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Phishing

Learn about current phishing techniques, notable campaigns and attacks, what to watch out for 'in the wild', and more.

How Many Phishing Sites? Over 2 Million in 2020 (so far)

Google has flagged 2.02 million phishing sites since the beginning of the year, averaging forty-six thousand sites per week, according to researchers at Atlas VPN. The researchers note ...

Email Sandboxes Are Detected and Rendered Useless in New Office 365 Phishing Attack

A new threat tactic is being used to determine if sandbox environments are being used to gain more information about a potential phishing attack, allowing the bad guys to avoid detection.

The COVID-19 Vaccine: The Next Wave of Coronavirus Phishing Emails & What You Can Do About It

With infection rates once again soaring in the United States and other countries around the world, the race to produce a COVID-19 vaccine has generated welcome news for a population ...

You're Fired (Not Really, Just Clicked on a Phishing Email)

The operators of the BazarLoader malware are using phishing emails that inform people they’ve been terminated from their jobs, according to Linn Freedman, a partner at Robinson & Cole ...

[Scam of the Week] Black Friday & Cyber Monday Top 10 Cybersecurity Tips

The bad guys are at it again with holiday phishing scams, and this time from the comfort of your user's home. Because we are in the middle of a pandemic, retailers have already started ...

Phishing Attacks Rose by 220% At Pandemic Peak Amid Global COVID-Related Fears

At a time when the last thing we need is more phishing attacks, new data shows that cybercriminals have been stepping up their game, taking full advantage of the pandemic.

Google's Free Services and Phishing Campaigns: A Likely Pair

Cybercriminals are now launching phishing campaigns that abuse Google's free productivity tools while also using social engineering to trick you into installing malware.

Nearly Half of Spear Phishing Emails Bypass Security Filters

47% of payloadless phishing emails are able to bypass the most popular secure email gateways (SEGs), according to researchers at IronScales. These are emails that don’t contain malicious ...

Phishing in Facebook's Pond

A scam targeting Facebook users duped hundreds of thousands of people out of their money and information, according to researchers at vpnMentor. The researchers discovered an exposed ...

New “Election Interference” Phishing Scams Infect Victims with Qbot Trojan

At a time when tensions are high with questionable election results, lawsuits, and an apparent “president-elect”, makers of Qbot are taking full advantage of the opportunity.

University Research Shows Security Awareness Training is a Necessary Layer of Defense

A research paper in the Journal of Computer Information Systems says that security awareness training is a necessary complement to technical defenses and security policies, SC Magazine ...

Cyber Security Awareness Month is Over... Now What?

October was Cyber Security Awareness Month, the month during which many organisations and individuals contributed their ideas, shared content and helped educate each other on the ...

Unfortunate Learning Lessons from Clicking on a Suspicious Phishing Email

Israeli news source YNet released a story about a woman who clicked on a suspicious phishing link, was fired from her job, and was accused of fraud with a criminal indictment.

Phishing Links Sent Via Legitimate Google Drive Notifications

Scammers are abusing a Google Drive feature to send phishing links in automated email notifications from Google, WIRED reports. By mentioning a Google user in a Drive document, the ...

Thinking Skeptically About Smishing

Organizations need to train their employees to be on the lookout for SMS phishing (smishing), according to Jennifer Bosavage at Dark Reading. Bosavage explains that attackers exploit ...

Organizational Security Posture Effectiveness Declines by 38% Due to COVID

Remote workforces, insecure devices, a lack of multi-factor authentication, and a lack of user education all add up to a security nightmare for the average organization today.

[SCAM OF THE WEEK] Sean Connery's Final Wish is Revealed

After the sad passing of famous actor Sir Sean Connery, Yahoo News released an article that revealed his final wish after he passed away peacefully with his family at his side.

[HEADS UP] British Broadcasting Corporation Receives 250,000 Phishing Emails a Day

Popular public service broadcasting station British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has received a quarter of a million phishing emails per day, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) ...

JavaScript Obfuscation on Phishing Pages Continues to Rise by 70%

The use of JavaScript to obfuscate phishing pages increased by 70% in the ten months between November 2019 and August 2020, according to researchers at Akamai. Attackers use this ...

Famous VC Firm: "The New Attack Surface is Your Life"

As a CEO with VC investors, I follow what happens in the venture capital space and what things VCs are interested in regarding their investment strategies. I was happily surprised to see ...


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