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Phishing

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

Vishing Attacks Yield Phone Fraud Take of Over $100 Million

While not a new tactic, vishing presents cybercriminals with an attack method that’s perfectly aligned with the pandemic shifts to remote workforces.

[HEADS UP] Office 365 Phishing Attacks Now Use Fake Zoom Suspension Alerts

Microsoft Office 365 users are targeted by a new phishing campaign using fake Zoom notifications to warn those who work in corporate environments that their Zoom accounts have been ...

Back-to-School: a Buzzkill in More Ways than One

40% of the top twenty universities in the US aren’t using DMARC to mitigate phishing attacks that impersonate the universities’ domains, according to researchers at Tessian. Additionally, ...

Gartner: You Should Focus On These 7 Specific COVID-19 IT Security Areas

Gartner observed: "Rapid responses to the coronavirus pandemic leave organizations vulnerable to security breaches. Security and risk teams must remain vigilant and focus on strategic ...

Microsoft Seizes Six Domains Used in Sophisticated Phishing Scheme

Microsoft announced that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled that the company can seize six domains that were being used in a widespread phishing ...

[Heads Up] The First-Ever Russian BEC Gang, Cosmic Lynx, Was Uncovered. They Spear Phish Multinational & Fortune 500 Senior Executives

“This is a historic shift to the global email threat landscape and portends new and sophisticated social engineering attacks that CISOs around the world must brace for now,” according to ...

FakeSpy Android Malware Distributed via Smishing

Researchers at Cybereason are tracking a sophisticated malware campaign targeting Android devices around the world. The campaign involves a new version of the FakeSpy information-stealing ...

New Calendar Invitations as Phishbait Attack Wave

BleepingComputer warns that cybercriminals are using calendar invites to send phishing links to Wells Fargo customers. Researchers at Abnormal Security discovered this phishing campaign ...

Half of all Remote Employees Aren’t the Slightest Bit Prepared for Cyberattacks

New data from IBM suggests that employees, their devices, training, and organizational policies are all lacking when it comes making sure remote workers don’t become a victim of ...

Microsoft 365 Phishing Attacks Masterfully Use Brand Name Sites to Establish Legitimacy

New voicemail phishing scam uses legitimate branded domains from companies like Samsung and Adobe to facilitate redirects to compromised websites intent on stealing credentials.