Phishing Attacks Can Come from an Unlimited Number of Trusted Phishing Sites Thanks to Google App Engine

Scammers are taking advantage of Google’s Trust Service Verification and the way their App Engine creates unique URLs to host trusted landing pages used in phishing scams.

October 29, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Don't Neglect the Threat of Vishing

People need to help raise awareness about voice phishing scams, or vishing, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. While phone scams have been around for years, they remain ...

October 28, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Nearly Half of the World’s Workers Don’t Know What a Mobile Phishing Attack Is

As organizations look for permanent solutions to operate using a remote workforce, users continue to elevate the risk of cyberattack by not worrying about cybersecurity.

October 28, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

New Qbot Phishing Attack Pretends to be Windows Defender to Trick Its Victims

One of the most dangerous pieces of malware is back with a new campaign that takes advantage of social engineering techniques to look convincing enough to fool your users.

October 27, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers Discover Most Microsoft 365 Admins Don't Enable Multi-Factor Authentication

Researchers from CoreView recently discovered that 97% of all total Microsoft 365 users do not utilize multi-factor authentication (MFA). A staggering 78% of Microsoft 365 admins do not ...

October 27, 2020 Roger Grimes

[NEW BOOK] Hacking Multi-Factor Authentication

I’m excited to announce the release of my 12th book, Hacking Multifactor Authentication.

October 27, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

[HEADS UP] Remote Workers Disregard Security Awareness Training

According to new research from Mimecast, remote workers are increasingly putting their organizations at risk by failing to follow security awareness training best practices.

October 26, 2020 Eric Howes

All Con, All the Way Down: Bad Guys Spoof Phishing Link Hover Texts

At the heart of almost every phishing email is a spoof. In malicious emails spoofing is the art of deceptively imitating something or someone trusted by users in order to gain their ...

October 23, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

[HEADS UP] Cybercriminal Sells Info on 186 Million U.S. Voters

In a recent report by NBC News, cybersecurity company TrustWave found a bad guy selling voter registration data on 186 million Americans.

October 23, 2020 Javvad Malik

The Ultimate Cyber Security Tip

It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the security advice is flowing out from all corners of the web to advise your users on remaining secure. However, all this information can be ...

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