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One of the most important things I have tried to communicate to audiences since at least the 1990s is how prevalent a role social engineering plays in cybersecurity attacks. I have ...
Consumer Affairs reported on how big of a problem SMS phishing scams have become, and how it's about to get a lot worse. According to a recent FBI report, more than 320,000 Americans were ...
A joint operation by INTERPOL and the cybercrime unit of the Nigeria Police Force have concluded a yearlong investigation into the SilverTerrier business email compromise gang by ...
With the much-anticipated annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report finally released, we get a view of ransomware from the data breach perspective that points to a common weakness ...
Scammers are using deepfake videos of Elon Musk in an attempt to trick people into handing over cryptocurrency, BleepingComputer reports. The scammers set up a phony cryptocurrency ...
A new scam borrows a page from the tech support scams that target older victims telling them potential fraud has been found, offering to “help” solve the issue and ultimately asking for ...
So-called “Black Hat SEO” services have popped up on Dark Web forums bringing advantageous search results to anyone willing to pay a small monthly fee.
Scammers use an “overdue tax bill” along with a sophisticated and obfuscated javascript-based “invoice” attachment to identify targeted victims, validate credentials, and transmit them ...
FBI Director Christopher Wray highlighted China’s role in cyberespionage in a recent 60-Minutes news segment, saying the level of attacks the U.S. is seeing is “unprecedented in history.”
Researchers at Trustwave have observed a phishing campaign that uses a chatbot to add legitimacy to the scam. The chatbot is on a harmless website, and is designed to convince the user to ...
