The cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving, with new threat actors emerging and expanding their targets. Cybersecurity researchers have recently revealed information about a threat actor named Sticky Werewolf, who has been associated with cyber attacks on organizations in Russia and Belarus. This development highlights the critical need for robust cybersecurity measures, including stolen credentials detection, darknet monitoring services, and dark web surveillance.

A new phishing campaign is exploiting the eSignature platform Yousign. There have been plenty of phishing attacks that leverage legitimate platforms to help establish credibility with security solutions – including online email services, web hosting, payment processors and more.

When it comes to cybercrime, there are few tactics as useful and widespread as credential theft and the use of stolen credentials. In the 2023 breach of password management giant Okta, it was a set of credentials that jumpstarted the incident — threat actors hacked into an employee’s personal Google account, where they found an Okta customer service account had also been saved.

The cybersecurity landscape has recently been shaken by a surge in activity involving a Mirai distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet variant known as CatDDoS. Over the past three months, threat actors have aggressively exploited more than 80 vulnerabilities to spread this malware. In this blog, we explore the recent CatDDoS attacks, the targeted sectors, and the implications for cybersecurity practices.

Earlier this year we stated that bot attacks can be run by anyone, from skilled individuals to organised gangs. Bots can hit websites for a number of reasons. Common attacks include credential cracking to account takeover, to scalping. These bots have the power and capability to conduct multiple attacks repeatedly. Those actions have long seen standard for bots though, so what is new in the world of bot attacks? What is making these attacks more sophisticated?

An increasing number of phishing campaigns from several threat groups are being tracked as they leverage legitimate Cloudflare services as part of account compromise attacks. Security analysts at Netskope take an expository look at the misuse of Cloudflare services for the purpose of enabling phishing attacks that leverage HTML Smuggling and Transparent Phishing tactics. We’ve seen HTML Smuggling attacks for several years, including its continued use this year.