Phishing Targets Industrial Control Systems

Feb 25, 2021 8:31:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing continues to be a primary initial access vector in cyberattacks against industrial control systems, according to researchers at Dragos. Out of the fifteen threat groups tracked ...

The DOJ Charged Two Alleged Members of North Korea’s Military Intelligence Services With a Scheme That Included Attempts to Steal $1.3 Billion Over the Past Half-Decade for Pyongyang

Feb 18, 2021 8:52:09 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Two alleged members of North Korea's military intelligence services were accused of hacking banks and companies in the U.S. and several other countries. The grand total for this scheme is ...

[New E-Book] Comprehensive Anti-Phishing Guide

Feb 12, 2021 8:45:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Spear phishing emails remain a top attack vector for the bad guys, yet most companies still don’t have an effective strategy to stop them.

It’s Not Only About the URL

Feb 11, 2021 3:01:41 PM By Roger Grimes

You have to look at the totality of an email to determine whether it is a phishing attack or not.

[INFOGRAPHIC] Q4 2020 Work From Home Phishing Emails on the Rise

Jan 21, 2021 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4's latest quarterly report on top-clicked phishing email subjects is here. These are broken down into three different categories: social media related subjects, general subjects, ...

Social Engineering is a Core Element of Nearly Every Cyber Attack

Jan 18, 2021 8:25:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

As organizations look to figure out where to strengthen their cybersecurity strategy, industry data provides guidance by pointing at one of the most common aspects of cyberattacks for ...

BEC Attacks Nearly Doubled in 2020

Dec 29, 2020 8:25:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new report from Barracuda Networks found that business email compromise (BEC) attacks have nearly doubled over the past year. These attacks made up 12% of all spear phishing attacks in ...

All 200 Million Office 365 Users at Risk by a New Global Spear Phishing Attack Spoofing Microsoft.com

Dec 14, 2020 8:20:30 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new spear phishing campaign appearing to come from a microsoft.com email address is targeting organizations in critical industries that use Office 365 for email to steal credentials.

Why Are You Being Phished?

Dec 8, 2020 4:05:42 PM By Roger Grimes

People often wonder, why are they being phished? Why are they being phished by a hacker in the first place? What does their organization have that some hacker decided they were noteworthy ...

Think Tanks Targeted by APT Actors

Dec 3, 2020 8:28:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have issued a joint advisory warning that nation-state advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are targeting US ...

[Heads-Up] A Hacker Is Selling Access To The Email Accounts Of Hundreds Of C-Level Executives

Nov 27, 2020 11:52:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

ZDNet's Zero Day column just reported one of the best reasons why you should step your users through new-school security awareness training yet:

Nearly Half of Spear Phishing Emails Bypass Security Filters

Nov 18, 2020 8:29:30 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

47% of payloadless phishing emails are able to bypass the most popular secure email gateways (SEGs), according to researchers at IronScales. These are emails that don’t contain malicious ...

Threat Actors Use Fake Sites for Espionage

Nov 10, 2020 8:21:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Volexity report that the Vietnamese threat actor OceanLotus has been using phony news and bogus activist websites to track users, or to trick them into downloading malware. ...

Middle Management is the Next Target for Phishing Attacks

Oct 22, 2020 8:23:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Mid-level managers need to be particularly wary of targeted phishing attacks, according to Jenn Gast at INKY. Gast explains that criminals can easily conduct open-source research on a ...

Q3 2020 Top-Clicked Phishing Subjects: Coronavirus-Related Attacks Still Prevalent [INFOGRAPHIC]

Oct 15, 2020 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4's latest quarterly report on top-clicked phishing email subjects is here. These are broken down into three different categories: social media related subjects, general subjects, ...

[HEADS UP] Local Boston Town Falls Victim to a Phishing Attack

Oct 9, 2020 2:03:48 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

According to a local news source from Boston, the Town of Franklin recently became the next victim to a phishing attack, costing over $500K.

Healthcare Sector Still Sustains Phishing Campaigns

Oct 5, 2020 8:29:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

No one should take too seriously the high-minded things criminals sometimes say about how they’re restraining themselves during the pandemic, and that they’re going to avoid hitting ...

[Heads Up] Scam of The Week: Watch Out For Trump COVID Disinformation

Oct 3, 2020 10:27:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The bad guys are going to have a ball with this one. President Trump announced that he and first lady Melania are COVID Positive. This event will be used in a variety of ways through ...

Beware of Fake Forwarded Phishes

Sep 17, 2020 3:29:13 PM By Roger Grimes

There are many specific, heightened challenges of spear phishing emails coming from compromised, trusted third parties. Trusted third-party phishing emails usually come from the ...

How to Become a Harder Target From Malicious Threat Actors

Sep 16, 2020 8:30:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an advisory regarding threat actors associated with China’s Ministry of State ...