In periods of peak activity, DDoS attacks can comprise as much as 10 percent of a country's total Internet traffic as they are transpiring, according to Cisco Systems' 2016 Visual Networking Index report.
Researchers at ESET have discovered that an under-the-radar ransomware known as Crysis has been silently and quickly gaining momentum, and is currently even more prevalent than Locky.
After Check Point notified Facebook of a flaw in its Facebook Online Chat & Messenger App earlier this month, the social media giant responded and quickly fixed the vulnerability.
Calling its actions a "cruel reminder of what happens when you don't use proper security hygiene," the hacker group GhostShell doxxed approximately 36 million online accounts from various databases found on public servers that don't require credentials to access.
As cybercriminals pursue methods that yield the most effective near-term gains, phishing emails and ransomware prove an irresistible cocktail for cybercriminals, as a new report demonstrates.