Widespread phishing campaign deployed by reemerging TA866 Threat operation TA866 has reemerged with a new massive phishing campaign aimed at North America after being absent from the threat landscape for nine months, The Hacker News reports.
Operations of some of Kansas State University's network systems, including those for its email, video, and VPN services, have been disrupted as a result of a cyberattack on Jan. 16, BleepingComputer reports.
BleepingComputer reports that major organizations are having their employees targeted by new phishing attacks exploiting messages concerning annual Human Resources department tasks to facilitate credential exfiltration activities.
SiliconAngle reports that major cloud-based email security firm Mimecast has entered a deal to purchase workforce risk management solutions provider Elevate Security.
Threat actors could launch stealthier targeted phishing attacks through the new Simple Mail Transfer Protocol smuggling technique, reports The Hacker News.
Despite having its operations continuously disrupted by a cyberattack last week, major U.S. title insurance provider First American Financial Corporation has emphasized that the incident has not impacted funds at First American Trust and all its third-party partner banks, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
