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Phishing

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

Scam Of The Week: Fortnite And League of Legends Phishing Attacks

This is an excellent opportunity to sit down with your young'uns and explain the risks of online scams.

Phishing Scam Is Targeting League of Legends Players

A phishing scam is using fake login pages to target League of Legends players, according to Avast Blog. At the moment, the attacks are taking place primarily in western Europe, mainly ...

Got A Chinese Vishing Scam Call in Mandarin

Howard, KnowBe4's HackBusters Discussion Forum Moderator reported on this very interesting phone call he got:

Has Microsoft Office 365 Beat Phishing?

By Roger A. Grimes, KnowBe4's Data-Driven Defense Evangelist. Microsoft recently announced a big update to their Microsoft Office 365 (O365) anti-phishing technical capabilities. ...

School Daze: Clever Phishing Emails Target Educational Organizations

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. It will surprise few people to learn that during our daily review of suspicious emails forwarded to us by users of the Phish Alert Button ...

Replica Phishing Sites Prey on User Trust

Attacks leveraging look-alike federated logon pages are more dangerous than malware-laden attachments in email.

[Heads-up] U.S. Government: "Your Weak Cyber Security Violates Federal Law"

Reuters just made me aware of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission report about a recent SEC investigation of nine companies that had been victims of CEO fraud had sufficient ...

It Only Takes One Phish: 37K Records and a Month of Access

The attack on California-based Gold Coast Health Plan went undetected, allowing attackers access to healthcare data serving as fuel for fraud.

UK publishers warn of global phishing scams targeting manuscripts

A succession of global phishing scams targeting publishers and agents has prompted responses from several global publishers, reports the Bookseller.

Organizations Need to Prepare for the Aftermath of Phishing Attacks

Phishing campaigns are growing more sophisticated as industries become increasingly aware of the threat they pose. Some of these attacks are so clever and meticulously crafted that many ...