cybercriminals
Three Biggest Issues Driving Cybersecurity
Cyberattacks have become one of the top concerns for technology executives and business owners. Cybercrime will cost companies $10.5 billion annually by 2025. The estimated cost of cybercrime in 2021 was $6.1 ...
Defending Your Organization Against Ransomware
Every day, coordinated cybercriminal groups are developing more advanced skills to hack organizations’ networks. The number of ransomware attacks has increased significantly, and it’s getting easier for sophisticated cybercriminal gangs to access ...
Wages Dominate Cybercriminal Groups’ Operating Expenses
The larger they grow, the more criminal organizations resemble legitimate businesses, with small criminal organizations allocating nearly 80% of their operating expenses to wages, while larger organizations mirror their legitimate counterparts with ...
What You Need to Know About the Cyber Threat Landscape in 2023
Our new report dives into the perpetual cycles of cybercrime and shows organizations how consolidated intelligence empowers them to fight back The post What You Need to Know About the Cyber Threat ...
No Programming Skills? Chatbots Will Help Inexperienced Hackers
One thing we’ve learned about ChatGPT and similar AI is that it makes people seem more skilled than they really are. Students are using AI chatbots to do their homework, and would-be ...
US, UK Join Forces to Sanction Trickbot Leaders
In a first for the UK—and de rigueur for the U.S.—the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, National Crime Agency ...
Cybercriminals Cause Heartbreak on Valentine’s Day
Many people look for love or companionship online, and Valentine’s Day presents the perfect opportunity for digital crooks to take advantage of vulnerable lonely hearts. A report from Bitdefender found Valentine’s Day-themed ...
The Dark Detectives: How to Defeat Reconnaissance-as-a-Service
In almost any type of warfare, reconnaissance is a much-needed first step. This certainly holds true for cyberwarfare. The steps are frequently portrayed as progressing from left to right. Two examples that ...
Cybercriminals Leverage File-Based Attacks to Infiltrate Critical Networks
According to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, office docs and emails continue to be proven ways that cybercriminals deliver harmful payloads to gain access into organizations’ networks. Threat actors can conceal ...
Cybercrime Threat Intelligence is More Critical Than Ever
As the old saying goes, knowledge is power. And in the world of cybersecurity, that could not be more true. Security teams need to have access to timely and relevant threat intelligence ...
