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In today's connected world, nearly everyone has a story where they have been targeted by a scam and either that person or someone they know have lost money to scams.
As ransomware costs increase, along with the effectiveness and use of extortions, smaller businesses are paying the price, according to new data from Webroot.
New data from the U.K. Government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2022 report shows that a material portion of businesses and charities are being attacked and feeling the repercussions.
Impersonating legitimate companies and using a complex mix of fake personas across Facebook, Telegram, and other platforms, these groups used social engineering to gain network access.
Researchers at Trend Micro have spotted yet another scam taking advantage of the crisis in Ukraine by impersonating a legitimate charity. In this case, the scammers are posing as the ...
CyberheistNews Vol 12 #15 | Apr. 12th., 2022 [Heads Up] Hard-boiled Social Engineering by a Fake "Emergency Data Request" Bloomberg has reported that forged "Emergency Data Requests" last ...
Organizations in the US lost $2.4 billion to business email compromise (BEC) scams (also known as CEO fraud) last year, according to Alan Suderman at Fortune.
Taking advantage of the value of a legitimate web service, along with a valid SSL certificate, a new campaign of phishing attack targeting online Microsoft credentials is leveraging Azure.
We are thrilled to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the latest G2 Grid Report that compares Security Awareness Training (SAT) vendors based on user reviews, customer ...
We are excited to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the Spring 2022 G2 Grid Report for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) for the fourth consecutive ...
Skyrocketing attack rates, double and triple extortion, increasing ransom demands… cybercriminals are inflicting pain in every way imaginable when it comes to today’s ransomware attacks. ...
A phishing campaign impersonating WhatsApp has targeted more than 27,000 mailboxes, according to researchers at Armorblox. It’s not clear who the attackers were, but they used an old ...
New insights into the state of data security show a clear focus on the weakest part of your security stance – your users – and organizations doing little to address it.
Last month, Latvian and Lithuanian police – in conjunction with Europol – coordinated a raid on 3 call centers responsible for an international effort to defraud victims worldwide.
Stolen client data from Mailchimp put customers of the cryptocurrency hardware wallets on notice of potential social engineering attacks claiming to be Trezor.
Scammers are impersonating Europol with fraudulent phone calls in an attempt to steal personal and financial information, according to Kristina Ohr at Avast. The German Federal Criminal ...
The group behind the recent attacks on Okta, NVIDIA, and Microsoft may be moving on to less-prominent organizations, using their data destruction extortion model on new victims.
It appears that the use of Microsoft CHM files is gaining popularity, and from the way this latest attack works, it’s a rather ingenious and flexible method that could become more ...
Cybercriminals Groups and “as a Service” threat actor affiliates alike seem to be doing well, according to a new report on the state of ransomware from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit42.
Social engineering continues to be a core component of the Iranian government’s hacking operations, according to researchers at Recorded Future.
