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These types of email attacks rely on simple language and exploit human nature to scam their victims, making detection difficult, says Cisco Talos. Image: GrafVishenka, Getty Images/iStockPhotos The Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack is a popular tactic among cybercriminals. This type of scam requires less time and effort to implement than other kinds of cyberattacks. And the payoffs can be plentiful because these fraudulent emails are typically aimed at people and departments with the power…

Web application attacks targeting the video game industry grew by a higher rate than any other sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by Akamai. The Gaming in a Pandemic found that attacks of this nature surged by 340% in 2020 compared to 2019, totaling more than 240 million attempts against the video game industry. The most prominent web application attack vector was SQL injection, making up 59% of all attacks against the gaming…

The Google Photos Locked Folder feature has finally arrived and Jack Wallen wants to show you how to use it. Image: Angela Lang/CNET It’s funny how Google will announce a new feature in an upcoming rollout, only to then hold that feature back, even after the rollout has happened. One such feature is the long overdue Locked Folder feature in Google Photos. This new feature was announced at Google I/O 2021 and then set for…

Is this cloud stuck to this mountain, or is this mountain stuck to this cloud, idk, but I did wish for a clear shot! As I was rolling around my LinkedIn Feed I happened or Marjorie’s comment of Narian’s Post. As I mentioned in an earlier article there is real scrutiny being applied to decisions of infrastructure consumption. In his post Narian walks thru an analysis of how decisions around cloud are often short term…

In the beginning of May, a U.S. pipeline company suffered a ransomware attack. The company decided to respond by halting operations while it investigated the incident. This delayed tens of millions of gallons of fuel from reaching their destination all along the East Coast. Less than a week later, Bloomberg reported that the company had paid millions of dollars to a ransomware group in order to regain access to their systems. U.S. government officials were…

UK banks led the way in Europe last year with fraud protection efforts, driving an overall drop in associated losses of £77 million (€90 million) year-on-year, according to new data from FICO. The predictive analytics firm claimed that British financial institutions cut fraud losses by an impressive £46 million (€69 million) in 2020, the equivalent of a 7% reduction on 2019 figures. They were joined by their counterparts in Denmark, who managed to drive down…

More than half of SMB contractors in the US defense supply chain are critically vulnerable to ransomware attacks, a new report has claimed. Cybersecurity vendor BlueVoyant chose to analyze a representative sample of 300 smaller contractors from a defense industrial base (DIB) estimated to have anywhere from 100,000-300,000 suppliers. The resulting Defense Industry Supply Chain & Security 2021 review uncovered concerning signs of weaknesses in this complex ecosystem of contractors — potentially putting national security at…