Lior Samuelson, Cyren CEO and Chairman, has been around technology and businesses for many years, but he is particularly passionate about making the Internet a safer place for users – especially those who seek better security and those on the move with their mobile devices. In this don’t want to

Despite WannaCrypt grabbing all the headlines, it is far from being the only ransomware in circulation. A second wave of Jaff ransomware is now being distributed by the stealthy Necurs botnet. Starting on Monday, May 8 (around 9:30 UTC), the Necurs botnet was harnessed to distribute a new Locky-style email

UPDATE (May 14): WannaCrypt/WannaCry is still being delivered through file sharing services over https at hxxps://transfer.sh and hxxps://down.xn--wda.fr/  __________________ The WannaCrypt ransomware (aka WannaCryptor, Wcrypt, and WannaCry) has managed to infect thousands of systems within just a few hours of its first appearance yesterday, with estimates on the order of

Repeatedly referred to in the press as “massive,” the Google Docs attack which has been the talk of the security blogosphere and even mainstream media this past week appears to have sent invitation emails to an estimated “less than 0.1%” of Gmail users, according to Google’s own statement, which is

To get up to speed on the latest technique used by phishing site operators to present legitimate-but-fake (!) web sites, check out Cyren security researcher Magni Sigurdsson’s column in Infosec Island, which details how cybercriminals are exploiting a browser capability for representing non-Latin characters to make users think they really

The IT manager responsible for information security at an enterprise account — let’s call him “Steve” — recently shared an interesting story. In general, he felt that they handle security pretty well, but he detailed one challenge that they haven’t yet been able to solve — users roaming outside the

In the midst of the recent revival of Dridex, the notorious family of banking trojans, a Dridex attack scheme targeted at stealing UK users online banking credentials was detected this week (and is being blocked) by Cyren’s security cloud. This new attack is initiated by an email PDF attachment claiming

Wix allows anyone to create a free website with simple point, click and drag formatting. Of course, “anyone” can include phishers and malware distributors, and we at the Cyren Security Lab discovered earlier this week just such abuse of a Wix page targeted at Office 365 users, the subject of

College entrance exams are anxiety inducing for many students, now made all the more stressful by the discovery by Cyren researchers of malware targeting students seeking an exam reviewer or test preparation service. A recent search for “college entrance exam reviewer pdf” led to an SEO (search engine optimization) attack

Following on the heels of our February announcement, we are pleased to share here that Cyren’s SaaS Internet security platform upgrade, Cyren Cloud Security 4.0, went live on March 26. Integrated Web and Email Security This release deepens the integration of our cloud-based enterprise security offerings — web security, email