More Than Half of Data Breaches in the U.K.’s Legal Sector are Due to Insider Error

A new analysis of data breaches in the United Kingdom's legal sector shows that organizations need to be looking inward more and look for ways to elevate the security awareness of ...

Scammers Target Owners of Missing Pets

Some particularly cold-hearted scammers are targeting users of lost pet forums with phony ransom demands, the BBC reports.

‘Swatting’ Becomes the Latest Extortion Tactic in Ransomware Attacks

Rather than stick to traditional ransomware extortion methods that revolve around the attack itself, a new form of extortion known as Swatting puts the focus on the victim organization’s ...

Ninety-Four Percent of Organizations Sustained Phishing Attacks Last Year

A survey by Egress has found that 94% of organizations were hit by phishing attacks in 2023, Infosecurity Magazine reports. Additionally, 91% of firms experienced data loss and ...

Malicious APKs Drain Bank Accounts

A phishing campaign is targeting Chinese users in an attempt to distribute malicious apps, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42.

Cryptocurrency Drainer Distributed Through Phishing

Mandiant has published a report on “CLINKSINK,” a cryptocurrency Drainer-as-a-Service (DaaS) that’s targeting users of the Solana currency.

LinkedIn is Being Used for *Dating* – It’s a Recipe for Disaster

A new article explains how business professionals are beginning to be not-so-professional and seeking to make personal connections. It’s only a matter of time before cybercriminals jump ...

Women CyberSecurity Society Targeted by Smishing Campaign

The Canada-based Women CyberSecurity Society (WCS2) has warned that its leadership, members, and volunteers are being targeted by an SMS phishing (smishing) campaign, IT World Canada ...

Three-Quarters of Organizations Have Experienced Phishing Attack in the Last 12 Months

Regardless of whether your environment remains on-premise, resides in the cloud, or is a hybrid configuration, new data makes it clear that your biggest risk is phishing attacks.

Microsoft Takes the Lead in Q4 2023 for Alarming Phishing Attempts

Microsoft was the most impersonated brand last quarter, accounting for a third (33%) of all brand phishing attempts in October, November, and December 2023, according to Check Point’s ...

FTC Issues Warning About the Dangers of QR Code-Based Scams

The latest consumer alert posted by the federal trade commission (FTC) signals that the upticks in QR code-based scams are being seen by cybersecurity vendors are indeed a valid growing ...

Beyond the Scams: Unraveling the Dark Tactics of Real-World Kidnapping Scams and Virtual Extortion

The world can be a scary and dangerous place. Its unethical scammers have no problem doing almost anything to make a buck, but sometimes, their plots seem to be extra messed up.

Pikabot Malware Spreading Through Phishing Campaigns

Researchers at Trend Micro warn that a threat actor known as “Water Curupira” is distributing the Pikabot malware loader via widespread phishing campaigns.

Cybercriminals Celebrate the Holidays with Dark Web Data Dumps, Dubbed  “Leaksmas”

Millions of data records and GBs of data from organizations around the globe were made freely available to cybercriminals to coincide with dates around Christmas of 2023.

Red Flags for Phishing: Verizon Outlines Latest Scams to Watch Out For

Verizon has published an article outlining various forms of social engineering attacks, including SMS/text messaging phishing (smishing), voice phishing (vishing), and spear phishing ...

FBI Releases Blackcat Ransomware Decryption Tool to Victims, Disrupting Attacks

For the first time ever, the U.S. Justice Department announced the existence of an FBI-developed decryption tool that has been used to save hundreds of victim organizations attacked by ...

Black Basta Ransomware Decryptor Released to Help Some Victims

A flaw found by security researchers in the encryption software allows victim organizations to use “Black Basta Buster” to recover some of their data – but there’s a catch.

Phishing Reigns as the Most Likely and Most Feared Cyber Attack

With over half of organizations being the victim of password-based attacks in the last year, new data sheds light on the risk of phishing attacks and the use of password-based credentials.

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Do you need an easy, automated way to provide real-time feedback the moment your users make risky mistakes to help reinforce the training campaigns you manage today?

AI-Powered Invoice Fraud: How This Latest Scam Hijacks Your Business Transactions

Resecurity is tracking a cybercriminal gang called “GXC Team” that develops and sells tools to facilitate online banking theft and social engineering attacks.


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