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Phishing

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

Walmart Jumps to Top of the List of the Worlds Most Impersonated Brands Used in Phishing Attacks

Walmart’s rise to become the brand most likely to be impersonated in Q1 of this year is a real problem.

Phishing Attack Frequency Rises Nearly 50% as Some Sectors Increase by as Much as 576%

New data provides a multi-faceted look at the changing face of phishing attacks. This data includes who’s being targeted, the tactics being used, and why phishing attacks continue to work.

Automate Reporting for Security Awareness Training Events and Suspicious Email Remediation Management with Cortex XSOAR and KnowBe4

Security teams face unique challenges in today’s rapidly-changing landscape of phishing, malware, and other social engineering and cybersecurity threats. Collaboration across disparate ...

Latest QBot Attacks Use a Mixture of PDF Attachments and Windows Scripting Host Files to Infect Victims

QBot malware seems to be outliving its competitors through innovative new ways to socially engineer victims into helping install it.

Scammers Impersonate Zelle via the Lure of “Getting Paid” to Get Paid Themselves

A new impersonation scam targets users of the popular pay platform under the guise of the victim having money coming to them and with the goal to obtain Zelle credentials.

Despite a Majority of Organizations Believing They’re Prepared for Cyber Attacks, Half Were Still Victims

A new survey points to an overconfidence around organization’s preparedness, despite admitting to falling victim to ransomware attacks – in some cases multiple times.

Organizations Have No Idea of a Data Breach’s Root Cause in 42% of Reported Cases

New data shows how poorly organizations are at identifying – let alone removing – an attacker's foothold, putting themselves at continued risk of further attacks and data breaches.

Fake Meta Tech Support Profiles for Fraud

Researchers at Group-IB have found an extensive campaign in which criminal operators have created a large number of fake Facebook profiles that repost messages in which the scammers ...

Another Perspective on ChatGPT's Social Engineering Potential

We’ve had occasion to write about ChatGPT’s potential for malign use in social engineering, both in the generation of phishbait at scale and as a topical theme that can appear in lures. ...

Phishing for Credentials in Social Media-Based Platform Linktree

Social media is designed of course to connect, but legitimate modes of doing so can be abused. One such case of abuse that’s currently running involves Linktree, a kind of meta-medium for ...