Ransomware attacks are down – but here is why the headline statistic is not going to help with your cyber security…

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A report from SonicWall shows that the number of Ransomware has dropped over the past months – however this is not the good news it appears to be as they have only dropped from the record highs of 2020/2021 and are still way above levels previous to that. 2022 SonicWall …

What are the most spoofed brands in social engineering/phishing attacks?

It is not really a surprise, with the exponential rise in home shopping and deliveries because of the pandemic, that the delivery service DHL is the most impersonated organisation when it comes to cyber attacks: DHL named most-spoofed brand in phishing • The Register Microsoft and LinkedIN are close behind. …

Malicious Android apps get an update to avoid detection

Legitimate software vendors update and patch their products to combat threat actors, so it is no surprise to see that threat actors update and patch their malicious products to evade updated defences: Hacking group updates Furball Android spyware to evade detection (bleepingcomputer.com) Just make sure you manage those Android devices …