Learn about current phishing techniques, notable campaigns and attacks, what to watch out for 'in the wild', and more.
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has processed 2.6 million reports of attempted phishing attacks since 2016, Infosecurity Magazine reports. More than 1.9 million of these phishing ...
It’s impossible to avoid the risk of phishing attacks entirely, since employees still need to do their jobs, as Kelly Sheridan at Dark Reading puts it. Sheridan points to a recent report ...
Different sources claim that ransomware attacks are either going up or going down. The very real threat remains though and it is clear that the bad guys are moving from consumers as their ...
IronScales just released data showing that 42% of phishing email attacks are polymorphic, enabling them to evade many security filters. The company has observed 11,733 polymorphic ...
Cybercriminals are constantly looking for the easiest way to make a buck. And, in the case of phishing attacks, it appears that pretending to be Microsoft is the path of least resistance.
In the quest to create a more secure environment, new ways to authenticate that replace the password are being sought. But it’s looking like passwords are here to stay.
“Statistics suggest the average human being falls for a social engineering attack about four times — with training — before they become ‘inoculated’ against that type of attack,” “Helpful ...
Attackers are posing as Office 365 support in phishing emails that warn users about an “unusual volume of file deletion” on their accounts, BleepingComputer has found. The emails claim ...
Social engineering attacks using impersonation tactics increased by 67% over the past twelve months, according to Mimecast’s annual State of Email Security report. Mimecast surveyed more ...
The easiest way to avoid falling for scams and other social engineering attacks is to have an understanding of the tactics employed by attackers, according to Roger A. Grimes, writing in ...
We have recently blogged about KrebsOnSecurity's story on compromised Canadian business email addresses. Here is some updated background on threats to Canadian organizations.
Dean Dunham at The Mirror in the UK reported: "Social media is often disgruntled customers first port of call when they want to make a complaint about goods or services these days, but ...
Cybercriminals seem to be increasing their efforts in quantity, frequency, and obfuscation, according to the latest data from the international cybercrime coalition, the Anti-Phishing ...
Brian Krebs just posted the following alert: "Some of the most convincing email phishing and malware attacks come disguised as nastygrams from a law firm. Such scams typically notify the ...
The latest Analysis Report covers both areas of concern around Office 365 configurations that impact security, and offers up some simple recommendations to shore up vulnerabilities.
Every quarter, KnowBe4 reports on the top-clicked phishing emails by subject lines in three categories: Social, General, and 'In the Wild'. The latter category results come from the ...
Along with everything else malicious that’s available “as-a-Service”, the latest addition takes the burden of trying to initially hack an organization off of the plate of would-be ...
By Javvad Malik, our new Security Awareness Advocate for EMEA. A multi-national collaborative law enforcement effort has arrested individuals allegedly behind Nymaim and Gozi, also known ...
The latest Spear Phishing Report from Barracuda highlights how cybercriminals are systematically improving their game… and are becoming more successful for it. The capturing of user ...
Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report provides valuable insight into exactly how attacks are carried out, what tactics are working, and how users are helping.
