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Phishing

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

Microsoft Takes Control Of 99 Phishing Domains Operated By Iranian State Hackers

The domains had been used as part of spear-phishing campaigns aimed at users in the US and across the world. Court documents unsealed today revealed that Microsoft has been waging a ...

Cybercriminals Double-Down on What Works, Nearly Doubling the Number of Phishing Attacks in 2018

Using a combination of old and new tactics and distribution channels, cybercriminals continue to seek to compromise endpoints and obtain online credentials. The targets haven’t changed. ...

Find out which of your users' emails are exposed before the bad guys do

Do you know how big your email attack surface really is? Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is the collection of information from public sources on the Internet that both red teams and bad ...

Phishing Attack Compromises Spanish Defense Intranet By Foreign State

Reuters reported that a "computer virus" infected the Spanish Defense Ministry’s intranet this month with the aim of stealing high tech military secrets, El País newspaper said on ...

U.S. Healthcare Employee Engagement with Simulated Phishing Emails Drop by 67% With Repeated Exposure

A long-term phishing study involving 6 healthcare institutions shows employees are vulnerable to phishing attacks, and that they can become more vigilant through exposure.

WOW, Phishing Attacks Are Now More Common Than Malware!

Microsoft’s security team is uniquely positioned to analyze trends in cyber security threats. Their frequent Security Intelligence Reports (SIR) are an excellent indicator of these ...

[Heads-up] Cybercriminals Are Moving To Mobile Phishing for Gift Cards Scams

Scammers are shifting to SMS to carry out business email compromise (BEC) attacks, since text messaging offers less visibility to the victim and more flexibility to the attacker, says ...

Phishing campaign targets Instagram users with fake copyright notices

A new phishing campaign targeting Instagram users is using fake copyright infringement notices to steal user credentials.

Blackmail and Sextortion Attacks Use Panic and Threats to Lure Their Victims

Preying on a victim’s fear of having “private” browsing details leaked sits at the center of these well-crafted attacks that leverage stolen or harvested passwords to establish ...

Very Few Professionals are Confident in Their Phishing Defense Assessments

New research from ISACA and Terranova Security found that just 12% of security, assurance, risk and governance professionals are confident in their ability to assess the effectiveness of ...