During the critical holiday shopping period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, the rate of digital ads containing lower-risk malvertising fell to .07% in 2019 compared to 1.25% in 2018. Keep Reading
Yakubets and his co-conspirators are alleged to have victimized 21 specific municipalities, banks, companies, and non-profit organizations in California, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Washington. Keep Reading
The Dexphot attack used a variety of sophisticated methods to evade security solutions. Layers of obfuscation, encryption, and the use of randomized file names hid the installation process. Keep Reading
NeverQuest is a type of malicious software, or malware, known as a banking Trojan. It can be introduced to victims’ computers through social media websites, phishing emails, or file transfers. Keep Reading
A mock scenario included adversaries taking control of a nuclear research institute’s physical protection system and implanting malware at a nuclear power plant, to compromise security and cause sabotage. Keep Reading
Cyber actors may send emails and ecards containing malicious links or attachments infected with malware or may send spoofed emails. Keep Reading
Perspecta’s hackathon competition team, Opt1x, took first place at DreamPort’s rapid prototyping event. The team also placed 36 out of 229 teams at OpenCTF, a key competition at this year’s DEF CON 27. Keep Reading
More than half of survey respondents admit they can’t keep up with security incidents. Keep Reading
It is critical to develop a continuous improvement capability to ensure cyber threat defense remains updated. Keep Reading
Sixty-eight percent of targeted attacks utilized spearphishing for initial access, 77% relied upon user actions for campaign execution. Keep Reading
