Cybercriminals use Microsoft OneNote attachments in phishing emails to spread malware and password stealers. Phishing campaigns are one of the most typical ways criminals obtain private or sensitive information. According to Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 94% of the malware is delivered by email. Malicious Word and Excel attachments for phishing have been prevalent for a long time, known to compromise recipients using macros to download and install malware. However, in July 2022, Microsoft blocked Macros by default on all Office applications, making this approach unreliable for spreading malware. Since then, hackers have come up with various modern email-based initial…
Author: Jack Garnsey
Jack Garnsey
Jack Garnsey is an experienced Cyber Security Professional with over 15 years experience in the B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) industry, both as a representative of a vendor and as a distributor / reseller. Passionate about excellent service delivery, it’s always his goal to promote and maintain valuable technical relationships as a differentiator that can be leveraged to win and retain business. His key skills are pre and post-sales engagement, team management, project management and service delivery. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-garnsey-98477045/
Ransomware tactics have continued to evolve over the years, and remain a prominent threat to both SMBs and larger organisations. Particularly during the peak of COVID-19, research by IBM found that ransomware incidents ‘exploded’ in June 2020, which saw twice as many ransomware attacks as the month prior, taking advantage of remote workers being away from the help of IT teams. The same research found that demands by cyber attackers are also increasing to as much as £31 million, which for businesses of any size, is detrimental for survival. In recent months, ransomware attacks have not left the mainstream media headlines. And…
