Cybercriminals have created a fake streaming service with the end goal of tricking users into installing the BazaLoader trojan on their systems according to new research from Proofpoint. The cybersecurity firm first observed the entertainment-themed campaign in May of this year as it masqueraded as a real streaming service online with a slick website featuring fake movies. The campaign itself is used to spread BazaLoader which has the capability to download and install additional modules…

Security researchers have discovered a new Chinese phishing campaign targeting the ethnic minority Uyghur group with emails impersonating the United Nations and others. Check Point and Kaspersky teamed up to lift the lid on the attacks, which spoof not only the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) but also a fake human rights organization called TCAHF, targeting Uyghurs applying for grants. As well as emailed documents from the ‘UNHRC’ designed to trick individuals into installing a…

The volume of compromised records globally has increased on average by 224% each year since 2017, according to new findings shared by Imperva. In light of the GDPR’s third anniversary this week, the data security firm crunched statistics on thousands of breaches over the past few years to better understand the evolving risk to businesses. There were more records reported as compromised in January 2021 alone (878 million) than for the whole of 2017 (826…

Most US victims of pandemic-related identity fraud in 2020 still have not had their issues resolved, and a third (33%) claim they didn’t have enough money to buy food or pay for utilities last year as a result, according to a new report. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) based its new 2021 Consumer Aftermath Report on interviews with 427 identity crime victims who contacted the non-profit before and during the crisis. The FTC claimed that…