Users need to be mindful of the ways in which hackers can take over their accounts, according to Brian Krebs. Krebs says his experience as the owner of an “OG” Gmail address made him ...
Details on how this global gang of cybercriminals used spoofing and impersonation methods to social engineer banks time and time again shows how effective these tactics are.
CyberheistNews Vol 10 #37 [Heads Up] How to Check Your Email Rules for Maliciousness. Do This Now. Roger Grimes wrote: "Email rules have been used maliciously for decades. Learn about ...
A convincing phishing campaign is targeting customers of Lloyds Bank, Infosecurity Magazine reports. Law practice Griffin Law warns that more than 100 people have reported receiving ...
A malware distribution campaign is abusing organizations’ contact forms to send malicious emails designed to catch the attention of companies’ customer support personnel. The attackers ...
Originally seen all the way back in 2008, this banking trojan is continuously being developed. Its latest iteration is downright nasty and has already infected 5% of all organizations ...
With phishing and spear phishing so prevalent as the primary initial attack vector for malware, ransomware, and data breach attacks, why aren’t users getting wise.
In today's digital age we are surrounded by massive amounts of data every day. This makes it ridiculously easy to gather shockingly detailed information about anyone… even your ...
There is an old Dutch expression: "High trees catch a lot of wind". Well. once you get in the public eye there is definitely the effect you become a bigger target of identity theft. In ...
Scammers are posing as COVID-19 contact tracers and attempting to trick people into handing over their payment information, NPR reports. The scammers are using phone calls, texts, and ...
Using legitimate email accounts is a great way for phishing emails to avoid being identified. Hosting malicious files on Box is another. Put them together and this attack reaches your ...
Have you ever wanted to pick the brain of one of the most prolific IT security experts? Now is your chance! In our “Ask Me Anything” session with Roger Grimes, Data-Driven Defense ...
Researchers at WhiteOps warn that a family of malicious Android apps are spreading a new ad-fraud botnet by promising free shoes and other products to users who install the apps. The ...
Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging Active Directory to spread malware and even hold the organization for ransom. New data suggests you’re nowhere near ready for it.
Apparently focused on more intelligence gathering than taking direct malicious action against the organizations they compromise, this attack is filled with ingenuity.
Here are a few important feature and fresh content updates to share with you for the month of August.
Business email compromise attacks—aka CEO Fraud— have taken shape this year, and according to Agari wire transfer losses have significantly increased by 48% in Q2 2020. The average losses ...
CyberheistNews Vol 10 #36 [FUN] What (Really) Happens When You Type in a URL in an Address Bar in a Browser? I saw this post on Twitter with a fun and educational infographic that shows ...
The FBI has warned that victims of romance scams lost $475 million in 2019, BleepingComputer reports. In Idaho alone, nearly one hundred of these victims lost more than $1 million each. ...
Researchers at Check Point warn that the QBot banking Trojan now has the ability to hijack email threads on infected devices and send malicious emails to the victim’s contacts. The ...
