With the world threatened and preoccupied by Covid-19, cybercriminals are taking advantage of the chaos. In the past month, we’ve seen: A surge in malware using Excel4 Macros (XLM) in hidden worksheets, under the guise of “Important information about CoVid-19” AgentTesla sending an email posing to have an order of
In today’s online classroom, more communication is happening amongst staff and students than ever before, and schools are still required to comply with their applicable state and federal laws. Most, if not all, of k-12 schools have implemented an email archiving solution – although, they may be looking for guidance as data volume
Dear Educators, So, this is the “New Normal” that everyone has been talking about – a time in which peak internet traffic is up over 45%. Millions of US students have abruptly made the switch to remote learning in the past weeks, and with this brings a magnitude of unanticipated data growth as
With the world under threat of the COVID-19 aka corona virus, many cybercriminals are taking this opportunity to blend in the chaos. Here we have an email posing to have an order of masks. An important personal protection equipment that is on a very high demand as of this moment.
We have been seeing a surge in Excel malware using Excel4 Macros (XLM) in hidden worksheets. Recently, malicious actors started reviving an age-old technique to further hide the malicious XLM code by leveraging the VelvetSweatshop secret password in Excel workbooks. What is Macro Malware? Macro malware has been a popular
Amidst the crisis the world is going through because of the Covid-19 pandemic, malicious actors continue to take advantage of the situation to lure unsuspecting online consumers into installing malware into their systems. We have recently found reports of malicious Powerpoint slides being sent through email, which are disguised as
Phishing-E-Mails und Ransomware finden weiterhin ihren Weg in die Posteingänge. Da könnte einem der Gedanke kommen: E-Mail-Sicherheit funktioniert einfach nicht. Es ist offensichtlich, dass Unternehmen beim Versuch, sich vor den ausgetüftelten Angriffen von heute zu schützen, Technologie einsetzen, die ursprünglich dazu konzipiert war, Spam und Malware zu blockieren. Ende der
As phishing emails and ransomware continue to find their way into the user inbox, we are led to the following idea — email security is broken. It has become obvious that companies are attempting to defend against today’s sophisticated attacks using technology developed to block spam and detect malware. In
Emotet malware campaigns continue to evolve, below we share a breakdown of samples of two new malicious downloader variants that appeared toward the end of January 2020, including lists of IOCs and payload detections for each. To give a sense of timing, you can see in this chart the samples
At first glance, privacy laws like CCPA and GDPR seem like they’re going to destroy how business is done online, especially for retailers. Contact and email lists are extremely valuable for marketers. Having customers unsubscribe from these lists was enough of a challenge but having to delete every aspect of
