Business executives targeted with Office 365-themed phishing emails

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An ongoing campaign powered by a phishing kit sold on underground forums is explicitly targeting high-ranking executives in a variety of sectors and countries with fake Office 365 password expiration notifications, Trend Micro researchers warn. The compromised login credentials are likely then sold on those same forums for $250 per account (or even higher). The […]


Why do we fall for SMS phishing scams so easily?

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Here’s how to spot scams where criminals use deceptive text messages to hook and reel in their marks Have you ever received a text message from a delivery company that you are familiar with and never for a moment questioned it? Why would you? We now order so much online and all those delivery notifications […]


2020’s top 5 phishing scams exposing hackers’ questionable morals – And how to hold strong against them

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How to prepare for an effective phishing attack simulation

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Over the last year I’ve noticed that small- to medium-sized organizations have done a better job reacting to vulnerabilities and zero days. As a result, attackers have pivoted to different methods. Rather than attack us through our operating systems, attackers have targeted remote control tools, our consultants, and most importantly our users via phishing attacks. […]


Microsoft, Google and LinkedIn among top brands that hackers imitated for phishing attempts

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By Yasmine Jacobs 11h ago Share this article: ShareTweetShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town – Microsoft was once again the brand most frequently targeted by cybercriminals, as hackers continued to try to take advantage of remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic’s second wave. This is according to a new Brand Phishing Report for Q4 2020 by Check Point […]


Microsoft, Google and LinkedIn among top brands that hackers imitated for phishing attempts

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By Yasmine Jacobs 11h ago Share this article: ShareTweetShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town – Microsoft was once again the brand most frequently targeted by cybercriminals, as hackers continued to try to take advantage of remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic’s second wave. This is according to a new Brand Phishing Report for Q4 2020 by Check Point […]


India TV Journalist Nidhi Razdan Duped In Phishing Scam

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Award-winning India TV journalist Nidhi Razdan revealed Friday that she was duped into believing she had been hired by Harvard University. Razdan was a news anchor at top station NDTV for 21 years, but said in June she was leaving to take a job as an associate journalism professor at Harvard. But on Friday, she […]


Phishing warning: These are the brands most likely to be impersonated by crooks, so stay alert

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Almost half of all phishing attacks designed to steal login credentials like email addresses and passwords by imitating well-known brands are impersonating Microsoft. Cybersecurity researchers at Check Point analysed phishing emails sent over the last three months and found that 43% of all phishing attempts mimicking brands were attempting to pass themselves off as messages from […]


Parler collapse opens door to phishing attacks

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The publication of huge amounts of data on users of defunct social network Parler, gathered by ethical hackers in the last hours before the site’s shutdown, almost certainly heralds new cyber criminal phishing campaigns, according to cyber security experts. Established as a “free speech” alternative to mainstream social networks such as Twitter, Parler has become […]


PayPal users targeted in new SMS phishing campaign

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The scam starts with a text warning victims of suspicious activity on their accounts A new SMS-based phishing campaign is doing the rounds that attempts to part PayPal users from their account credentials and sensitive information, BleepingComputer reports. The ploy consists of SMS text messages that impersonate the popular payment processor and inform potential victims […]