Malware

2019 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index

Nearly a year has passed since Australia’s mandatory data breach notification regime came into force. Over the last quarter, the highest reported source of breaches involved human factors such as clicking on an attachment to a phishing email. This trend is in line with the global statistics revealed by the latest annual 2019 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report, which suggests that one third of attacks analysed by X Force IRIS globally involved compromises via phishing emails.

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Baldr vs the World

Sophos has published a detailed threat research from SophosLabs on Baldr, an information-stealer that first appeared January 2019. The report provides a deep dive on the popularity of the malware and its unique killchain characteristics. The in-depth research also reveals Baldr’s inner workings, including cybercriminal behaviors and missteps on both the selling and buying side that potentially led to its sudden disappearance from the deep web in June.

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