Tag: Phishing
Spear phishing is the act of sending and emails to specific and well-researched targets while purporting to be a trusted sender. The aim is to either infect devices with malware or convince victims to hand over information or money. Where phishing attacks began …
The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), an industry forum for sharing data about critical cybersecurity threats facing the banking and finance industries, said today that a successful phishing attack on one of its employees was used to …
Hackers are exploiting the popularity of blockchain technologies in spamming and phishing campaigns, warns Kaspersky Lab Multiple blockchain-themed fraud schemes exploiting the hype around the technology have been spotted in recent months, according to security researchers. This proves cyber attackers are …
The email hits your inbox with an urgent warning: Your Netflix account has been suspended, due to a problem with your billing information. It offers a link, which takes you to what looks very much like a Netflix landing page. …
IT security teams at Fortune 500, Global 2000 and mid-sized corporations spend way too much time combating spear-phishing and ransomware attacks. Small businesses lacking full-time cybersecurity staff are even more prone to ransomware infections. More than 50 percent of all …
Data breaches are a hot button topic right now. Many vendors are quick to point out how their device (I often simply refer to as a “blinky box”) solves all the problems. I beg to differ. Despite the CAPEX used …
Security experts share views on risk of artificial intelligence being re-purposed by hackers for phishing attacks The next 12 to18 months will see an acceleration in the adoption of machine learning by hackers in an attempt to carry out increasingly …
Kevin O’Brien explains how to replace current approaches to combat phishing with strategies that improve security Providing employees with security training can only do so much. In the last couple of months, we’ve seen a number of massive data breaches …
Phishing attacks continue to increase in volume and sophistication, according to researchers at security firm Webroot Phishing attacks are highly targeted, sophisticated, hard to detect and difficult for users to avoid, with 1.39 million new phishing sites created each month, say …
The email focused on an outdated company subdivision, and was easily spotted as a scam. However, we’ve since learned the message itself could be part of a larger campaign that has been targeting Office 365 customers since at least June. …
If you are among the millions of Americans concerned about cybersecurity at the Democratic National Committee—and how could you not be?—then the home of the party’s tech braintrust might not give you much hope. The tiny, charmless office, with “DNC …
Massive Ransomware Campaign Flings 23 Million Emails in Just 24 Hours A massive Locky ransomware campaign has been infecting devices via malware-laced spam messages as well as through fake Dropbox phishing pages. More than 23 million Locky spam email have …
Simple but hard-to-detect phishing campaigns are targeting all industry sectors as a key enabler of business email compromise attacks, security analysts warn. Business email compromise (BEC) is an increasingly popular method for cyber criminals looking to trick employees into sending them …
On a typical morning I have about 30 new emails in my personal inbox, and 40 in my work account. You know how it is. I archive what I don’t want, scan part of a newsletter, click through to a …
By itself, social media might not constitute a cyberthreat but once again, employees who ignore best practices around security are making it easy for scammers. It’s even been described as the perfect hunting ground for illegal activity. Social media has also turned into a dandy reconnaissance tool that cybercriminals use to socially engineer their victims. When someone neglects their privacy …
Closer collaboration between departments such as business continuity and information security could help raise staff awareness to counter the cyber threat, according to industry experts There is a need for a stronger cyber resilience culture across organisations and a focus …
By Tim Starks With help from Eric Geller, Martin Matishak and Darius Dixon ROB JOYCE Q&A — Rob Joyce, President Donald Trump’s cybersecurity coordinator, has been on the job since March and he already has his hands full. He spoke …
Threats to industrial control systems are becoming increasingly widespread, according to a new survey from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab and Business Advantage that found over half of the companies sampled reporting at least one cyberattack in the last 12 months. …
Given that we all need to be more security-savvy and learn the behaviors of good cyber hygiene, I try to stay on alert when it comes to email messages and phone calls. One client told me I have been in …
