Users Fall for Smishing Attacks 6-10 Times More Than Email-Based Attacks

Nov 28, 2023 12:20:35 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

With organizations heavily focusing on protecting the corporate endpoint, cybercriminals are switching focus onto mobile devices where users are more prone to fall for their social ...

Who Knew Neanderthals were so High-Tech?

Nov 28, 2023 12:20:27 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at ESET describe various types of scams launched by users of Telekopye, a telegram bot that assists in crafting social engineering attacks.

Initial Access Broker Activity Doubles in One Year’s Time

Nov 27, 2023 2:00:13 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data sheds light on just how active the Initial Access Broker (IAB) business is, and the growth uncovered doesn’t bode well for potential victim organizations.

Huntress Finds Business Email Compromise (BEC) Increases In Q3, 2024

Nov 27, 2023 2:00:05 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Huntress has released a report finding that business email compromise (BEC) attacks have risen in the third quarter of 2023.

New Data Covers How the Retail Market is at Greater Risk of Industry-Specific Cyberthreats

Nov 22, 2023 4:04:08 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new analysis of the retail market’s threat landscape discusses the challenges faced by this industry and what threat tactics are being used to take advantage of retail’s cyber ...

Digital Skimming Increases by 50%, Just in Time for the Holiday Season

Nov 22, 2023 4:03:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Security researchers identify growth in the use of an ongoing cyberskimming campaign that involves compromising legitimate website checkout code.

Phishing Attacks Expected to More Than Double During the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shopping Week

Nov 22, 2023 2:13:32 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Another day, another warning about holiday scams! Lookout Inc., a data-centric cloud security company, is warning employees and businesses that phishing attacks are expected to more than ...

Visa Warns of Increased Phishing Scams During Holiday Season

Nov 22, 2023 2:13:10 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Visa Payment Fraud Disruption (PFD) expects phishing attacks to increase between November 2023 and January 2024. Findings in its Holiday Edition Threats Report outline the popular fraud ...

Old Bloomberg Crypto Account Bio Link Used in Discord Phishing Attack

Nov 21, 2023 4:25:38 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers used an outdated link found in an X (formerly Twitter) account belonging to Bloomberg Crypto to send users to a phishing site designed to steal Discord credentials, ...

73% of Organizations Affected by Ransomware Attacks Globally in 2023, According to Statista

Nov 21, 2023 4:25:14 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

I recently wrote about how 1 in 34 organizations globally has experienced an attempted ransomware attack. But that statistic doesn’t provide enough context around the impact felt by the ...

Cybercrime Group "Scattered Spider" is a Social Engineering Threat

Nov 20, 2023 3:08:35 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory describing the Scattered Spider cybercriminal gang’s activities.

QR Code Phishing Attacks Surging

Nov 17, 2023 10:14:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The massive uptick in QR Code phishing is an indicator that scammers are seeing success in taking victims from the initial attack medium to one under the attacker’s control.

New ASD Cyber Threats Report Shows A Cybercrime Incident Is Reported in Australia Every Six Minutes

Nov 15, 2023 12:23:48 PM By Jacqueline Jayne

The annual Cyber Threat Report by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) was released this week, containing insights that every Australian business and citizen should read. The ASD ...

It’s Official: Scams Via Email and Text are Inescapable as Nearly Every American Receives Fake Messages Daily

Nov 15, 2023 12:22:43 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New findings show that the overwhelming majority of people have to sort through scam messages and texts.

Online Scammer Poses as Skype, Swindles Victims Through Cryptocurrency Scam

Nov 14, 2023 2:01:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at SlowMist describe a phishing campaign that’s distributing a phony version of Skype in order to steal cryptocurrency, Cointelegraph reports. The malicious app was likely ...

“Skillful Social Engineering of the IT Support Desk” One of the Most Common Tactics in Ransomware Attacks

Nov 9, 2023 3:57:11 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As ransom payments reach an all-time high, it’s time to look at attacks from a data perspective and find the greatest opportunities to stop these attacks.

New Phishing Campaign Abusing .top Domains

Nov 8, 2023 1:14:08 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A phishing campaign is exploiting a large number of .top domains, according to researchers from WhoisXML API. In an article for CircleID, the researchers analyzed a phishing operation ...

New State of Phishing Report 2023: An Alarming Surge in Phishing Threats

Nov 7, 2023 1:46:54 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The fight against cyber threats remains a top priority for all organizations, including phishing attacks. SlashNext just released its much-anticipated annual "State of Phishing Report for ...

Targeted Social Engineering on the Rise With Lowering Phishing-as-a-Service Costs

Nov 7, 2023 1:46:47 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Targeted individuals were the most common victims of social engineering attacks in the second half of 2022 and the first half of 2023, according to researchers at AtlasVPN.

Healthcare Sector Experiencing Increases in Ransomware, Ransoms and Downtime

Nov 6, 2023 9:18:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

An analysis of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations from 2016 through October of 2023 shows the healthcare sector is likely to continue to suffer as a viable ransomware target.

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