The Emotet phishing trojan-turned-botnet is back in action after a three-and-a-half month break, say threat researchers

New variants of the infamous WannaCry malware continue to emerge, and many of them have accidentally turned themselves into a somewhat effective, although ill-advised, vaccine against infection

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252470868/WannaCry-variants-accidentally-protecting-against-WannaCry

The cyber security industry needs to address a systemic image problem if it is to succeed in recruiting more diverse teams

Analysis of 15 years’ worth of Google search data has revealed some insight into what cyber security trends are capturing the imagination

Based on data from 16.4 billion transactions, analysis reveals a 171% year-on-year growth in new account creation bot attacks that targeted e-commerce. These attacks are found most often in online marketplaces, virtual gift card companies and ridesharing sites.

https://internetretailing.net/strategy-and-innovation/strategy-and-innovation/apps-and-ecommerce-sites-become-key-targets-for-new-account-creation-bot-attacks-according-to-new-report-20175

Almost every single cyber attack will, at some stage, require a human to be tricked into doing something, according to research by Proofpoint

The UK’s representative to a United Nations cyber security working group has called for increased investment in capacity around cyber security

Operators of the TrickBot banking Trojan have switched to a new downloader to evade detection and analysis for a high-volume malicious spam campaign targeting business, researchers warn

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252470091/TrickBot-Trojan-switches-to-stealthy-Ostap-downloader

Researchers at Check Point have identified a security flaw in Android-based smartphones that exposes vulnerable users to phishing attacks

Security researchers have discovered a web social engineering toolkit that enables cyber criminals to create fake update notification campaigns