The COVID-19 Vaccine: The Next Wave of Coronavirus Phishing Emails & What You Can Do About It

With infection rates once again soaring in the United States and other countries around the world, the race to produce a COVID-19 vaccine has generated welcome news for a population ...

November 23, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

You're Fired (Not Really, Just Clicked on a Phishing Email)

The operators of the BazarLoader malware are using phishing emails that inform people they’ve been terminated from their jobs, according to Linn Freedman, a partner at Robinson & Cole ...

November 20, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Attacks Rose by 220% At Pandemic Peak Amid Global COVID-Related Fears

At a time when the last thing we need is more phishing attacks, new data shows that cybercriminals have been stepping up their game, taking full advantage of the pandemic.

November 19, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Google's Free Services and Phishing Campaigns: A Likely Pair

Cybercriminals are now launching phishing campaigns that abuse Google's free productivity tools while also using social engineering to trick you into installing malware.

November 18, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Nearly Half of Spear Phishing Emails Bypass Security Filters

47% of payloadless phishing emails are able to bypass the most popular secure email gateways (SEGs), according to researchers at IronScales. These are emails that don’t contain malicious ...

November 16, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing in Facebook's Pond

A scam targeting Facebook users duped hundreds of thousands of people out of their money and information, according to researchers at vpnMentor. The researchers discovered an exposed ...

November 11, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

New “Election Interference” Phishing Scams Infect Victims with Qbot Trojan

At a time when tensions are high with questionable election results, lawsuits, and an apparent “president-elect”, makers of Qbot are taking full advantage of the opportunity.

November 11, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

University Research Shows Security Awareness Training is a Necessary Layer of Defense

A research paper in the Journal of Computer Information Systems says that security awareness training is a necessary complement to technical defenses and security policies, SC Magazine ...

November 9, 2020 Javvad Malik

Cyber Security Awareness Month is Over... Now What?

October was Cyber Security Awareness Month, the month during which many organisations and individuals contributed their ideas, shared content and helped educate each other on the ...

November 5, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Unfortunate Learning Lessons from Clicking on a Suspicious Phishing Email

Israeli news source YNet released a story about a woman who clicked on a suspicious phishing link, was fired from her job, and was accused of fraud with a criminal indictment.

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