Google and researchers at Stanford University have released an in-depth study analyzing 5 months of phishing/malware mails sent globally. “Who is targeted by email-based phishing and malware? Measuring factors that differentiate risk” looked at more than a billion mails. The results were then fed into a presentation at the Internet Measurement Conference.
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Mortgage loan servicing company SN Servicing Corporation notified at least two states in recent weeks of a ransomware attack on its systems. Filings submitted to the California and Vermont state attorneys general disclosed that the company was hit by ransomware attacks on or around Oct. 15, 2020. According to the documents, upon learning of the incident, SN “immediately locked down affected systems and engaged a third party team of forensic experts to determine the impact on our borrowers.”
Every time a driver buckles up or an airbag is deployed we see the powerful influence of the insurance companies who insisted those measures become mandatory. Now, those insurers are poised to drive cybersecurity investment by insisting that organizations meet certain criteria to qualify for coverage. Still unclear is whether this will serve the cybersecurity community well, or distort strategies to protect data and networks.
Microsoft has warned of an increasing number of consent phishing (aka OAuth phishing) attacks targeting remote workers during recent months, BleepingComputer has learned. These attacks were part of two campaigns that ran between September and December 2020, targeting victims in multiple recurring waves.
A new targeted phishing campaign includes the novel obfuscation technique of using Morse code to hide malicious URLs in an email attachment.