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ClickFix Scam: How to Protect Your Business Against This Evolving Threat
Cybercriminals aren’t always loud and obvious. Sometimes, they play it quiet and smart. One of the tricks of making the rounds is called ClickFix. It doesn’t break down doors. Instead, it politely waits for you to open them. What makes ClickFix concerning for businesses is how perfectly it blends into everyday digital experiences. The malware…
The Sophos Annual Threat Report: Cybercrime on Main Street 2025
Small businesses are a prime target for cybercrime, as we highlighted in our last annual report. Many of the criminal threats we covered in that report remained a major menace in 2024, including ransomware–which remains a primary existential cyber threat to small and midsized organizations. Ransomware cases accounted for 70 percent of Sophos Incident Response…
Sophos Annual Threat Report appendix: Most frequently encountered malware and abused software
This appendix to our Annual Threat Report provides additional statistics on incident data and telemetry detailing the tools used by cybercriminals targeting small and midsized businesses (SMBs). For a broader look at the threat landscape facing SMBs, see our main report. Appendix Contents: Most frequently-encountered malware types Small and midsized businesses face a vast set…
Under lock and key: Protecting corporate data from threat actors in 2025
Data breaches can cause a loss of revenue and market value as a result of diminished customer trust and reputational damage 21 Jan 2025 • , 5 min. read There were over 3,200 data compromises in the United States in 2023, with 353 million victims, including those affected multiple times, according to the US Identity…
The Trump Administration Is Deprioritizing Russia as a Cyber Threat
As scam compounds in Southeast Asia continue to drive massive campaigns targeting victims around the world, WIRED took a deeper look at how Elon Musk’s satellite internet service provider Starlink is keeping many of those compounds in Myanmar online. Meanwhile, FTC complaints obtained by WIRED allege that an “OpenAI” job scam used Telegram to recruit…
Scalable Vector Graphics files pose a novel phishing threat
Criminals who conduct phishing attacks over email have ramped up their abuse of a new threat vector designed to bypass existing anti-spam and anti-phishing protection: The use of a graphics file format called SVG. The attacks, which begin with email messages that have .svg file attachments, started to spread late last year, and have ramped…
What is a cyberthreat hunter (cybersecurity threat analyst)? | Definition from TechTarget
A cyberthreat hunter, also called a cybersecurity threat analyst, proactively identifies security incidents that might go undetected using automated security tools, such as malware detectors and firewalls. Cyberthreat hunting involves monitoring network traffic, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, endpoints, data sets and insider threats — often in real time — to uncover potential security incidents that…
SpyCloud Pioneers the Shift to Holistic Identity Threat Protection
Austin, TX, USA, February 4th, 2025, CyberNewsWire SpyCloud’s Identity Threat Protection solutions spearhead a holistic identity approach to security, illuminating correlated hidden identity exposures and facilitating fast, automated remediation. SpyCloud, a leading identity threat protection company, announced key innovations in its portfolio, pioneering the shift to holistic identity threat protection. By operationalizing its vast collection…
Harnessing AI for Proactive Threat Intelligence and Advanced Cyber Defense
Discover how AI revolutionizes cybersecurity with real-time threat detection, adaptive protection, and advanced data protection to combat evolving cybersecurity risks. Cybersecurity threats are no longer luxuries of the big corporations and reach every part of our connected world making big and small businesses both vulnerable. With attacks becoming smarter and more sophisticated, traditional security measures…
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