Insights on Data Security & Threat Intelligence
This week’s big hacking news that the personal iCloud accounts of at least 100 celebrities were compromised and personally “revealing” images stolen off them, seems to have kept the news outlets buzzing for a while. The question most people are asking (CYREN included) is “How did this happen?” A targeted
Richard A. Spires, CEO of Resilient Network Systems has been invited to speak at the 2014 ACT-IAC Shared Services Forum in Washington, DC on Sept. 16th, to discuss “Acquisition Challenges & Best Practices: A Cross-Sector Perspective”. This presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, September 16th from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
There are times when you find the efforts of cybercriminals both amusing and annoying, and then there are times when your contempt for these villainous creeps really gets to you. The recent and tragic death of actor and comedian Robin Williams shocked the world. Most people strongly feel that the
What You See Isn’t Necessarily What You Get A rise in malware distributed via fake document icons has been consistent over the past few years. While nothing new, unsuspecting victims regularly still get taken in by this form of cybercrime which primarily targets the Adobe Acrobat PDF, Microsoft Word
Cybercriminals will stoop to any level it seems, even using the tragedy of the Ebola virus in West Africa to steal money. In the latest “419” rendition, scammers distribute an email claiming the recipient is the beneficiary of a large amount of money left in a bank account by a
Threat Name Backoff Malware Threat Type Trojan, Keylogger, Stealer Although, this threat has been in the wild for some time, it has been recently reported that it is now being referred to as “Backoff”, and is being used to the infect Point-of-Sale (POS) machines of big retail stores in the
Android smart phone users experienced the first ever ransomware attack in the second quarter of 2014 and PC-focused malware continues to cause problems, with cybercriminals attacking known vulnerabilities in both PDFs and MS Office documents. Phishing attacks emphasize financial gain, focusing on global banks and the World Cup. And, spam
I was checking my bank account online when I got alarmed by my browser prompting me that the site’s certificate was invalid as shown below: Figure 1: Invalid website certificate prompt I usually don’t get this prompt since I regularly check my accounts online, so out of concern and curiosity,
We have reported about executable malware files that masquerade as PDF files to trick users into opening them – but can PDFs actually contain viruses? Yes, Adobe PDF documents can, unfortunately, carry different types of viruses or even malicious executable code. Many users dismiss suggestions that these can be dangerous
