HP has noted, in its latest global HP Wolf Security Threat Insights report on real-world cyberattacks, that the most common attacks are via files with shortcuts (LNK). In fact, they have become the most used method to threaten businesses and companies.
The technology company points out that there…
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Discord is used to share malware tools
A community of teenage users take advantage of the Discord platform's servers to build, trade, and spread malware, including ransomware and a mix of data thieves and crypto miners.
Discord hosts a community of young users, aged between 11…
Phishing takes advantage of the summer tourist wave
Summer arrived with phishing campaigns, which have shot at the cost of tourism with content related to vacation trips that flooded the entrance trays of their potential victims since last March.
Campaigns use summer as bait and take…
Cybersecurity experts predict an increase of ransomware attacks
During the first nine months of this year 495 million ransomware attacks have been registered, which represents an increase of 148 % worldwide, compared to 2020, as reported in its report by the company SonicWall.
According to the…
Cybercriminals take advantage of the success of “The Squid Game” to create malware
ESET's threat analysis specialist, Lukas Stefanko, has indicated that cybercriminals managed to place a malicious application on Google Play called the same as the Netflix series and with the same image. Although it has already been…
Attacks on devices with ransomware on the rise
There are various types of cyberattacks. In the last year, viruses have increased due to hacking on mobile phones. One of the most popular is known as ransomware, a modality that prevents users from accessing the information on their device…
More than 20 Spanish banks attacked by malware
Spain is the European country most affected by the new Brazilian banking Trojan Bizarro, a malware that has already attacked 70 different banks around the world, of which 22 are Spanish banks.
The cybersecurity company Kaspersky, which has…
Malware impersonates Google Chrome to collect bank data
The cybersecurity company Pradeo has detected a new malicious program that acts as a Google Chrome application in order to collect banking data.
The malware that has already affected more than 100,000 Android users is part of a cyberattack…
Electrum Wallet reports malware with similar name
Electrum Bitcoin Wallet has denounced this Tuesday the presence of a malicious application circulating on Google Play with a name very similar to the company through its official Twitter account:
"Public Service Announcement: Attackers…
Microsoft adds protection against “cryptojacking”
Microsoft reinforced the standard Windows antivirus, Microsoft Defender, with new functions that seek to prevent 'cryptojacking' cyberattacks, through the use of Intel's Threat Detection Technology (TDT) automatic threat detection…
Crypto miners and malware attacks grew since 2019
Fileless malware attacks soared 888 % in 2020 compared to the previous year, while ransomware attacks grew 25 % taking advantage of the upward trend in cryptocurrencies.
The exacerbation of malware attacks in 2020 is the most upward trend…
iOS 14.5 redirects Google Safe Browsing traffic to Apple servers
Apple's iOS mobile operating system has begun redirecting web traffic from Google's Safe Browsing security tool, which detects fraudulent web pages, to the company's own proxy servers to reduce the risk of leaks and improve privacy.
These…