Veterans are High-Payoff Social Engineering Targets for Scammers

Dec 27, 2019 9:05:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Veterans are particularly valuable targets for various types of social engineering attacks, according to Mary K. Talbot at the Providence Journal. Veterans are often respected leaders in ...

WIRED: "The Decade Big-Money Email Scams Took Over"

Dec 26, 2019 2:46:27 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Excellent article in WIRED, where they observed that In the last few years, the "Nigerian prince" scams have gotten a major upgrade. Here is an extract and a link to the full article:

Star Wars Rogue One: A Phish Story

Dec 26, 2019 10:16:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We’ve heard that scammers are exploiting the release of the new Star Wars movie by distributing malware disguised as free copies of the film. But what if we turned this on its head and ...

These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For

Dec 26, 2019 9:54:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Kaspersky have identified sixty-five malicious files masquerading as online copies of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, TechRepublic reports. The files are spread via ...

How Phishing is Evolving

Dec 23, 2019 10:10:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Attackers are always using new tactics to stay ahead of defenders, and Microsoft’s Office 365 Threat Research Team describes three noteworthy phishing techniques they’ve observed in 2019. ...

Whaling: Like Phishing, but After Bigger Game

Dec 23, 2019 9:55:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Organizations have to acknowledge their responsibility for ensuring their employees are able to recognize targeted phishing attacks, according to James McGachie, Legal Director of DLA ...

Royal Mail Scam: Sorry, You Haven't in Fact Won that iPhone 11 Pro

Dec 19, 2019 9:42:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

An SMS phishing scam is targeting people in the UK with fake notifications that appear to come from the Royal Mail postal service, The Sun reports. The messages are personalized, and they ...

Dancing with Hackers

Dec 19, 2019 9:25:11 AM By Javvad Malik

Dancing with the Stars pro Witney Carson announced on Twitter that her Facebook account had been hacked. Unknown miscreants gained control of Carson’s Facebook through a unique phishing ...

Best Practices for Creating Order from Phish Reporting Chaos

Dec 18, 2019 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

When Greg Kras, KnowBe4’s Chief Product Officer, first rolled out our Phish Alert Button (your users can use it to report suspicious emails), he thought it would be a great way for you to ...

Spear Phishing in the Royal Canadian Mint

Dec 16, 2019 9:22:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Royal Canadian Mint, which produces Canada’s coins, nearly sent an employee’s paycheck to an attacker following a spear phishing attack, CBC News reports. The attacker sent an email ...

Mysterious Global Phishing Campaign Uncovered

Dec 13, 2019 5:55:48 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A mysterious phishing campaign was spotted by threat researchers from Anomali. The global credential gathering phishing campaign was directed primarily at government procurement ...

Microsoft Sees Phishing on the Rise

Dec 11, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Javvad Malik

According to Microsoft security research, the percentage of inbound emails associated with phishing on average increased in the past year. For some, this may feel like obvious news, but ...

MimeCast Warns of New Phishing Attacks in South Africa

Dec 10, 2019 1:32:48 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

With two new alerts regarding elevated risks of phishing attacks against consumers – one from DStv, and another from the New Development Bank – South Africans are warned to take care when ...

Social Engineering via Elder Scrolls

Dec 10, 2019 9:30:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are going after Elder Scrolls Online accounts by posing as the game’s developers and informing players that their accounts will be banned unless they hand over their credentials, ...

63% of Workers Reuse Passwords For Multiple Work Devices and Applications

Dec 5, 2019 2:19:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

According to Enterprise Strategy Group, 63% of workers have reported using the same password for multiple work devices and/or applications. This just one statistic from ESG's upcoming ...

Feds Charge Russians In Massive $100 Million Bank Phishing Scheme

Dec 5, 2019 1:33:10 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The U.S. Justice and Treasury departments took action Thursday against a Russian hacking group known as “Evil Corp.,” which stole “at least” $100 million from banks using phishing attacks ...

[Heads Up] Iran Has Launched Evil New Malware That Wipes Your Windows Workstations

Dec 5, 2019 8:16:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Zak Doffman posted: "Iran’s state-sponsored hackers have deployed a new strain of malicious malware, warns IBM, which has been aimed at the “industrial and energy sectors” in the Middle ...

Europol Finds Majority of Attack Groups Rely on Spear Phishing as Primary Infection Vector

Dec 4, 2019 6:52:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new report from Europol’s European Cybercrime Center (EC3) breaks down how targeted phishing attacks are being done, and how to avoid becoming a victim.

Gift Card Scams are Decreasing in Light of Other Business Email Compromise Scams

Dec 4, 2019 6:48:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data from email security vendor Agari shows Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks shifting tactics last quarter, in favor of scams resulting in larger payouts.

Identity Deception-Based Phishing Attacks Show an Increase in Impersonating Individuals

Dec 4, 2019 6:45:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The use of impersonating a person or brand as part of an attack in on the rise, giving attackers the upper hand, establishing instant credibility and lowering the defenses of the ...

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