Trends in Cybercrime Report Phishing, Non-Payment Scams, and Extortion

Nov 16, 2021 8:50:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Social engineering attacks account for the vast majority of cybercrime in the US, according to researchers at SEON. The security firm found that phishing, non-payment or non-delivery ...

[HEADS UP] Popular Stock Trading Platform Becomes Next Victim of Data Breach

Nov 9, 2021 8:57:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Bleeping Computer recently reported a data breach from popular stock trading platform Robinhood. This breach has impacted over 7 million of their customers.

New Browser Cookie “Smash and Grab” Attack Targets YouTube Creators

Nov 8, 2021 2:24:31 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New attack details from Google’s Threat Analysis Group show how cybercriminals are innovating ways to use an initial attack to aid in additional crypto scams.

Enabling and Securing Remote Workers are Top Concerns as 80% of Organizations Experience Cyberattacks as Often as Once per Hour

Nov 8, 2021 2:24:27 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Organizations appear to be overconfident in their ability to protect themselves, despite glaring gaps in security, according to new data from cyber protection vendor, Acronis.

Preparing for Black Friday Scams

Nov 8, 2021 8:56:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Tessian caution that people should be wary of scams as Black Friday approaches. The researchers found that thirty percent of people in the US reported receiving a phishing ...

How Not To Get Phished: It Is the Message Not the Medium

Nov 5, 2021 8:45:10 AM By Roger Grimes

Back in the early 1990s, when I was first getting into the IT field as a full-time network administrator, I was tasked with writing up our corporation’s new email policy. Email was just ...

FBI Warns that Financial Events are Occasions for Extortion

Nov 3, 2021 10:29:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that ransomware operators are targeting companies that are going through financial events. The timing is designed to elicit and ...

Not that You Would, but Looking for a Sugar Daddy's a Bad Idea

Nov 2, 2021 8:56:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are using social media to target young women with offers to be their “sugar daddy,” according to Laura Josepha Zimmermann at Avast. Zimmermann received a message on Instagram ...

Eight Romance Phishing Scammers with Ties to Nigerian Organized Crime Arrested After Stealing Nearly $7 Million

Oct 29, 2021 2:02:43 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This latest arrest by the South African Police Service (SAPS) demonstrates how romance scams that have been around for decades remain alive and well… and profitable.

Over Half of all Impersonation Attacks Target Non-Executive Employees

Oct 29, 2021 2:02:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new report shows how cybercriminals focus on users that are less vigilant and more prone to falling for social engineering and impersonation tactics designed to gain access to finances.

Ransomware 3.0: It Is About To Get Much Worse

Oct 27, 2021 4:28:01 PM By Roger Grimes

If you think ransomware is bad, it is about to get much, much worse. What will ransomware gangs do? Just everything.

Cybercriminals are using Craigslist email notifications to send phishing links

Oct 27, 2021 9:16:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals are using Craigslist email notifications to send phishing links, according to Roger Kay at INKY. The emails contain links to download a document with malicious macros.

Russian SolarWinds Hackers Newly Attack Supply Chain With Password-Spraying and Phishing

Oct 26, 2021 9:38:10 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Microsoft have observed an attack phishing campaign by Russia’s SVR that’s targeting resellers and managed service providers. Microsoft tracks this threat actor as ...

Celebrity Hacks and the Frenzy of Renown

Oct 25, 2021 10:50:10 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Avast offers a look at incidents in which celebrities have been the victim of social engineering attacks. The firm notes that while celebrities are higher profile targets, attackers use ...

New Impersonation Attack Demonstrates That Threat Actors Don’t Need to Get the Logo Correct

Oct 20, 2021 10:15:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new trend in social engineering and impersonation emerges as cybercriminals take advantage of a user’s inability to properly identify fake corporate logos in phishing attacks.

U.S. Government Says To Use Phishing-Resistant MFA

Oct 20, 2021 10:15:13 AM By Roger Grimes

The U.S. government has been pushing people to avoid SMS- and voice call-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) for years, but their most recent warning is to avoid any MFA that is ...

U.K. Residents Experience a 116% Increase in Nuisance Calls, Texts, and Emails in 2021

Oct 13, 2021 8:52:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data from the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) shows a massive rise in the first six months of this year – and the belief that cyberattacks are to blame.

NIST on Phishing Awareness

Oct 13, 2021 8:49:33 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

People need to be conscious of the fact that anyone can fall for social engineering tactics, according to Shaneé Dawkins at NIST, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. ...

What’s Next for the 3.8 Billion Entries in the Clubhouse-Facebook Database? Plenty of Social Engineering Attacks

Oct 8, 2021 9:09:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

What do you get when you add a totally free 1.3 Billion set of phone numbers and data from millions of Facebook profiles? A massive dox database of users now up for sale for $100,000.

U.K. Authorized Push Payment Scams Jump 71% in First Half of 2021, Taking in £355 Million

Oct 8, 2021 9:09:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Surpassing credit card fraud in the U.K., scamming victims into sending money to a fraudulent bank account has taken the lead spot in fraud scams that could cost U.K. residents more than ...

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