Phishing Insights 2021

Phishing is still an effective cyberattack technique because it constantly evolves. To keep up, your phishing defenses need to evolve too. Our new report, Phishing Insights 2021, reveals the state of phishing and cybersecurity user education based on an independent survey of 5,400 IT professionals. Use it to evaluate your own phishing security posture and identify…

Microsoft pushes fixes for 44 more vulnerabilities in August Patch Tuesday update

A publicly-disclosed remote Print Spooler exploit, and bugs in JScript and NFS, lead the list of the most concerning CVEs.10 AUGUST 2021 By Sean Gallagher Today, Microsoft released fixes for 44 vulnerabilities, nine of them rated as critical. While that’s fewer than half the number pushed out by Microsoft in July overall, the smaller volume doesn’t…

BlackMatter ransomware emerges from the shadow of DarkSide

9 AUGUST 2021 By Mark Loman On Friday May 7, 2021, an affiliate of the DarkSide Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) hit Colonial Pipeline, a major U.S. fuel pipeline. The attack led to widespread supply disruption, global headlines, and intense scrutiny by the national authorities. A week later, DarkSide announced it was shutting down its operations after its servers were allegedly…