Threat actors have been seen yet again abusing a technology meant to make things easy for all of us -- QR codes -- in one of the most commonly utilized cybercriminal activities - phishing. The rise in QR code phishing isn't surprising given that according to several studies, as much as 86% of the entire global population use their mobile phones for all kinds of transactions, including financial ones.
A phishing campaign is currently targeting Facebook business accounts with password-stealing malware. The attackers have been using a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages.
Rhysida, a new ransomware currently plaguing users may not be novel, but it's proving to be just as effective. Fortra published an in-depth analysis of the malware currently holding the data of healthcare organizations primarily based in the U.S. hostage.
It's not uncommon for cybercriminals to tweak an existing piece of malware and then call it a new creation. We've seen that happen even in malware's earliest days. It's actually happening more and more these days, especially with the rise of the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) business model.
Radix announced the sale of the domain betting.online for $400,000. The sale was directly done via the registry and was facilitated by escrow.com. This is the highest* sale in the last 5 years for any new gTLD and ties the spot for the 5th highest* domain sale YTD among all TLDs in 2023, as per DNJournal.
As the voice of the Internet's infrastructure, the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) advocates for companies working for the benefit of the Internet as a whole. Since our formation more than ten years ago, the i2Coalition has found that when we engage with policymakers, they are usually focused on solving particular problems they see online.
XLoader has been plaguing macOS users since it was first discovered in 2021. Back then, though, it only posed a threat to those who opted to install Java on their systems.
DNS abuse combined with redirection seems to be gaining popularity as a stealth mechanism. We've just seen Decoy Dog employ the same tactic. More recently, a still-unnamed JavaScript (JS) malware has been wreaking havoc among WordPress site owners by abusing Google Public DNS to redirect victims to tech support scam sites.
Phishing and scam campaigns are one of the biggest challenges for businesses and organizations across the globe and continue to evade traditional security measures year after year.
The .US annual town hall is taking place next month, November 2, 2023 at 12p.m. ET. Registry Services, the usTLD Administrator, will host a live forum to discuss annual efforts, top priorities, and future goals for the United States' country-code Top-Level Domain, .US.
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