Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
Agari Raises Awareness of Phishing Attacks that Weaponize Identities: FOSTER CITY, Calif. and LONDON, Oct. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Agari, the market share leader in phishing defense solutions for the enterprise, made available today key resources CISOs can use to help …: “Phishing” – BingNews
4 Sophisticated Phishing Campaigns Impacting the Healthcare Sector: Specifically, email phishing that targets enterprise organizations dominate the threat landscape, with the healthcare sector among the most targeted amid the public health crisis. In the last year …: “Phishing” – BingNews
UNH investigates after professor accused of posting offensive tweets while posing as woman of color: A white male professor in the University of New Hampshire chemistry department has come under fire with complaints alleging he posted …: “Phishing” – BingNews
How an Email Validator API Can Help You Cut through the Noise: Internet Live Stats tallied more than 70.4 trillion emails sent in 2020. And with around 4.57 billion Internet users worldwide, that …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Cybersecurity: Emerging challenges and solutions for the boards of financial-services companies: Mature boards are making themselves valuable partners for management in the effort to make firms more resilient.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Two Charged in ATO Attack on US Athletes: Two men are to go before the US federal court after being charged with the unauthorized takeover of social media accounts belonging to American football and basketball stars. Trevontae Washington and …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Report: Despite more cyberthreats during COVID-19, most businesses confident about cybersecurity: Remote working and phishing attacks spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, but organizations believe they’re on track with their cybersecurity plans, according to a new report from CompTIA.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Russia responsible for over half of all state-sponsored hacking, Microsoft says: Academic and commercial organizations involved in vaccine research were also targeted.” This includes using spear-phishing via Microsoft Word documents, and used unique credentials by imitating an …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Cybercriminals pose as original senders, warn Kingston Police: Kingston Police warn of an online scam where cybercriminals send malicious files while posing as original senders.: “Phishing” – BingNews
The shocking series of steps well-versed scammers are taking amid COVID-19: Bankers and the Better Business Bureau have seperate warnings about two dangerous scams that are picking up steam during the pandemic.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: DON’T ASSUME AN EMAIL OR PHONE CALL IS AUTHENTIC – Just because someone knows your basic information (such as your name, date of birth and address), it doesn’t mean the email or phone call is legit. Criminals will use a range of social engineering techniques to get your personal identifiable information.