Nigerian Police Arrest 11 Individuals in BEC Crackdown
Police in Nigeria, with the help of Interpol, have arrested 11 individuals in the country for their alleged involvement in business email compromise (BEC) scams associated with more than...
FireEye & McAfee Enterprise Renamed as Trellix
The company created from the merger of security firms McAfee Enterprise and FireEye will be called Trellix, with an aim to become a force in the field of extended...
When Patching Security Flaws, Smarter Trumps Faster
Organizations that use the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) to prioritize the patching of software security vulnerabilities reduce their potential exploitability compared with randomly fixing issues, but not by...
40% of all received emails are potentially dangerous: report
As email remains the primary mode of communication both for businesses and individual users, cybercriminals are lurking to take advantage of it. According to the recent research by Hornetsecurity,...
Troubling trend: it takes nine months to detect and respond to a cyberattack
Cyber leaders consider ransomware a danger and threat to public safety. Yet they don’t feel consulted on business decisions and struggle to hire and retain talent, and that’s what...
Log4j used to deploy WhisperGate malware in Ukraine cyberattack
Several government computers were wiped using the novel WhisperGate malware in a coordinated attack against Ukraine. Last week Ukraine was hit with a massive cyberattack, affecting the websites of...
Nigerian police busts prolific cybercrime syndicate
Many of the arrested are thought to be members of ‘SilverTerrier,’ a network known for Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams that have harmed thousands of companies globally.
The Nigerian...
