Learn about current phishing techniques, notable campaigns and attacks, what to watch out for 'in the wild', and more.
Researchers at Trustwave warn that a phishing campaign is attempting to deliver malware via a file for a fake scandal video with 'Trump' included in the title. The file is a Java Archive ...
A PayPal smishing campaign is trying to trick users into handing over their credentials and personal information, BleepingComputer reports. The text messages state, “PayPal: We've ...
A phishing campaign is targeting customers of Portugal’s Banco Millennium BCP (Portuguese Commercial Bank), according to Tomas Meskauskas at PCRisk. The emails inform recipients that ...
Cybercriminals have added a devious weapon to their attack arsenals - malicious browser notifications. And the worst part is they’re not blocked by any current cyber defense. These ...
Well, it happened again. As a security professional, I hear a lot of things being said that are exaggerated or just plain untrue. I’ve become used to that, however, there is one phrase ...
Cybersecurity Insiders released a report on the 2020 Phishing Attack Landscape Report, which noted the increase of phishing attacks in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Security vendor CheckPoint provides insight into what are the organizational cybersecurity priorities for next two years, as well as where cybersecurity is going to be challenging.
It appears the holidays aren’t without a cyber-grinch, as attackers use the lure of free money in the form of a gift card as an easy means to trick victims into infecting their own ...
It’s an extra challenging year, harder than most, to choose the most impactful cybersecurity events. The year ended with a bang – the Solarwinds supply chain attack – which possibly ...
It's true - not enough organizations utilize DMARC, SPF, and DKIM, global anti-domain-spoofing standards, which could significantly cut down on phishing attacks. But before you implement ...
A new report from Barracuda Networks found that business email compromise (BEC) attacks have nearly doubled over the past year. These attacks made up 12% of all spear phishing attacks in ...
The bad guys are attempting to take advantage of Australian fears of COVID-19 in 2021. The National Identity and Cyber Support Service of Australia and New Zealand ID Care recently warned ...
People need to be on the lookout for phishing attacks sent from legitimate but compromised social media accounts, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. Ducklin describes a scam ...
In my recent comment on the Solarwinds’ cyber attack, I made the claim that using multifactor authentication (MFA) can sometimes make you more at risk than using a simple login name and ...
Consumers aren’t the only ones who can be victimized by social engineering attacks while shopping online, according to Arab News. Employees who use work devices for personal shopping are ...
Joe Warminsky at Cyberscoop wrote: "The foreign espionage operation that breached several U.S. government agencies through SolarWinds software updates was unique in its methods and ...
A majority of UK businesses are failing to adequately train their remote working employees to spot security threats, according to new research from iomart. The cloud services company ...
Researchers at IBM discovered a brand new type of massive banking fraud campaign that raked in millions of dollars over the course of a few days before it was put to a stop.
Scammers are using compromised Facebook accounts to circulate phishing attack to the hacked accounts’ friends, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. The links are sent via Facebook ...
A clever mix of brand impersonation, a supposedly received message, a thumbnail preview, and new spoofed Office 365 logon pages are all that’s needed to trick victims into giving up ...
