Microsoft Sees Phishing on the Rise

Dec 11, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Javvad Malik

According to Microsoft security research, the percentage of inbound emails associated with phishing on average increased in the past year. For some, this may feel like obvious news, but ...

Europol Finds Majority of Attack Groups Rely on Spear Phishing as Primary Infection Vector

Dec 4, 2019 6:52:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new report from Europol’s European Cybercrime Center (EC3) breaks down how targeted phishing attacks are being done, and how to avoid becoming a victim.

Google Sent 12K Nation-State Phishing Warnings In Three Months

Nov 27, 2019 6:54:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) delivered thousands of alerts of government-backed attempts to spearphish gmail users over just a three-month period earlier this year, they reported.

Click Confessions of a Security Expert

Nov 26, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

As a “human security” expert, I used to take a lot of pride in my well-honed security hygiene. Yeah… that all ended back in early 2017 when I joined KnowBe4. You see, up until that time, ...

Instagram Copyright Infringement is the Latest Phishing Scam Targeting Social Media

Nov 14, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Focused on compromising social media credentials, scammers trick Instagram users into giving up credentials and other personally identifiable information with convincing phishing emails.

Third Party Phishing: The New Spear-Phishing Attacks That Traditional Defenses Just Don't Stop

Nov 12, 2019 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Joe in accounting is pretty cyber-savvy. He doesn’t fall for basic phishing emails with masked URLs or phony password reset requests. But what happens when Joe gets an email from a ...

A New Attack Category is Born: You Now Need to Also Worry About Evasive Spear Phishing

Oct 16, 2019 6:43:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers have combed through 25 million emails and found a new method of attack that blends two previously seen attack types combined into a single attack.

I Can Phish Anyone

Oct 15, 2019 7:30:00 AM By Roger Grimes

I’m a bit surprised by some aggressive corporate anti-phishing policies which say they will fire anyone for one accidental phishing offense. Send me the names and email addresses of the ...

CRN: "Kevin Mandia -- Detect Spear Phishing, Lock Down CEO Email To Stay Safe"

Oct 15, 2019 7:10:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Michael Novinson at CRN had a great article that really explains the issues we are dealing with. He started out with: "Spear phishing remains the most common way for adversaries to ...

Extremely Embarrassing 250,000-record Data Breach At Hookers.nl

Oct 14, 2019 10:50:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The data of 250,000 users of Hookers.nl, a forum where experiences with prostitutes and escorts are exchanged, have been stolen and offered for sale on the internet. It concerns e-mail ...

U.S. Organizations Involved with Nuclear Deterrence are the Target of North Korean Phishing Attacks

Oct 14, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Using some very sophisticated methods, the Kimsuky group is believed to be behind a spear phishing campaign aimed at stealing U.S. secrets.

Chinese State-Sponsored Phishing

Oct 9, 2019 7:15:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A sophisticated threat group is going after a variety of industries using spearphishing and an arsenal of malware, according to Nalani Fraser and Fred Plan from FireEye. Fraser and Plan ...

The Massive Data Breach Of Australia's Largest University Began With A Spear Phishing Attack

Oct 9, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

North Koreans Spear Phish U.S. Victims With Social Engineering Hidden In Obscure Kodak FlashPix Format

Oct 1, 2019 7:23:44 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A suspected North Korean threat actor has been sending spear phishing emails targeting US organizations, according to Prevailion researchers Danny Adamitis and Elizabeth Wharton. Adamitis ...

Massive phishing wave of account hijacks hits YouTube creators

Sep 23, 2019 7:47:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Over the past few days, a massive wave of account hijacks has hit YouTube users, and especially creators in the auto-tuning and car review community, a ZDNet investigation discovered ...

Scam Of The Week: See Jeffrey Epstein Last Words On Video

Aug 12, 2019 8:47:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This weekend, news broke that Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell, apparently a suicide. This is a celebrity death that the bad guys are going to be exploiting in a variety of ...

New UK Study: "3 out of 4 phishing scams get to your inbox untouched"

Aug 5, 2019 7:10:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Chris Matyszczyk wrote: "Apple sends me so many invoices every week that I scarcely know what I've gone and bought. This appears to have also crossed the minds of researchers at the UK's ...

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Global Telecom Networks With Spear Phishing

Jun 25, 2019 6:59:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The WSJ revealed a brazen hack by Chinese state-sponsored bad actors who totally owned more than 10 global telecom networks, and had full admin access to their networks. They were able to ...

FBI Alert: Last Week Conflict With Iran Can Cause Spear Phishing Retaliation

Jun 22, 2019 10:34:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This blog post has been superseded by a more recent one. You can find this new post here.

“Hack for Hire” Groups Offer Single Account Break-In Services For Just $750

May 20, 2019 9:32:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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 ...

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Microsoft Sees Phishing on the Rise

Europol Finds Majority of Attack Groups Rely on Spear Phishing as Primary Infection Vector

Google Sent 12K Nation-State Phishing Warnings In Three Months

Click Confessions of a Security Expert

Instagram Copyright Infringement is the Latest Phishing Scam Targeting Social Media

Third Party Phishing: The New Spear-Phishing Attacks That Traditional Defenses Just Don't Stop

A New Attack Category is Born: You Now Need to Also Worry About Evasive Spear Phishing

I Can Phish Anyone

CRN: "Kevin Mandia -- Detect Spear Phishing, Lock Down CEO Email To Stay Safe"

Extremely Embarrassing 250,000-record Data Breach At Hookers.nl

U.S. Organizations Involved with Nuclear Deterrence are the Target of North Korean Phishing Attacks

Chinese State-Sponsored Phishing

The Massive Data Breach Of Australia's Largest University Began With A Spear Phishing Attack

North Koreans Spear Phish U.S. Victims With Social Engineering Hidden In Obscure Kodak FlashPix Format

Massive phishing wave of account hijacks hits YouTube creators

Scam Of The Week: See Jeffrey Epstein Last Words On Video

New UK Study: "3 out of 4 phishing scams get to your inbox untouched"

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Global Telecom Networks With Spear Phishing

FBI Alert: Last Week Conflict With Iran Can Cause Spear Phishing Retaliation

“Hack for Hire” Groups Offer Single Account Break-In Services For Just $750

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