Social engineering is the art of manipulating people so that they give up confidential information or perform an action you ask them to do. Social engineers are usually trying to trick victims into giving them their credentials, bank information or access to computers to secretly install malicious software. Find out how phishing actually works and what you can do to reduce the risk.
Social engineering is the art of manipulating people, so that they give up confidential information or perform an action you ask them to do. Read and learn first hand how modern phishing works to trick victims into giving up their credentials, bank information or computer access to secretly install malicious software. Adversaries use social engineering tactics because it is often easier and quicker to exploit human nature than to hack their way in.
During the recent Rootedcon conference in Spain, we delivered a talk about ransomware, and this blog post serves as a commentary of the insights presented about Ransomware as a Service (RaaS): how it really works; how the threat actors operate these attacks; and how organizations can analyze the attacks and take preemptive measures in the event of future attacks.
Ransomware is the biggest cyber threat to businesses. First burst onto the scene in 1989, it has evolved significantly over the past few years from widespread attacks to highly targeted ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations affecting organizations of all sizes and sectors. This article takes a look at the evolution of the ransomware ecosystem – what it looks like today, and how it has changed over time.
Jester stealer is an information stealer that has been around since mid-July 2021. Originally sold by the Russian speaking threat group "Jester_Stealer", in several underground forums and Telegram channels, they operate under a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) model and present themselves as a group of programmers. Here we delved into the Jester stealer functionalities with a code-level analysis and highlight the possible link between Jester stealer and the new breed of Eternity stealer.
This blog describes the attack path we have uncovered during a recent penetration test of a web application, coupled with a back-end infrastructure assessment. Throughout we introduce different attack techniques and tools that can be used to attack the underlying infrastructure and APIs of a web application.
In our latest credit card fraud investigation blog our threat intelligence analysts investigate the current card shop ecosystem, from active shops and the return of Rescator as well as other recently shuttered card shops and credit card fraud to look out for. Methodology Credit Card Fraud Investigation: Active Card Shops Credit Card Fraud Investigation: Inactive Card Shops Conclusions
Ransomware continues to be a prevalent threat to almost every modern industry after a sudden renaissance at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as threat actors sought to capitalize on overwhelmed organizations and their suddenly vulnerable employees. It poses a particular danger to companies that hold sensitive data and house valuable assets, or those that could impact countless other industries and organizations should their critical operations be taken offline.
Corporate credential theft is a targeted effort and makes FTSE 100 companies credentials particularly attractive to cybercriminals with accelerated digital transformation (BYOD and hybrid working). Once an attacker gets hold of stolen user credentials and passwords, they can sell the credentials in the cybercrime underground or use them to compromise an organization’s network, bypassing security measures and threaten the credibility and integrity of the institution.
