Category: Cybersecurity
Action Fraud warns of scam Ukraine emails
The UK's national fraud reporting centre has issued a warning to those wanting to help victims of the Ukraine war. Action Fraud has sent out an alert as cybercriminals are targeting those who want to help victims of the Russian invasion. They have received 196 reports of bogus emails claiming to be fundraising for victims…
9 in 10 cyber attacks targeting Russia or Ukraine
According to recent findings by the Atlas VPN team, 89% of cyberattacks worldwide are targeting Russia and Ukraine. In particular, a significant amount of cyberattacks are directed at financial services businesses with Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks making up 90% of all cyberattacks. Cybercriminals launched 70% of cyberattacks on Russia. A total of 5 billion attacks…
Amazon, DHL, and DocuSign most imitated brands in phishing emails
Amazon is the most imitated brand in phishing emails According to data presented by the Atlas VPN team, Amazon topped the list as the most impersonated brand in email phishing attacks worldwide last year. In total, 17.7% of brand phishing emails used Amazon's brand name. The trillion-dollar brand is closely followed by the world's leading logistics company DHL and…
5 Tips to Protect Your Business from Cyber Attack
With an increase in Russia based cyber-attacks in recent times, we look at 5 ways you can protect your business... In a joint review of cybercrime trends led by the UK, USA, and Australia, it was found that the number of sophisticated ransomware attacks originating from Russia, or being carried out by Russian speakers, has…
Working from home increases ‘digital anxiety’, study reveals
Working from home may have limited the spread of the Covid-19 virus, but according to a new analysis by cyber security provider F-Secure, it may also have helped increase digital anxiety for those working remotely. In a recent survey, 67% of internet users who work from home reported they increasingly worry about their online security…
Kaspersky finds security vulnerabilities in remote patient monitoring
Kaspersky experts have discovered that the most commonly used protocol for transferring data from wearable devices used for remote patient monitoring contained 33 vulnerabilities, including 18 “critical vulnerabilities” in 2021 alone. This is 10 more critical vulnerabilities than in 2020, and many of them remain unpatched. Some of these vulnerabilities give attackers the potential to intercept…
Delivery scam text links on rise again – and they’re more difficult to spot
Scam text messaging (smishing) is on the rise again as GCHQ warns that companies using shortened or unclear web links are making it more difficult for the public to spot the offenders. As part of measures to get tough on fraudsters, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, has published new advice for…
Almost 6 billion accounts affected in data breaches in 2021
The year 2021 was record-breaking in terms of the sheer size of data breaches. According to the data collected and analyzed by the Atlas VPN team, 5.9 billion accounts were affected by data breaches throughout 2021. Atlas VPN has retrieved and calculated the numbers of breached accounts based on multiple publicly available sources. The total…
Nearly half of global ransomware attacks targeted US in 2021
Out of 2,845 witnessed ransomware attacks worldwide, cybercriminals launched 1,352 of them at the US last year. Cybercriminals targeted French organizations in 146 ransomware attacks. 1 in 5 ransomware attacks is directed to a European country. The industrial and energy sector suffered 599 ransomware attacks globally in 2021. Threat actors chose businesses in the retail…
How to Enjoy the Internet Safely
With the growing demand for digital networking streams and online platforms, the internet is available globally in almost every region, connecting people. According to the statistics of 2021, the internet was accessed by over 4.66 billion individuals from various regions around the globe. Decades back, the internet was very rare and unpopular among the youth…
