This password-stealing phishing attack comes disguised as a fake meeting request from the boss

Danny Palmer at ZDNet reported: "A widespread phishing campaign is targeting executives across a number of industries with messages asking to reschedule a board meeting in an effort to ...

February 4, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[New Phishing Template] See The Big Game SnoozeFest Highlights In 5 Minutes

Here is a template that you can use to test your users and see if they will click on a Big Game related phishing attack. There are bad guys out there trying several scams to entice ...

January 31, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[Brilliant New Social Engineering Phish] "Please Docusign: Funding For Your Business"

A friend was sent this email and he forwarded it to me. It's a brilliant new social engineering phishing scam. It will sail through all your spam / malware filters and email protection ...

January 29, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Scam Of The Week: CEO Fraud bad guys are now bribing your users

Today saw the arrival of yet another interesting variant of the gift card phishing campaigns that have grown into a deluge over the past few months (see below). Today's email demonstrates ...

January 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

DNS Hijacking Almost Always Starts With A Successful Spear Phishing Attack

On Jan. 22, 2019, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is a part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), issued Emergency Directive 19-01. The ...

January 25, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Experts Warn to Expect More Targeted and Effective Ransomware and Phishing Attacks in 2019

While attack types do not appear to be changing in the coming year, experts see cybercriminals getting better at their craft, making it easier to separate you from your money and ...

January 25, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Grand Jury Duty Vishing Fraud: A New Twist on an Old Scam

Vishing - phone-based “voice phishing” – attacks are alive and well, taking victims of their time, emotions, and money. This new scam can scare you into becoming a victim.

January 22, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Social Oversharing, Online Quizzes, and Prizes are the Makings of a New Form of Phishing

Phishing is moving beyond the Inbox to your online experience in an effort to collect personal details and share out the attack on social networks, according to a new report from Akamai ...

January 22, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[INFOGRAPHIC] Q4 2018 Top-Clicked Phishing Email Subjects from KnowBe4

KnowBe4 reports every quarter on the top-clicked phishing emails. Here we have the results for Q4 2018. We track three different categories: general email subjects, those related to ...

January 21, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

EY UK: "We've seen a huge proliferation of very successful phishing attacks"

Bethan Moorcraft at InsuranceBusiness Mag UK wrote an excellent article about the current state of cyber insurance in Europe. Here is an extract with the link to the full article at the ...

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