Emotet is the name of both a ransomware gang and the strain of ransomware the cybercriminals use. While Emotet remains a serious threat, their 2020 has been besmirched. They got hit with EmoCrash. Eventually Em...
No More Ransom is an initiative launched by Interpol to fight against ransomware. They offer a repository of tools and methods to combat ransomware. Their first recommendation is to follow best practices around...
October 8, 2020 is the final day that individuals impacted in a law suit against Google can raise objections. Google notified former Google+ users in August about the $7.5M class action lawsuit. This means that...
VIPRE Month Roundup: August, 2020 What happened last month? A lot of cybersecurity news! We know it is hard to keep up with the ever-changing news cycle, so we gathered this month’s biggest stories and broke th...
Email is now the most common channel for criminals to launch cyber-attacks and has become a leading cause of data breaches and financial loss. Attackers are increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities in email to s...
When it comes to today’s threat landscape, IT professionals can be forgiven for muttering their favored imprecations, followed by a frustrated, “Now what?” The current onslaught of cybersecurity exploits target...
It has not been the best year for Carnival Cruise Line. Being the largest cruise line operator in the world means they’re a prime target for cyber-criminals. In March, the company disclosed a potential data bre...
Securing email is essential Email is the backbone of modern business communications, and the most popular digital medium in the world with 3.7 billion users sending 269 billion emails every day. Unfortunately, ...
On July 15th, several Twitter accounts were hacked into and then posted a links to crypto scams. (Image via CNET) According to engadget, targets weren’t exclusively celebrities. Other accounts belonging to Coi...
Suspicious Link, a malware research Twitter personality who follows suspicious links, tweeted about a recent discovery. Someone is replacing Emotet payloads with gifs of James Franco. To explain this phenomenon...
