Phishing

Malware attacks have been launched by threat actors against Germany-based CrowdStrike customers.

Bolster's CheckPhish site detected more than 40 phishing and phony lookalike domains created in the first 24 hours following the CrowdStrike incident.

Microsoft is being criticized for sending spam- and phishing-like notification emails.

Downtime for the Global 2000 companies is $400 billion annually, or 9% of their profits, according to Splunk's report, “The Hidden Costs of Downtime."

Today's market news also covers Forescout Technologies, Microsoft, SailPoint Technologies, At-Bay, OOKOS and AttackIQ.

These incursions foreshadow a new year when we can expect more ransomware, malware and phishing attacks.

Hackers infiltrating QR codes, commonly known as “quishing,” is on the rise. So much so that some cybersecurity experts are calling it the new phishing.