The Number of Malicious Emails Reaching Inboxes Is Declining

Oct 16, 2024 3:47:14 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New research shows that less malicious emails are getting past security scanners to the inbox, but also provides details about how phishing emails are becoming increasingly dangerous.

"Operation Kaerb" Takes Down Sophisticated Phishing-as-a-Service Platform “iServer”

Oct 14, 2024 8:51:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A partnering of European and Latin American law enforcement agencies took down the group behind the mobile phone credential theft of 483,000 victims.

Sextortion Scammers Attempt to Hit “Close to Home”

Oct 14, 2024 8:51:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We live in a world where, despite the sharing of information online, we feel like those interactions will never reach home. But a new scam – covered on WTSP Tampa Bay’s Channel 10 news – ...

Google App Scripts Become the Latest Way to Establish Credibility and Automate Phishing Attacks

Oct 11, 2024 8:37:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals have found a new way of leveraging legitimate web services for malicious purposes, this time with the benefit of added automation of campaign actions.

Attackers Abuse URL Rewriting to Evade Security Filters

Oct 8, 2024 10:19:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Attackers continue to exploit URL rewriting to hide their phishing links from email security filters, according to researchers at Abnormal Security.

Free Phishing Platform Has Created More than 140,000 Spoofed Websites

Oct 7, 2024 2:00:22 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A free phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named Sniper Dz has assisted in the creation of more than 140,000 phishing sites over the past year, according to researchers at Palo Alto ...

Financial Services Industry Experiences a Massive Increase in Brand Abuse

Oct 4, 2024 3:37:43 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Industry analysis of the domains used behind phishing and brand impersonation attacks show financial institutions are being leveraged at an alarming rate.

New VPN Credential Attack Goes to Great Lengths to Obtain Access

Oct 3, 2024 11:58:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new “so-phish-ticated” attack uses phone calls, social engineering, lookalike domains, and impersonated company VPN sites to gain initial access to a victim network.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Cyber Attack Underscores Importance of Email Security and Internal Controls

Oct 2, 2024 3:09:58 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The recent cyber attack on Dick's Sporting Goods makes it clear that email played a critical role and emphasizes the need for better security controls.

Scammers Use QR Code Stickers to Target UK Motorists

Sep 27, 2024 11:17:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Netcraft warns that scammers are posting QR code stickers on parking meters in the UK and other European countries.

Election-Themed Phishing Threats Are on the Rise

Sep 25, 2024 1:54:49 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at ReliaQuest have published a report looking at cyber threats surrounding the upcoming US presidential election, warning that election-related phishing will continue to ...

McAfee Discovers New Phishing Campaign Targeting GitHub Users

Sep 24, 2024 10:35:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A phishing campaign is targeting GitHub users with phony CAPTCHA pages, according to researchers at McAfee. The phishing emails ask users to address a security vulnerability in a GitHub ...

Half of all Financial Services Cyber Attacks Start with a Very Costly Phish

Sep 23, 2024 3:18:45 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New analysis of attacks on the financial sector shows that the combination of phishing emails and compromised credentials is a recurring — and financially impactful — threat.

Educate Your Users About Malicious SEO Poisoning Attacks

Sep 23, 2024 9:40:21 AM By Roger Grimes

Since the beginning of computers, social engineering has been the number one way that computers and networks have been compromised. Social engineering is involved in 70% to 90% of all ...

Online Scams Are Shortening Their Cycles and Making More Money

Sep 20, 2024 10:27:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New analysis of blockchain activity shows scammers are needing less time to obtain crypto payments and are seeing higher payoffs per scam.

Phishing Attacks Abuse Content Creation and Collaboration Platforms

Sep 20, 2024 10:27:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Barracuda have observed an increase in phishing attacks that abuse popular content creation and collaboration platforms. These include online graphic design platforms and ...

SANS Releases Guide to Address Rise in Attacks on Manufacturing and Industrial Control Systems

Sep 18, 2024 7:59:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Increased ransomware attacks on industrial control systems (ICS), mixed with general ICS insecurity found across the manufacturing sector, has given rise to a guide specifically ...

New Ransomware Threat Group, RansomHub, is so Effective, the NSA is Already Warning You About Them

Sep 16, 2024 3:43:10 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The latest evolution of the ransomware service model, RansomHub, has only been around since February of this year, but its affiliates are already successfully exfiltrating data.

Attackers Using HTTP Response Headers to Redirect Victims to Phishing Pages

Sep 13, 2024 9:16:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warn that attackers are using refresh entries in HTTP response headers to automatically redirect users to phishing pages without user ...

Your Lawyers Are Increasingly Targeted by Phishing Attacks, Ransomware

Sep 11, 2024 3:02:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Bitdefender warn that law firms are high-value targets for ransomware gangs and other criminal threat actors. Attackers frequently use phishing to gain initial access to an ...

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