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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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February 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Organizations Need an Anti-Phishing Plan to Stop Cyberattacks

With the massive rise in phishing attacks, it is time for organizations to realize the concept of becoming a victim is an issue of when and no longer if.

February 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[Scam Of The Week] Robocall scams surge to 85 billion globally

Robocall spam has surged to 85 billion calls globally with bank account, credit card and extortion being common scams, according to Hiya, a company that makes apps to fend off unwanted ...

February 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Discovered: A Whole New Strain Of Voice Phishing Attacks

What if social engineers, instead of calling victims with voice phishing attacks, intercepted phone calls their victims make to legitimate phone numbers? Malicious apps let cybercriminals ...

February 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

reCAPTCHA Phishbait Targets Google Users

A phishing campaign is using a phony Google reCAPTCHA system to deliver banking malware, according to researchers at Sucuri. The attackers are sending emails, supposedly from a Polish ...

February 26, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

It's The Season for Tax Scams... Again

America's Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers about a surge in phishing emails, links, and phone calls during tax season, according to Toni Birdsong at McAfee. The scammers pose ...

February 25, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Bogus Job Offers as Phishbait

A series of phishing campaigns are targeting companies in various industries with phony job offers using direct messages on LinkedIn, according to researchers at Proofpoint. The attacker ...

February 24, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

The NoRelationship Attack Bypasses Office 365 Email Attachment Security

Attackers are bypassing Office 365 email attachment security by editing the relationship files that are included with Office documents, according to Yoav Nathaniel at Avanan. A ...

February 22, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing campaign attempts to spread a new brand of snooping malware

Danny Palmer at ZDNet had the scoop: "A cyber espionage campaign is targeting national security think tanks and academic institutions in the US in what's believed to be an intelligence ...

February 15, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Iran indictments show even U.S. intelligence officials are vulnerable to basic phishing schemes

As the story broke about the charges against former U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist who defected to Iran and support targeted hacking against some of her former colleagues, one ...

February 14, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Cyberheist On Bank Causes Shutdown Of All Operations

Reuters reported that the Bank of Valetta, which accounts for almost half of Malta’s banking transactions, had to shut down all of its operations on Wednesday after hackers broke into its ...

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