Researchers at ESTsecurity warn that a North Korean threat actor known as “Kumsong 121” is using compromised social media accounts to launch spear phishing attacks, the Daily NK reports. ...
With threat actors honing their trickery skills to craft the perfect email used to fool a would-be victim recipient, new data shows cybercriminals are stepping up their game on a number ...
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, ...
Spotted by security researchers at Kaspersky Labs, this large-scale yet extremely targeted campaign of attacks focuses on government organizations within Southeast Asia.
Uncovered by the research team at cloud protection vendor Intezer, this new phishing campaign seeks to steal information and position each victim as the foothold to spear phish additional ...
Researchers at Intezer have spotted a phishing campaign that’s targeting energy companies in South Korea, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and Germany. Most of the targets are ...
700 Million LinkedIn user’s personal details were posted for sale earlier this month, putting 92% of their userbase at risk of social engineering and spear phishing attacks.
As part of Business Email Compromise attacks, spear phishing now plays a material role, with impersonation sitting firmly at the core of their social engineering tactics… in more ways ...
With cybercriminals looking for the fastest means to get from attack to a big payout, BEC attacks are shifting tactics to adjust to organizations being better prepared.
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has discovered that the SolarWinds hackers are behind an ongoing spear-phishing campaign targeting government agencies worldwide.
