Alert: COLDRIVER Credential Theft Rising Again
In a recent Microsoft security alert, the notorious threat actor known as COLDRIVER has escalated its credential theft activities, targeting entities strategically significant to Russia. Simultaneously, it has refined its capabilities to ...
LinkedIn Smartlinks Attacks Target Microsoft Accounts
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, hackers have once again employed a cunning strategy by exploiting LinkedIn’s Smart Links in phishing attacks, aiming to steal Microsoft account credentials. These sophisticated LinkedIn ...
3 Tips to Protect Employees From External Exploitation Threats
Here's how credentialed insider attacks work and how to avoid situations where user negligence can lead to successful attacks ...
Understanding the Progression of a Ransomware Attack
Everyone should be familiar with ransomware and its impact on businesses by now. But while you may understand the very basics of ransomware, you can’t really protect your organization until you are ...
Permiso Discovers Smishing Attack to Steal AWS Credentials
Permiso, a provider of a platform for correlating IT events to identities, today disclosed the discovery of an attack through which cybercriminals are employing text messages to steal credentials that enable them ...
Weak Passwords Offer Easy Access to Enterprise Networks
Poor password practices continue to put businesses at risk, with nearly 90% of passwords used in successful attacks consisting of 12 characters or less, indicating additional security measures are required to protect ...
How Information Stealers Get User Credentials
Throughout 2022, the theft of user credentials continued to blanket the threat landscape. A recent example that illustrates both the simplicity and depth of this tactic is the Uber breach by threat ...
LastPass Breach Raises Disclosure Transparency Concerns
In the graphic novel “The Watchman” by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, one of the recurring themes is ‘Who watches the watchers?’, a question originally posed by the Roman poet Juvenal as ...
