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

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September 12, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[On-Demand Webinar] Crafty Ways the Bad Guys Use Pretexting to Own Your Network

Today’s phishing attacks have evolved way beyond spray-and-pray emails that mass target victims. Instead, the bad guys have carefully researched your organization in order to set the ...

September 12, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

FBI Cyber Warning: Attacks On Key Employees Up 100%, As 281 Are Arrested

Zak Doffman, contributor at Forbes reported: "There is a cyberattack epidemic hitting businesses around the world, targeting individuals responsible for requesting fund transfers or ...

September 11, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

The Legal Profession's Catfishing Problem

Scammers frequently impersonate lawyers in fraudulent emails in order to get recipients to take those emails seriously, according to Victoria Hudgins at Legaltech News. Legal threats or ...

September 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI Updates Their Numbers And BEC Is Now A 26 Billion Dollar Scam

FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) says that Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams —aka CEO Fraud—are continuing to grow every year, with a 100% increase in the identified global ...

September 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Cybersecurity: 99% of email attacks rely on victims clicking links

Danny Palmer at ZDNet had the scoop: "Social engineering is by far the biggest factor in malicious hacking campaigns, warn researchers – so how can it be stopped?"

September 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Nemty Ransomware Infests Bogus PayPal Site

BleepingComputer describes a PayPal phishing site that’s delivering a new strain of Nemty ransomware. The attackers used Unicode characters from different alphabets to make their URL look ...

September 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals Unleash Ransomware Attack Designed to Compromise the Security of 120 French Hospitals

A ransomware infection has left one hospital in a group of 120 resorting to pen and paper as they work to remediate an attack custom-designed to attempt to take down all 120.

September 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Targeted Business Email Compromise Now Includes Validating Your Email

A new scammer group out of Nigeria is taking additional steps to verify email addresses are valid before launching BEC campaigns designed to commit fraud.

September 9, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Social Media and Their Exploitation in Social Engineering

Phishing is most commonly associated with email, but social media are quickly becoming a major hunting grounds for scammers, according to Elliot Volkman from PhishLabs. Social media ...

September 7, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

U.K. Charity Workers Most At Risk From Phishing

Tessian report finds a large amount of U.K. charity workers aren't getting proper security awareness training. Michael Moore at ITProPortal wrote: "UK charities are leaving themselves ...