An increase in spear phishing, where trojans are hidden inside Windows help files, is assisting attackers in stealing information from a variety of industries.
Government officials have yet to confirm the identity of the attackers, though Chinese hackers are being flagged as suspects.
Successful phishing attacks in 2012 include words that allude to shipping and urgency, according to a new report.
Dell SecureWorks researchers believe recent attacks targeting oil and energy companies in various countries are connected to cyber criminals behind RSA's breach and the GhostNet esionage campaign.
It's one thing to be a victim of a phishing campaign, but it's an entirely different ball game when you're at the receiving end of a targeted attack.
Discovered earlier this year, Mahdi isn't particularly sophisticated malware, but is effective due to redevelopment efforts by attackers. And now it's targeting people with connections to the United States.
Fraudsters are capitalizing on the trusted names of two major smartphone providers to spread malware.
Variants of the Zeus trojan are being used in new Facebook and banking heists, security researchers and law enforcement are warning.
Phishing is all grown up and operated on a large-scale by well-funded cybercriminals who use botnets to harvest personal data and sell it on the black market.
November 01, 2011
Consistent communication about the risk of social engineering is the first step in preventing network breaches, says Chris Harget, senior product marketing manager, ActivIdentity, part of HID Global.
Cybercriminals typically ramp up their phishing efforts during the holiday season and following natural disasters, according to the American Bankers Association.
A new McAfee report details a massive attack, ongoing for at least five years, that has targeted corporations, governments and even tiny nonprofits.
Cybercriminals are scrapping widespread malicious email campaigns for more targeted attacks, according to a new Cisco report.
An Adobe Flash vulnerability that was fixed this week is being leveraged in widespread but targeted drive-by downloads and spear phishing attacks.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suffered a major cyberattack, the latest incident in a string of cyberattacks against high-profile organizations.
If you aren't fighting cybercrime in the workplace you are probably a victim.
The longtime partner of email marketing services provider Epsilon apparently warned the company last fall that it could be targeted by malware attacks.
Fallout continues, and new corporate victims come to light after the massive breach of an email marketing services provider.
System flaws and exploits dramatically jumped last year, but the news is not all bad, as many of the bugs were discovered by their creators.
The breach of RSA's intellectual property related to its SecurID products appears to be a classic case of social engineering and network pivoting.
Hackers using Chinese IP addresses entered government networks by spear phishing.
Enterprises are under constant seige from cyberthreats that continue to evolve to new levels of sophistication, reports Deb Radcliff.
