With deadline looming, 74 percent of fed gov’t domains implement DMARC
GCA said more than 600 agency email domains are set to DMARC’s “reject” setting with 26 set to “quarantine,” the next highest security level.
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Spambots launch last minute World Cup-themed hi attacks
With the World Cup winding up this weekend, malicious actors are hustling out the last of their World Cup-based attacks in an attempt to obtain a few more victims.
Threat actors behind Necurs rolling out new abilities on a monthly basis
Even after six years in the wild, the team behind the Necurs is finding new uses for its malware botnet.
Cybercriminals attempt to score using FIFA World Cup phishing emails
Considering the number of scams popping up that use the FIFA World Cup as part of their social engineering scheme it would appear cybercriminals have been preparing for the tournament for as long as the teams now competing in Russia.
MuddyWater trojan campaign adds a few new notes
The malicious actors behind the MuddyWater campaign have given the malware a facelift changing the way the malicious files are executed and altering the social engineering used to entice its victims to open the infected Word document.
Almost all business report being hit with an email-borne attack, survey
The almost total pervasiveness of phishing scams and other email-based attacks can be seen in a recent survey that found almost 90 percent of the cybersecurity executives saying their company was hit with an attempted or successful email-based cyberattack in the last year. The Barracuda survey found employers are experiencing more email attacks with 81…
USB drive sniffing K-9 helps capture student hacker
A San Francisco Bay-area student accused of hacking his school’s computer system to change grades was captured with the aid of a K-9 unit when its dog was able to sniff out a thumb drive holding incriminating evidence.
Simple, but not cheap, phishing kit found for sale on Dark Web
Cybercriminals are nothing if not attuned to finding new customers for their wares, as Check Point and CyberInt have come across a next-generation phishing kit for sale on the Dark Web geared toward the neophyte, but discerning, hacker.
Rubella Macro Builder cybercrimeware kit receives lower price, new capabilities
Russian hackers have taken a shine to a new cybercrimeware kit called Rubella Macro Builder that is being touted as fast, cheap and capable of beating a basic antivirus defensive system.
Email hoaxes and phishing scams prey off of school violence fears
A Swiss hacking group has reportedly claimed credit for using a hijacked email domain to bombard schools around the U.S. with fake threats of violence. Meanwhile, a credentials phishing campaign is also stoking school shooting fears by impersonating a campus security alert.
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