Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
8 in 10 IT leaders believe companies are at a greater risk of cyber attacks when working from home: New Tessian research reveals 85% of IT leaders feel under more pressure to secure permanent remote working structures, following Government’s U-turn directive on working from home …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Square Café Moving To East Liberty: 6 hours ago Beware Of Phishing Scam Claiming To Be From NetflixScammers try and get personal information through phishing scams via email.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraudster who tried to flee to Canada jailed: A man who defrauded a Bristol-based company of nearly half a million pounds and later tried to flee to Canada has been sentenced to three years and two months in prison after pleading guilty to fraud …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Microsoft urges organizations to adopt multi-factor authentication: In its latest annual report on cyber incidents Microsoft says MFA would have prevented the vast majority of successful attacks …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Is Your Agency’s Insider Threat Strategy Missing This Major Element?: In the case of insider threats, the focus has shifted to the unintended consequences of having everyone accessing sensitive data from home. Since September is National Insider Threat Awareness Month, …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Police apprehend suspects in cyber attacks against Estonia: The Central Criminal Police of the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board in cooperation with Romanian and Lithuanian authorities on Monday arrested three suspects in cyber attacks against Estonia.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Federal Trade Commission officials warn of phishing text message scam: Although it may seem real, it’s just another phishing attempt. Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to get sensitive information by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity through technology.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Is Sugar-Free Candy Really A Better Option?: Live’s Heather and David talk with wellness coach Jackie Hale about why sugar-free candy may not actually be a better option this Halloween.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Spear Phishing Campaign Delivers Buer and Bazar Malware: Zscaler ThreatLabZ became aware of a prevalent phishing campaign targeting employees of various organizations. During the past couple of weeks, many enterprise users have been getting spear phishing …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Agari Fall ’20 Release Liberates Business-Critical Emails Trapped in Quarantine: Agari, the market share leader in phishing defense solutions for the enterprise, announced today new features rolling out in its Fall …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: The Friendly Foe – Mind boggling as it seems, normal everyday people have known to carry out this type of scam, just because there was a loophole that was available for them to exploit. In this type of scam individuals carry out online transactions through their credit or debit cards and then once they receive their goods or are done using a service they report it as an unauthorized transaction that they did not carry out, resulting in charge-backs to the business that provided the service or goods.