Threat actors have to find a way to get their malware onto your systems – phishing emails is an obvious method – Qakbot malware is the next step. This malware also known as Qbot, has been found to be to be intermediate software used by threat actors to infect victim’s …
It all starts with a phishing email
In most of our business cyber security training and work, we eventually get to the question of how cyber security defences are breached – and most often the answer is, using email. Even the biggest cyber criminal gangs attacking the highest profile targets, just use email. North Korean hackers attack …
Ransomware attacks delivered and monetised with little technical knowledge
The model of ransomware attacks has definitely moved for a backroom hackers sending malware out, to a corporation style operation, complete with updates, support and marketing of the illicit tools. Small opportunist threat actors remain, and always will, hackers have to start somewhere, as is shown by this article at …
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OpenDocument files distributing stealth malware – make sure your team can recognise these types of attack.
This report is from HP’s Threat Research Blog and is about a threat discovered impacting hotels in South America. But it illustrates the wide range of threats that can get to you via an email attachment and has some examples you can look at. Stealthy OpenDocument Malware Deployed Against Latin …
More and more phishing attacks – each with their own special touch to exploit the trust of your people!
A UK Government’s report looking at cybersecurity breaches across the country, (UK Government. 2022), prepared by Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (and sport!) showed clearly email phishing is a real threat: “Of the 39% of UK businesses who identified an attack, the most common threat vector was phishing …
