Scam Of The Week: Microsoft OneNote Audio Note Phishing Emails

Jul 8, 2019 10:14:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing scammers are coming up with more innovative methods to convince their targets to provide login credentials. Such is the case with a new OneNote Audio Note phishing campaign that ...

Scam Of The Week: "When Users Add Their Names to a Wall of Shame"

Jan 14, 2019 10:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher, found out about another insidious bad guy trick: "If you work in IT there has undoubtedly come a dark moment when you wondered to yourself ...

Scam Of The Week: Cryptocurrency On Twitter

Oct 31, 2018 2:09:06 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The recent rash of cryptocurrency scams on Twitter show organizations that social media is there to share posts and can’t protect platform users.

Scam Of The Week: Sextortion With A RATty Twist

Oct 21, 2018 10:47:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Sextortion is a form of blackmail where the extortionist claims to have photos or video of the victim watching adult entertainment on their computer. The criminal threatens to send the ...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: "The Boss Needs iTunes Gift Cards For Customers... NOW"

Sep 12, 2018 7:25:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

If you ever wondered if those iTunes gift card phishes really work, see the below email exchange.

Scam Of The Week: SharePoint Phishing Attack On Office 365 Users

Aug 16, 2018 3:03:49 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The attack dubbed “PhishPoint” by Cloud Security vendor Avanan demonstrates the craftiness and extent cybercriminals will go to in order to harvest Office 365 credentials.

Fake Hotel Website Scams Target Travelers and Hotels

Jul 25, 2018 1:24:57 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals will take advantage of any situation that separates people from their money. And what better way than to purport to be a reputable hotel and take reservations?

Scam Of The Week: Another New CEO Fraud Phishing Wrinkle

Jul 20, 2018 4:08:11 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

So, here's a new CEO Fraud phish: see these fresh screen shots from emails reported to us through the free KnowBe4 Phish Alert Button. Bad guys spoof the managing partner and CPA and an ...

[Scam Of The Week] Amazon Prime Day Is Only 4 days away

Jul 12, 2018 4:35:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's a prime opportunity for the bad guys to send a raft of phishing attacks. We do have a "Free Amazon Prime Account" template that we just modified to fit a Prime Day-style scam. It's ...

Scam of The Week: Celebrity Deaths Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain

Jun 9, 2018 10:10:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Two celebrities committed suicide this week, and unfortunately that's going to be exploited by lowlife internet criminals in a variety of ways.

Scam Of The Week: GDPR Phishing Attack With Apple Flavor / Royal Wedding

May 19, 2018 2:01:19 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Social engineering follows seasonal patterns. It's also connected to major events. We see this every year with holiday-themed phishing attacks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

Scam Of The Week: Phishing Attack Uses GDPR As Bait

May 5, 2018 10:40:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Attackers know that companies are sending a lot of emails to customers about GDPR—and that makes them prime opportunity for phishing attacks. With the looming GDPR May 25 deadline almost ...

Scam Of The Week: 150 Million Under Armour MyFitnessPal Users Are Now Phishing Targets

Mar 30, 2018 6:52:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

BREAKING NEWS: Under Armour's health- and fitness-tracking app, MyFitnessPal, has been hit by a data breach. Roughly 150 million MyFitnessPal users are affected, Under Armour says. Under ...

Scam Of The Week: Lowlife Scum Exploits Recent Florida Parkland School Shooting

Feb 16, 2018 7:27:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Just when you think they cannot sink any lower, criminal internet scum are now exploiting the Parkland tragedy in Florida. Unfortunately, from this spot I have been warning about these ...

Scam Of The Week: The Most Sophisticated Netflix Phishing Yet

Jan 20, 2018 10:31:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This Netflix phishing campaign goes after your login, credit card, mugshot and ID! Paul Ducklin at Sophos wrote: "Think of the big security stories of recent months. Security holes like ...

Scam Of The Week: Fake Meltdown And Spectre Patch Phishing Emails

Jan 7, 2018 8:34:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We sent out some warnings and advisories last week about Spectre and Meltdown, but we want to remind everyone again about some steps you can take to protect yourself. Remember that the ...

Scam Of The Week: New Massive Data Breach Poses Major Threat

Dec 25, 2017 10:39:10 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here’s a fun question to pose to the family dinner table: Have you ever heard of Alteryx? 100 to 1 you never heard of them, but chances are good that they have heard of you. Alteryx is a ...

Scam Of The Week: Phishers Target PayPal Users With Fake “Failed Transaction” Emails

Dec 4, 2017 2:59:18 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are pushing out fake PayPal emails that use the premise of an unverified transaction to phish for customers’ personal and financial information. With the end-of-the-year holidays ...

Scam of the Week: "Cyber Monday Is Scammer Heaven"

Nov 13, 2017 5:18:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The majority of consumers aware of online phishing scams, but still may fall victim this cyber Monday... So here is your Scam Of The Week! DomainTools, a leader in domain name and ...

Scam Of The Week: Massive Netflix Phishing Campaign

Nov 7, 2017 10:58:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

There is a massive scam campaign going on, this time a very well executed Netflix phishing attack. The scam targets subscribers telling them that their account is about to be canceled. ...

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