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How To Stop Job Scams

I am reading and hearing about a ton of job scams these days. So many, I wondered how anyone could get a real job or employee, especially in these days of often full-time, work-from-home ...

Sloppy but Dangerous: Fake Ransomware

Conventional ransomware encrypts the victims’ files and holds them hostage, unavailable to their owners, promising to provide a decryptor once the victims pay the ransom. In some cases ...

Cyberattacks are the biggest risk to the UK financial system – Bank of England research

Cyberattacks are the biggest risk to the UK financial system, according to new research from the Bank of England.

New Phishing Campaign Uses Office Docs to Install Cobalt Strike Beacon

Under the guise of determining applicant eligibility for a U.S. federal government job, this latest phishing attack plants the seed for a future attack on the victim organization.

Cyber-Zombie Apocalypse: Ransomware Gangs Continue to Come Back from the Dead

With ransomware gangs making so much money and then dropping off the face of the earth, what’s the motivation to come back to life and potentially risk getting caught?

German Hackers Arrested for Stealing €4 Million in 7-Month Banking Phishing Scams

The recent arrest demonstrates how very small and unsophisticated a cybercriminal team can be to launch a very successful phishing campaign that takes victims for millions.

Small Business Grants as Phishbait

INKY has published a report on the use of small business grants as phishing lures. Scammers are impersonating the US Small Business Administration (SBA) to distribute phony grant ...

Scams, Scams, Everywhere!

Scammers have been around as long as history has been recorded. Think about the famous ‘Trojan Horse’ for example. A perfect scam that allowed attackers to get behind the city walls. The ...

A New Phishing-as-a-Service Kit

Researchers at Mandiant have published an analysis of a phishing-as-a-service kit called “Caffeine,” which further lowers the bar for inexperienced cybercriminals by offering a publicly ...