One in Seven Healthcare Employees Will Fall for Phishing Emails

A study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association highlights how vulnerable the healthcare sector is to phishing attacks, according to Jessica Davis at Health ...

March 19, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

The Phishing Bait is Bitcoin; the Hook is a Clipboard Hijacker

A new phishing campaign is spreading malware through emails that claim to have Bitcoin investment updates, according to My Online Security. The emails direct the victim to download an ...

March 17, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[SCAM OF THE WEEK] Phishing Attack Warns About Boeing 737 Max Crashes And Infects Workstations

Large airline crashes tend to uniquely focus almost everyone's attention. Lowlife internet criminals are exploiting the fear connected to these incidents, and leverage it in phishing ...

March 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[SCAM OF THE WEEK] New "Final Warning" Sextortion Emails State Adult Sites Infected You

Bleepingcomputer reported this week: "A new sextortion email campaign is underway that states a hacker infected the recipient's computer while they were visiting an adult web site. The ...

March 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Three Romanian Men Commit Vishing And Smishing Crimes Worth $21 Million

Three Romanian citizens have pleaded guilty to carrying out a scheme that used recorded messages and cellphone texts to trick thousands of people into revealing their social security ...

March 15, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Attack Use of Encryption Increases 400% for Malware Delivery, Communications, and Data Exfiltration

Encryption has become the norm for many cybercriminals looking to obfuscate all parts of an attack, according to Zscaler’s 2019 Cloud Security Insights Threat Report. One of the goals of ...

March 15, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Software Supply Chains and Phishing Top Microsoft’s List of Greatest Cyberthreats

Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report highlights the trends seen in 2018 with phishing as the preferred attack method and supply chains as a primary attack target.

March 8, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber Criminals use Domino Effect Chain Attacks to Leverage One Compromised Bank to Infect the Next

New details from international security company Group-IB show how cybercriminals are no longer looking to just steal from one bank. Instead they chain their attacks to improve their ...

March 4, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

FINRA Warns of New Phishing Attack Targeting Brokerage Firms

The latest warning from Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) puts firms on notice of yet another tailored attack seeking to gain access to firms networks.

March 1, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

New Facebook Phishing Scam is So Good It Will Fool Even You

Scams seeking to harvest online credentials have long tried to replicate known logon pages. But this newly found instance is just about perfect.

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