Hackers cash in on farmers’ protests
March 10, 2021
Spreading ransomware through files, in the guise of supporting farmers
Hackers don’t miss a chance to lure people into cyber frauds. This time they seem to have found an opportunity in farmers’ protests.
Cyber security experts found a new ransomware called Sarbloh, which is being distributed through malicious documents.
In order to attract the attention of the victims, the malicious mails and attachments contain a political message supporting the farmer community.
“Threat actors through this new attack technique are infecting user devices by encrypting their files without asking for a ransom, which is usually the key objective of any ransomware,” Himanshu Dubey, Director of Quick Heal Security Labs, said.
Over 13,000 malware threats detected every hour in 2020: Report
By IANS |
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Wed, Jan 27 2021 14:21 IST |
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New Delhi, Jan 27 : With new techniques targeting a completely new setup of the global enterprise, 13,733 malware threats were detected every hour in 2020, with Trojan leading the year-on-year (YoY) and quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) charts followed by other malware, a report said on Wednesday.
According to a report by Seqrite, an enterprise security solutions brand by Quick Heal Technologies, out of the total 113 million malware detections in 2020, the first quarter clocked the highest at 36 million detections, with January witnessing maximum malware attacks.
Synopsis
Cybersecurity firm Cyfima recorded a 280% increase in cyber attacks directed at SMEs in the last 10 months.
The notion that a cyber attack will only target a bank or a large firm no longer holds true.
Cyber attacks on small and medium-sized enterprises have spiked over the last few months as larger organisations became harder to target once they beefed up their security protocols.
According to security experts, SMEs emerged as an easy target during the Covid-19 pandemic, with cybersecurity firm Cyfima recording a 280% increase in attacks directed at SMEs in the last 10 months.
“Large cybercriminal groups or state-sponsored groups are targeting them as well, given that a number of these SMEs work with large companies and government organisations,” said Kumar Ritesh, chief executive officer at Cyfirma. And cybercriminals are using SMEs as a path to get into large enterprises.”