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Phishing

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

Phishing Attacks Surged in Q2 2021

Phishing activity increased dramatically in the second quarter of 2021, according to a recent report by Vade. The company observed 4.2 billion phishing emails in June alone.

Milanote Exploited to Host Phishing Content

Researchers at Avanan warn that attackers are exploiting the collaboration and note-taking app Milanote to host phishing links.

[HEADS UP] 2021 Tokyo Olympics Mean Olympic-Themed Phishing Attacks

Last year, we reported that authorities warned of the Tokyo Olympics phishing attacks. Then the global pandemic occurred, and the games were postponed. Well, now the games have ...

Microsoft Continues to be the Top Impersonated Brand in Phishing Attacks

New data from CheckPoint identifies those brands being used by threat actors to trick victims into opening attachments, clicking links, providing credentials, and giving up personal ...

The Cost and Impact of Cybercrime Can Now Be Measured in a Single Minute

With the number of threat actors growing rapidly, along with an increased frequency of attacks, RiskIQ has put together a sobering perspective of how cybercrime impacts us in just 60 ...

[INFOGRAPHIC] New Report Shows Users Are Falling for Security and HR-Related Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4's latest quarterly report on top-clicked phishing email subjects is here. These are broken down into three different categories: social media related subjects, general subjects, ...

Nearly Every Organization Has Had an Insider-Caused Data Breach in the Last Year

Whether it’s from an accidental leak of data or falling victim to a phishing attack, new data from email security vendor Egress puts the insider’s role in breaches into critical ...

[On-Demand Webinar] 2021 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report

As a security leader, you have a lot on your plate. Even as you increase your budget for sophisticated security software, your exposure to cybercrime keeps going up. IT security seems to ...

84% of Organizations Experienced Ransomware and Phishing-Related Security Events in the Last 12 Months

New research from Trend Micro and Osterman Research highlights where organizations are strongest and weakest at stopping phishing attacks resulting in ransomware.

Phishing Campaign Uses Novel Technique to Deliver Malware

Researchers at McAfee warn that a phishing campaign is delivering malware via Word documents that don’t contain any malicious code. When a user opens the document and enables content, the ...