WIRED: "The Decade Big-Money Email Scams Took Over"

Excellent article in WIRED, where they observed that In the last few years, the "Nigerian prince" scams have gotten a major upgrade. Here is an extract and a link to the full article:

December 26, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Star Wars Rogue One: A Phish Story

We’ve heard that scammers are exploiting the release of the new Star Wars movie by distributing malware disguised as free copies of the film. But what if we turned this on its head and ...

December 26, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For

Researchers at Kaspersky have identified sixty-five malicious files masquerading as online copies of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, TechRepublic reports. The files are spread via ...

December 23, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

How Phishing is Evolving

Attackers are always using new tactics to stay ahead of defenders, and Microsoft’s Office 365 Threat Research Team describes three noteworthy phishing techniques they’ve observed in 2019. ...

December 23, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Whaling: Like Phishing, but After Bigger Game

Organizations have to acknowledge their responsibility for ensuring their employees are able to recognize targeted phishing attacks, according to James McGachie, Legal Director of DLA ...

December 19, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Royal Mail Scam: Sorry, You Haven't in Fact Won that iPhone 11 Pro

An SMS phishing scam is targeting people in the UK with fake notifications that appear to come from the Royal Mail postal service, The Sun reports. The messages are personalized, and they ...

December 19, 2019 Javvad Malik

Dancing with Hackers

Dancing with the Stars pro Witney Carson announced on Twitter that her Facebook account had been hacked. Unknown miscreants gained control of Carson’s Facebook through a unique phishing ...

December 18, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Best Practices for Creating Order from Phish Reporting Chaos

When Greg Kras, KnowBe4’s Chief Product Officer, first rolled out our Phish Alert Button (your users can use it to report suspicious emails), he thought it would be a great way for you to ...

December 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Spear Phishing in the Royal Canadian Mint

The Royal Canadian Mint, which produces Canada’s coins, nearly sent an employee’s paycheck to an attacker following a spear phishing attack, CBC News reports. The attacker sent an email ...

December 13, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Mysterious Global Phishing Campaign Uncovered

A mysterious phishing campaign was spotted by threat researchers from Anomali. The global credential gathering phishing campaign was directed primarily at government procurement ...

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