Cyber-Spike: Orgs Suffer 925 Attacks per Week, an All-Time High - Cyberattacks increased 50 percent YoY in 2021 and peaked in December due to a frenzy of L... https://threatpost.com/cyber-spike-attacks-high-log4j/177481/ #mostrecentthreatlists #vulnerabilities #mobilesecurity #websecurity #government #malware #iot

PYSA Emerges as Top Ransomware Actor in November - Overtaking the Conti ransomware gang, PYSA finds success with government-sector attacks. https://threatpost.com/pysa-top-ransomware-november/177242/ #mostrecentthreatlists #malware

Encrypted & Fileless Malware Sees Big Growth - An analysis of second-quarter malware trends shows that threats are becoming stealthier. https://threatpost.com/encrypted-fileless-malware-growth/175306/ #mostrecentthreatlists #websecurity #malware

Innovative Proxy Phantom ATO Fraud Ring Haunts eCommerce Accounts - The group uses millions of password combos at the rate of nearly 2,700 login attempts per... https://threatpost.com/proxy-phantom-fraud-ecommerce-accounts/175241/ #mostrecentthreatlists #websecurity

Women, Minorities Are Hacked More Than Others - Income level, education and being part of a disadvantaged population all contribute to cy... https://threatpost.com/women-minorities-hacked/175038/ #mostrecentthreatlists #mobilesecurity #websecurity #malware #privacy #breach #hacks

Payment API Bungling Exposes Millions of Users’ Payment Data - Misconfigured APIs make any app risky, but when you’re talking about financial apps, you’... https://threatpost.com/payment-api-exposes-payment-data/174825/ #mostrecentthreatlists #vulnerabilities #cloudsecurity #websecurity

IoT Attacks Skyrocket, Doubling in 6 Months - The first half of 2021 saw 1.5 billion attacks on smart devices, with attackers looking t... https://threatpost.com/iot-attacks-doubling/169224/ #mostrecentthreatlists #iot

‘Friends’ Reunion Anchors Video Swindle - Spam was on the rise in Q2, with video fraud and COVID-19-related efforts in the mix. https://threatpost.com/friends-reunion-video-swindle/168583/ #mostrecentthreatlists #cloudsecurity #websecurity

Ransomware Volumes Hit Record Highs as 2021 Wears On - The second quarter of the year saw the highest volumes of ransomware attacks ever, with R... https://threatpost.com/ransomware-volumes-record-highs-2021/168327/ #mostrecentthreatlists #malware

Pandemic-Bored Attackers Pummeled Gaming Industry - Akamai's 2020 gaming report shows that cyberattacks on the video game industry skyrockete... https://threatpost.com/attackers-gaming-industry/167183/ #mostrecentthreatlists #websecurity #malware #hacks

Ransomware Poll: 80% of Victims Don’t Pay Up - Meanwhile, in a separate survey, 80 percent of organizations that paid the ransom said we... https://threatpost.com/ransomware-victims-dont-pay-up/166989/ #mostrecentthreatlists #malware #ebook

Utilities ‘Concerningly’ at Risk from Active Exploits - Utilities’ vulnerability to application exploits goes from bad to worse in just weeks.   https://threatpost.com/utilities-risk-active-exploits/166908/ #mostrecentthreatlists #vulnerabilities

Lewd Phishing Lures Aimed at Business Explode - Socially engineered BEC attacks using X-rated material spike 974 percent. https://threatpost.com/lewd-phishing-lures-business-explode/166734/ #mostrecentthreatlists #websecurity #malware #hacks

CISOs Struggle to Cope with Mounting Job Stress - Pandemic and evolving IT demands are having a major, negative impact on CISO’s mental hea... https://threatpost.com/cisos-struggle-job-stress/166221/ #criticalinfrastructure #mostrecentthreatlists #vulnerabilities #cloudsecurity #websecurity #malware #breach #hacks #iot

Verizon: Pandemic Ushers in ⅓ More Cyber-Misery - The DBRI – Verizon’s 2021 data breach report – shows spikes in sophisticated phishing, fi... https://threatpost.com/verizon-pandemic-cyber-misery/166168/ #mostrecentthreatlists #vulnerabilities #websecurity #malware #breach #hacks

Ransomware Going for $4K on the Cyber-Underground - An analysis of three popular forums used by ransomware operators reveals a complex ecosys... https://threatpost.com/ransomware-4k-cyber-underground/166145/ #mostrecentthreatlists #vulnerabilities #websecurity #malware

Bait Boost: Phishers Delivering Increasingly Convincing Lures - An intense hunt for corporate account credentials will continue into next quarter, resear... https://threatpost.com/bait-phishers-convincing-lures/165834/ #mostrecentthreatlists #websecurity

Oscar-Bait, Literally: Hackers Abuse Nominated Films for Phishing, Malware - Judas and the Black Messiah may be a favorite for Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards... https://threatpost.com/oscar-bait-hackers-nominated-phishing-malware/165583/ #mostrecentthreatlists #websecurity #malware

QR Codes Offer Easy Cyberattack Avenues as Usage Spikes - Usage is way up, but so are cyberattacks: Mobile phishing, malware, banking heists and mo... https://threatpost.com/qr-codes-cyberattack-usage-spikes/165526/ #mostrecentthreatlists #mobilesecurity #websecurity #malware

COVID-Related Threats, PowerShell Attacks Lead Malware Surge - Researchers measured 648 new malware threats every minute during Q4 2020.   https://threatpost.com/mcafee-covid-rpowershell-malware-surge/165382/ #mostrecentthreatlists #malware