Akamai Report: LockBit, Cl0P Expand Ransomware Efforts
Phishing is so last year: Akamai’s report finds that zero-day and one-day vulnerabilities caused a 143% increase in total ransomware victims.
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Karma Catches Up to Global Phishing Service 16Shop
You’ve probably never heard of “16Shop,” but there’s a good chance someone using it has tried to phish you.
Last week, the international police organization INTERPOL said it had shuttered the notorious 16Shop, a popular phishing-as-a-service platform launched in 2017 that made it simple for even complete novices to conduct complex and convincing phishing scams. INTERPOL said authorities in Indonesia arrested the 21-year-old proprietor and one of his alleged facilitators, and that a third suspect was apprehended in Japan.
Data exfiltration is now the go-to cyber extortion strategy
The abuse of zero-day and one-day vulnerabilities in the past six months led to a 143% increase in victims when comparing Q1 2022 with Q1 2023, according to Akamai. Ransomware groups target the exfiltration of files The report also found that ransomwar…
Akamai Survey: API-Specific Controls are Lacking
Phishing, misconfigurations and missing patches are top concerns among security leaders, but they also say their organizations are letting observability tools gather rust.
Industry responses and strategies for navigating the tides of DDoS attacks
It is important not to underestimate the potentially devastating impact of DDoS attacks. Organizations of all sizes should take proactive measures to mitigate and safeguard against DDoS attacks, ensuring the continuity and resilience of their operation…
Cloud security: Sometimes the risks may outweigh the rewards
Threat actors are well-aware of the vulnerability of our cloud infrastructure. The internet we have today is not equipped to serve the data needs of the future. When data is stored in the cloud, it can end up across several servers anywhere in the worl…
Infosecurity Europe 2023 video walkthrough
Infosecurity Europe 2023 is taking place in London this week, and this video provides a closer look at this year’s event.
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Photos: Infosecurity Europe 2023, part 2
Infosecurity Europe is taking place at ExCeL London from 20-22 June 2023 and Help Net Security is on site. The first gallery is available here. Here’s a closer look at the conference featuring: Island, ThreatAware, Adaptiva, Infoblox, Noetic Cybe…
Akamai’s new study: Bots, phishing and server attacks making commerce a cybersecurity hotspot
The study shows attackers are using more bots and doing more sophisticated phishing exploits and server attacks, especially targeting retail.
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Threatening botnets can be created with little code experience, Akamai finds
Researchers at Akamai’s Security Intelligence unit find a botnet specimen that reveals how successful DDoS, spam and other cyberattacks can be done with little finesse, knowledge or savvy.
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