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December 1, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Zoom Impersonation a New Variant of Familiar Phishbait

Zoom-themed phishing attacks have spiked since the start of the pandemic, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns. Attackers adapted quickly earlier this year when a large portion of ...

December 1, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Giving Tuesday Means an Influx of Charity Scams

Giving Tuesday is a great idea for organizations and people to give back to people in need, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this causes concern for an increase in ...

November 30, 2020 Javvad Malik

Computer Security Day

November 30th is Computer Security Day; a day to remind us all to protect our computers… But what does protecting your computer actually mean?

November 30, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Fake Zoom Invite Leads to one Australian Company's Downfall

We've previously written blog posts to be cautious of suspicious Zoom meeting links, and we even reported a huge increase in phishing attacks using Zoom of August this year. The heads-up ...

November 30, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Is the Secret to Stopping Cyberattacks Making Users "Phishing Aware"?

The sheer volume of successful phishing attacks indicates that security solutions – at very least – aren’t stopping all attacks. So how does security awareness training help top attacks ...

November 30, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Attacks in the U.K. Rise by 73% During Pandemic Months as Vishing and Smishing Attacks Also Increase

Cybercriminals have taken full advantage of COVID-19 by launching themed phishing attacks in previously unseen numbers targeting both individuals and businesses.

November 30, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Egregor Ransomware Finds a New Way to Inform You That You’re a Victim of Cyberattack: Printers

Unlike the traditional methods of notifying victim organizations by simply taking over a computer or providing a “readme” text file, this new method has some devilish benefits.

November 30, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Journalists Need Phishing Awareness, Too

All types of journalists need to be wary of phishing and other social engineering attacks, according to Jacob Granger, writing at Journalism.co.uk. Granger quotes digital security expert ...

November 27, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-Up] A Hacker Is Selling Access To The Email Accounts Of Hundreds Of C-Level Executives

ZDNet's Zero Day column just reported one of the best reasons why you should step your users through new-school security awareness training yet:

November 25, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

The Risk of the “To” Line

Micropayments company Coil accidentally exposed at least a thousand of its customers’ email addresses by including their addresses in the “To” field of an email, BleepingComputer reports. ...