Microsoft Warns of Application-based Phishing

Jul 16, 2020 8:38:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Microsoft has issued an advisory warning about “consent phishing,” or application-based phishing attacks that rely on users granting permissions to malicious apps. These attacks aren’t as ...

SEC Issues Warning on Increased Ransomware Attacks

Jul 15, 2020 2:28:04 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Securities and Exchange Commission, through its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE), issued a warning to advisors and broker-dealers to “immediately” review their ...

KnowBe4 Finds Coronavirus-Themed Phishing Spiked in Q2 2020 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Jul 15, 2020 12:35:08 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The latest results of KnowBe4's quarterly top-clicked phishing email subjects are in. We report on three different categories: social media related subjects, general subjects, and 'in the ...

Scammers Impersonate Hospital Personnel

Jul 15, 2020 8:24:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are seeking to obtain personal information by impersonating Canadian hospital staff over the phone, NEWS 1130 reports. Vancouver Coastal Health issued an alert in which the ...

The Bad News: Only 5% of Your Users Can Effectively Spot a Phishing Attack

Jul 14, 2020 5:02:14 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A recent phishing quiz promoted to U.K. users to see if they could identify the phish revealed dismal results where nearly all users couldn’t tell the difference 100% of the time.

DMs Promise Enhanced Pictures, but Deliver Malicious Links

Jul 14, 2020 8:21:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are sending phishing messages on Instagram telling users to check out some edited versions of their photos, according to John Finn at Screen Rant. Finn explains that the scammers ...

It’s Worse Than You Thought: Remote Employees Interaction with Unsafe Websites is Up 50%

Jul 13, 2020 2:08:55 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data shows just how frequently remote users are accessing risky web content that would normally be blocked by firewalls and other network monitoring solutions.

Monkeying Around for Office 365 Credentials

Jul 13, 2020 10:40:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Criminals are abusing SurveyMonkey to host redirect links to an Office 365 phishing page, researchers at Abnormal Security have found. The emails contain links to a real SurveyMonkey ...

6000% Increase in Phishing Attacks Leveraging COVID-19, Healthcare Industry Often The Target

Jul 13, 2020 10:12:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

On July 3rd just before the holiday weekend, Mount Auburn Hospital's IT team identified suspicious activity. Alarmed, they quickly took steps to disconnect the Cambridge hospital's ...

Vishing Attacks Yield Phone Fraud Take of Over $100 Million

Jul 13, 2020 7:01:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

While not a new tactic, vishing presents cybercriminals with an attack method that’s perfectly aligned with the pandemic shifts to remote workforces.

[HEADS UP] Office 365 Phishing Attacks Now Use Fake Zoom Suspension Alerts

Jul 9, 2020 1:33:56 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Microsoft Office 365 users are targeted by a new phishing campaign using fake Zoom notifications to warn those who work in corporate environments that their Zoom accounts have been ...

Back-to-School: a Buzzkill in More Ways than One

Jul 9, 2020 9:01:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

40% of the top twenty universities in the US aren’t using DMARC to mitigate phishing attacks that impersonate the universities’ domains, according to researchers at Tessian. Additionally, ...

Gartner: You Should Focus On These 7 Specific COVID-19 IT Security Areas

Jul 8, 2020 10:59:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Gartner observed: "Rapid responses to the coronavirus pandemic leave organizations vulnerable to security breaches. Security and risk teams must remain vigilant and focus on strategic ...

Microsoft Seizes Six Domains Used in Sophisticated Phishing Scheme

Jul 8, 2020 8:24:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Microsoft announced that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled that the company can seize six domains that were being used in a widespread phishing ...

[Heads Up] The First-Ever Russian BEC Gang, Cosmic Lynx, Was Uncovered. They Spear Phish Multinational & Fortune 500 Senior Executives

Jul 7, 2020 10:13:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

“This is a historic shift to the global email threat landscape and portends new and sophisticated social engineering attacks that CISOs around the world must brace for now,” according to ...

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Microsoft Warns of Application-based Phishing

SEC Issues Warning on Increased Ransomware Attacks

KnowBe4 Finds Coronavirus-Themed Phishing Spiked in Q2 2020 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Scammers Impersonate Hospital Personnel

The Bad News: Only 5% of Your Users Can Effectively Spot a Phishing Attack

DMs Promise Enhanced Pictures, but Deliver Malicious Links

It’s Worse Than You Thought: Remote Employees Interaction with Unsafe Websites is Up 50%

Monkeying Around for Office 365 Credentials

6000% Increase in Phishing Attacks Leveraging COVID-19, Healthcare Industry Often The Target

Vishing Attacks Yield Phone Fraud Take of Over $100 Million

[HEADS UP] Office 365 Phishing Attacks Now Use Fake Zoom Suspension Alerts

Back-to-School: a Buzzkill in More Ways than One

Gartner: You Should Focus On These 7 Specific COVID-19 IT Security Areas

Microsoft Seizes Six Domains Used in Sophisticated Phishing Scheme

[Heads Up] The First-Ever Russian BEC Gang, Cosmic Lynx, Was Uncovered. They Spear Phish Multinational & Fortune 500 Senior Executives

FakeSpy Android Malware Distributed via Smishing

New Calendar Invitations as Phishbait Attack Wave

Half of all Remote Employees Aren’t the Slightest Bit Prepared for Cyberattacks

Microsoft 365 Phishing Attacks Masterfully Use Brand Name Sites to Establish Legitimacy

Business Email Compromise Attacks Focused on Invoice Fraud Surge by 75%

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