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Why are cybercriminals increasing their focus on mobile devices?

A survey carried out in the last year revealed that almost half (49%) of organizations worldwide are unable to detect an attack or breach on employee-owned devices.

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Most dangerous malware in December 2021: Trickbot, Emotet, and the Log4j Pandemic

Check Point’s ThreatCloud intelligence powers the Global Threat Impact Index and the ThreatCloud Map. ThreatCloud delivers real-time threat intelligence from hundreds of millions of sensors across networks, endpoints, and mobile devices.

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Trickbot continues to be the Top Malware Threat

Trickbot which is a botnet and banking Trojan that can steal financial details, account credentials, and personally identifiable information, as well as spread within a network and drop ransomware, particularly Ryuk.

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ESET uncovers Janeleiro, banking trojan targeting corporate users in Brazil

It attempts to deceive its victims with pop-up windows designed to look like the websites of some of the largest banks in Brazil. After that, it tricks the malware’s victims into entering their banking credentials and personal information. It is capable of controlling on-screen windows, collecting information about them, killing chrome.exe (Google Chrome).

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TrickBot appears as UAE’s top malware threat

Trickbot ranks as the most popular malware with a UAE-wide impact of 7%, closely followed by Emotet and Hiddad impacting of 6% of organizations each.