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Phishing

Learn about current phishing techniques, notable campaigns and attacks, what to watch out for 'in the wild', and more.

U.K. Residents Experience a 116% Increase in Nuisance Calls, Texts, and Emails in 2021

New data from the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) shows a massive rise in the first six months of this year – and the belief that cyberattacks are to blame.

NIST on Phishing Awareness

People need to be conscious of the fact that anyone can fall for social engineering tactics, according to Shaneé Dawkins at NIST, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. ...

Man Spends Thousands and is Exposed for Typosquatting with Cryptocurrency

A man in Brazil spent more than $200,000 on typosquatting domains between November 2020 and February 2021, the Washington Post reports. Typosquatting is a phishing technique in which ...

IBM: ”Phishing Is A Popular Cybercrime Attack Vector”

Researchers at IBM describe how criminals use phishing kits to launch widespread phishing campaigns with minimal effort. Phishing kits are software products that automate the process of ...

Phishing: Low- Middle- and High-Level

Phishing attacks have varying levels of technical sophistication, according to Mark Nicholls from Redscan. In an article published by ITProPortal, Nicholls explains that the lowest level ...

New James Bond Movie is Cybercriminals Shiniest Phishbait

Cybercriminals are using the new James Bond movie, No Time to Die, as phishbait, the National reports. Researchers at Kaspersky warn that malicious ads and phishing sites are claiming, ...

Hackers rob thousands of Coinbase customers using phishing attacks and an MFA flaw

Bleepingcomputer was first to report: "Crypto exchange Coinbase disclosed that a threat actor stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers after using a vulnerability to bypass the company's ...

Phishing Attacks Maintain “New Normal” Elevated Levels into the Middle of 2021

New data from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (AWPG) shows the Q2 of 2021 showed similar phishing activity to that of Q1, indicating no slowdown in attacks.

Phishing Campaign Impersonates Zix Messages

Researchers at Armorblox have spotted a credential phishing campaign that’s impersonating encrypted communications from Zix. The emails contain a link to download an HTML attachment.

Phishing Kits and Phishing-as-a-Service Responsible for Over 300,000 URLs Used in Phishing Attacks

Lowering the barrier to market even more, this new Phishing as a Service (PhaaS) spotted by Microsoft puts quality phishing templates and sites into the hands of any would-be cyber ...