A cybercriminal group has been discovered launching brute-force attacks on thousands of MSSQL servers to deploy a cryptomining malware dubbed MrbMiner in compromised systems.

A Kaspersky report found that during the first half of 2020 the percentage of systems attacked in the oil and gas and building automation industries increased as compared to H2 2019.

Cyber espionage groups increasingly use cloud-based services and open source tools to create their infrastructure for gathering data and cyberattacks, attempting to hide their activities.

The lifecycle of a good cybersecurity idea may start with tech, but it requires a powerful infusion of foresight and listening to make it through investor and customer pipelines.

Of the thousands of notifications Microsoft made to customers about state-linked hacking activity from mid-2019 to mid-2020, NGOs accounted for 32% of alerts, the company said in a recent report.

Researchers have observed a surge in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks throughout the course of this year, and the attacks are getting more powerful and more disruptive.

The FBI Private Industry Notification says greater use of botnets enables cybercriminals and fraudsters to quickly hit many targets in search of finding credentials that work.

Cybersecurity is the number one technology priority for planned digital transformation projects as businesses adapt to a surge in remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As online users become increasingly aware of and use multifactor authentication (MFA), attackers are devising new ways to circumvent the technology — and often with great success.

Over a third of government and enterprise users have been given privileged access despite not needing it, potentially exposing their organization to greater cyber-risk, according to Forcepoint.