Learn about current phishing techniques, notable campaigns and attacks, what to watch out for 'in the wild', and more.
Bitdefender warns that Microsoft Office applications are vulnerable to phishing tactics that exploit international domain names (IDNs). Affected applications include Outlook, Word, Excel, ...
KnowBe4 just released its official guidance and recommendations regarding password policy. It has been a project in the works for many months now, but we wanted to make sure we got it ...
A smishing campaign is impersonating the UK-based delivery company Evri with text messages informing recipients that their package couldn’t be delivered, according to Paul Ducklin at ...
The India-aligned APT SideWinder is using a variety of social engineering techniques to target Pakistani government and military entities, according to researchers at Group-IB. The threat ...
Part of a six-month attack, email accounts on the NHS’ Microsoft 365 instance were compromised, resulting in over 1,100 targeted email attacks used to obtain more credentials.
As cybercriminal groups hone their craft, one analysis shows them shying away from zero-day exploits, use of valid accounts, and third-party vulnerabilities to gain initial access during ...
Accounting software provider Intuit has warned of a phishing scam targeting its customers, BleepingComputer reports. The phishing campaign affected users of Intuit’s QuickBooks product, ...
Consumer Affairs reported on how big of a problem SMS phishing scams have become, and how it's about to get a lot worse. According to a recent FBI report, more than 320,000 Americans were ...
With the much-anticipated annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report finally released, we get a view of ransomware from the data breach perspective that points to a common weakness ...
So-called “Black Hat SEO” services have popped up on Dark Web forums bringing advantageous search results to anyone willing to pay a small monthly fee.
Scammers use an “overdue tax bill” along with a sophisticated and obfuscated javascript-based “invoice” attachment to identify targeted victims, validate credentials, and transmit them ...
FBI Director Christopher Wray highlighted China’s role in cyberespionage in a recent 60-Minutes news segment, saying the level of attacks the U.S. is seeing is “unprecedented in history.”
Researchers at Trustwave have observed a phishing campaign that uses a chatbot to add legitimacy to the scam. The chatbot is on a harmless website, and is designed to convince the user to ...
New analysis of threat activity for the first quarter of this year shows anyone with access to corporate email is a now on the front lines of modern cyberattacks of all kinds.
Tell people not to click a link, pat each other on the back, and ride off into the sunset. If only security awareness training was that simple in Europe.
Researchers at Vade Secure warn of a large phishing campaign that's impersonating shipping giant Maersk to target thousands of users in New Zealand.
Researchers at Fortinet observed a spear phishing attack that targeted a Jordanian diplomat late last month. The researchers attribute this attack to the Iranian state-sponsored threat ...
A new lawsuit brings to light the all-too common occurrence of an attack, with this occurring during a business acquisition and costing the buyer more than they bargained for.
A March 2022 report from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs zeros in on the growing problem of ransomware and lessons learned so far.
Months after the MailChimp data breach targeting 102 companies in the crypto sector, a new lawsuit has been filed seeking millions of dollars in damages.
