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People need to ensure that their elderly relatives are aware of scams that target older people, according to Emma McGowan at Avast. McGowan says it’s best to avoid being condescending, ...
I have been in computer security for over 34 years now. Yeah, even I cannot believe how long it has been. I have been a penetration tester over 20 of those years and worked on dozens of ...
Organizations need to ensure that their data backups aren’t tampered with by attackers, according to security firm Datto. In an article for Channel Futures, Datto explained that backups ...
The Wall Street Journal reports: " Russian intelligence agencies have mounted a campaign to undermine confidence in Pfizer Inc.’s and other Western vaccines, using online publications ...
What if Chinese state-sponsored hackers have owned your OWA using several brand-new zero-day vulns? Or Eastern Europe ransomware gangs? On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security ...
The latest tale of an organization falling victim to a business email compromise attack on their credit card processor highlights how very specific the scenario needs to be to see a ...
The latest Data on BEC scams shows how the bad guys are using a mix of gmail accounts, increases in stolen wire transfers, and a shift to payroll diversions to trick you out of your money.
The use of impersonation in phishing attacks helps to establish credibility and a sense of ease. New data shows exactly how the bad guys are using this tactic to their advantage.
While the Solarwinds “sunburst” attack brought to light the compromising of a vendor, VEC has been around for some time and now seems to be going mainstream.
A new social engineering scam demonstrates how cybercriminals are both evolving their tactics while still using tried and true methods that just work to attain their goals.
Intrepid investigative cyber security reporter Brian Krebs has some interesting news. He said: "Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most venerated Russian-language ...
Here are important fresh content updates and new features to share with you that happened in the month of February.
A recent 2020 report we just discovered confirms what we have been saying for many years now. About 9 out 10 data breaches are caused by your users. We are pleased that the somewhat older ...
57% of phishing emails in 2020 were designed for stealing credentials, according to Cofense’s most recent Annual State of Phishing Report. Meanwhile, just 12% of phishing attacks last ...
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has issued a warning regarding an increase in email and SMS phishing attacks, the Chronicle reports. Dr. Gift ...
Fortune 500 hospital and health care service provider Universal Health Services (UHS) recently became victim to Ryuk ransomware in September 2020.
A new phishing campaign is impersonating Zoom in order to steal users’ Outlook credentials, according to researchers at GreatHorn. The attackers are using phishing URLs that spoof Zoom’s ...
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) can be a highly effective way to safeguard your organization’s data, but that doesn’t mean it’s unhackable. And nobody knows that better than ...
