Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
CISA Issues Warning On Cyber Threats Targeting Water and Wastewater Systems: The U.S. Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) issues a warning about cyber threats targeting wastewater and water systems.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Prioritizing Cybersecurity Awareness Training in the Wake of Phishing Attacks: Training improves the cyber resilience of employees and reduces the likelihood of an organization suffering a breach …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Russian cybercrime gang targets finance firms with stealthy macros: A new phishing campaign dubbed MirrorBlast is deploying weaponized Excel documents that are extremely difficult to detect to compromise financial service organizations …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fight The Phish – The Most Common Types Of Attack And How To Avoid Them: Acumin is the leading provider of Cyber Security Jobs, Information Security Jobs and Business Protection recruitment services.: “Phishing” – BingNews
When Is an Attack not an Attack? The Story of Red Team Versus Blue Team: In a red team versus blue team exercise, both teams can help to improve security and resilience. Faking an attack is just the beginning of this solution.: “Phishing” – BingNews
How AI Can Stop Zero-Day Ransomware: Ransomware attacks are unpredictable. AI is better at figuring out what looks malicious and abnormal than humans will ever be.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Google pulled several ads for violating its policy against promoting: TechCrunch found five app makers skirting Google’s no-tolerance policy in various ways, such as using the ad to send users to a webpage that then pushes the stalkerware angle. The app developers took …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Google Sends At Least 50,000 Warnings To Users At Risk Of Government-Backed Phishing Attack: Google’s Threat Analysis Group revealed the number of warnings issued this year has so far been 33% higher than last year’s figure.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Google warns of surge in activity by state-backed hackers: More than 50,000 alerts sent so far this year, including of an Iranian group that targeted a UK university …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Learning that there is no escape from hackers: There’s no lack of online security threats posed by the digital age, but a new mobile ‘Cyber Escape’ experience from CGI is not only …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Keep thorough records. If your laptop is stolen, can you provide a full description to the police? Write down your computer’s make, model, color and most importantly the unique serial number, which acts as a key identifier, much like the vehicle identification number (VIN) on a car. You might also need this information to file an insurance claim.