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Malware sent to emails surged by 196% between 2020 and 2021, accounting for 74.1% of all threats averted by Trend Micro last year.

Google Threat Analysis Group researchers disclosed that Android and iOS device users in Italy and Kazakhstan have been targeted by Italian spyware company RCS Labs, which has partnered with internet service providers to spread malicious apps.

Researchers identified a credential-phishing attack that spoofs MetaMask, one of the most widely used crypto applications that lets users store and swap cryptocurrencies, interact with blockchain, and host dApps, which are built on a decentralized network supported by a blockchain distributed ledger.

While connections between devices are secure, a person scanning a QR code is subject to the social engineering frailties of a human being.

This week, medical device alerts from CISA urge healthcare entities to apply software updates for some OFFIC DCMTK and Hillrom Welch Allyn medical devices to remediate several vulnerabilities.

TechCrunch reports that Washington, D.C.-based cybersecurity startup GreyNoise Intelligence has secured a $15 million investment from a Series A funding round, which will be allocated toward strengthening its threat intelligence-gathering capabilities.

BleepingComputer reports that the Europol, in coordination with the Belgian and Dutch Police, has successfully disrupted a phishing group behind the theft of several millions of euros following the arrests of nine suspects in the Netherlands, from whom cash, cryptocurrency, electronic devices, jewelry, and firearms and ammunition have been seized.