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Amazon-Related Scams Spike Ahead of Prime Day

Researchers at Check Point observed more than a thousand newly registered malicious or suspicious web domains related to Amazon last month. The criminals are likely gearing up to target ...
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Phishing Attacks Target High Profile YouTube Accounts

Researchers at ESET warn of phishing attacks that are attempting to hack high-profile YouTube channels in order to spread scams or malware.
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State-Sponsored Phishing Campaigns Target 40,000 VIP Individuals

Researchers at Menlo Security discovered three state-sponsored phishing campaigns that have targeted 40,000 important individuals over the past three months. “In a recent 90-day period, ...
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Don't Fall for It: How to Spot Social Media Job Scams a Mile Away

As social media becomes more intertwined with our daily routines, cybercriminals are using it to trick people with fake job offers. What are these social-media recruitment scams, and how ...
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Phishing Attacks Themed Around Popular Weight Loss Drugs Increase 183%

As popularity grows for these proven methods of weight loss, scammers have taken note and have placed a significant focus on separating victims from their money.
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New “Paste and Run” Phishing Technique Makes CTRL-V A Cyber Attack Accomplice

A new phishing campaign tries to trick email recipients into pasting and executing malicious commands on their system that installs DarkGate malware.
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[Urgent Alert] 5 Critical Steps to Shield Your Teens from Rising Sextortion

A few weeks ago, I was privileged to visit the 8th grade of a high-school here in Cape Town and talk to the students about cybersecurity, social media, and emerging technology. It was a ...
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Ransomware Attack on U.K. Health Service Laboratory Disrupts Major London Hospital Services

What likely started as a quick ransomware “smash and grab” has turned into a headline case resulting in responses from both U.K. and U.S. law enforcement.
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Hacked Customer Support Portal Being Used to Send Phishing Emails

A hacked customer support portal belonging to router manufacturer Mercku is being used to respond to customer queries with phishing emails, BleepingComputer reports.
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Russian Threat Actor Launches Spear Phishing Attacks Against French Diplomats

France’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI has issued an alert outlining a Russian spear phishing campaign targeting French diplomats, the Record reports. The agency attributes the campaign to ...
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FBI Warns of Phishing Campaign Targeting the Healthcare Industry

The US FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have released a joint advisory warning of a social engineering campaign that’s targeting the healthcare industry.
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The Double-Edged Sword of AI: Empowering Cybercriminals and the Need for Heightened Cybersecurity Awareness

The BBC recently reported that Booking.com is warning that AI is driving an explosion in travel scams. Up to 900% in their estimation - making it abundantly clear that while AI can be a ...
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Simulated Phishing Tests Matter

If you had to choose between regular cybersecurity training and simulated phishing testing, the data shows you should choose simulated phishing tests.
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Phishing Attacks in the UK Have Surged

Over 11 million phishing attacks have been reported to the UK’s Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) over the past year, according to new data from Action Fraud. The UK’s National ...
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BEC Attacks Accounted for More Than One in Ten Social Engineering Attacks in 2023

A new report from Barracuda has found that email conversation hijacking attacks have risen by 70% since 2022. Additionally, business email compromise (BEC) attacks accounted for 10.6% of ...
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The Indispensable World of Red Teaming

In this mad, mad world of breaches, organizations are scrambling to keep their heads above water. It's like trying to navigate a minefield while blindfolded and riding a unicycle — one ...
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Brazilian Entities Increasingly Targeted by Nation-State Phishing Attacks

Mandiant has published a report looking at cyber threats targeting Brazil, finding that more than 85% of government-backed phishing activity comes from threat actors based in China, North ...
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The Overlooked Truth: User Experience in Cybersecurity

We live in a world where the term "cybersecurity" tends to make folks either shiver with anxiety or yawn with boredom. The narrative has always been about hacking, phishing, and all sorts ...
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[Heads Up] Tricky Fake Invoice Phishing Attack Uses Search to Deliver Malware

Researchers at Trustwave warn that a phishing campaign is distributing malware via HTML attachments disguised as invoices. Notably, the HTML files abuse the Windows Search protocol to ...
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No Politician Too Small: School Board Candidates Targeted By Phishing and BEC Scams

Cybercriminals are broadening their targets to include even local political candidates, as an escalating series of phishing attacks was recently directed at school board candidates in ...
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