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February 12, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

New Novel Campaign Targeting Security Researchers Uses Really Creative Social Engineering to Fool Victims

Pretending to be security researchers themselves, this group of cybercriminals went to great lengths to make sure legitimate security researchers would fall for the attack.

February 12, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

New Phishing Scam Uses Fake PPP Loans to Trick Victims into Giving Up Personal Information

Taking advantage of people’s need for financial assistance, these scammers pose as a bank offering “forgivable business loans to individuals impacted by the pandemic.”

February 12, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Dutch Intelligence Agencies Warn About Chinese and Russian Cyber Espionage

Chinese and Russian state hackers threaten the Dutch economy. Three Dutch intelligence agencies jointly sound the alarm about digital espionage in financial newspaper Het Financieele ...

February 12, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads Up] Growing Collaboration Among Criminal Groups Heightens Ransomware Triple Threat

Increased communication and collaboration among cybercrime groups is heightening the ransomware threat for the healthcare sector, according to the Cyber Threat Intelligence League (CTI ...

February 12, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[Scary?] AI Can Now Learn To Manipulate Human Behavior

The Conversation just published something I have been worried about for a while now. Scary? Could be getting that way sometime soon. They said: "Artificial intelligence (AI) is learning ...

February 12, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing for Love

Valentine’s Day-themed phishing campaigns are spiking, researchers at Check Point warn. There was a 29% increase in Valentine’s Day-related phishing domains last month, compared to a 6% ...

February 12, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[New E-Book] Comprehensive Anti-Phishing Guide

Spear phishing emails remain a top attack vector for the bad guys, yet most companies still don’t have an effective strategy to stop them.

February 11, 2021 Roger Grimes

It’s Not Only About the URL

You have to look at the totality of an email to determine whether it is a phishing attack or not.

February 11, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[HEADS UP] NHS Issues Warning as UK COVID-19 Vaccine Scams Are Still Running Rampant

The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK recently sent a warning that cybercriminals are using social engineering tactics to target people wanting a COVID-19 vaccine email that is ...

February 11, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

US Gmail Users Are Preferred Phishing Targets

Google has found that most phishing attacks (42%) target Gmail users in the US. Users in the UK were the second most targeted, with 10% of attacks. Japan came in third with 5% of phishing ...

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