Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
Cyber Security In Higher Education: In response to the Coronavirus onslaught, higher education is rapidly migrating to remote and online learning and academic and IT leaders in the sector have faced an onslaught of challenges. Perhaps …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Evidence Was ‘Fabricated’ In Bhima Koregaon Case, US Firm Finds: A US digital forensics firm found that fabricated evidence was planted in the laptop of activist accused in the case.: “Phishing” – BingNews
You are not immune – socially distance yourself and others from smishing: Despite a challenging 2020, we are being hit particularly hard by an increasingly sophisticated cyber crime pandemic.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Barracuda Email Threat Scanner detects millions of attacks missed by organizations’ existing protection: In 2020, 4,550 organizations used Barracuda Email Threat Scanner to scan 2,600,531 unique mailboxes and found 2,029,413 unique attacks. On average, 512 attacks were found per organization. 14% of all …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Employees’ phishing knowledge is subpar, research finds: Are you fully confident all the people at your company know exactly what phishing is? Is it possible some don’t know the basic definition?: “Phishing” – BingNews
Quad9 and SWITCH to Announce Global Privacy Initiative on February 17: Please join us as Quad9 and SWITCH announce a new initiative that will inhibit the abuse of personal information and focus on protecting …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Malware: Group Targeting Embassies Adds ‘Drovorub’ Campaign: Russian digital espionage group Fancy Bear has been identified behind a new malware threat called Drovorub. Learn how to keep your defenses up to date.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Huge Facebook scam has tricked half a MILLION users – beware this dangerous message from your pals: SECURITY researchers have uncovered a large-scale Facebook messaging scam they think has targeted around 500,000 people. The large-scale phishing campaign is a variation of a classic “Is …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Barracuda launches redesigned Email Threat Scanner: Leading cyber security firm Barracuda Networks unveils a new version of its Email Threat Scanner as data suggests that last year over 2million attacks were discovered using the tool …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Ways to protect your network: Even Zoom, a saviour for many organisations over the last year, saw security issues flare up as a result of cyber attacks. With remote working set to continue thanks to the hybrid models now in place …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Call the Customer – Old but gold, this is still one of the most effective ways to weed out potential threats. You probably get the customer’s number when you’re getting their information (make it mandatory and not optional). Call them to see if the number is legit, are you able to get through? Does the number belong to the customer or to someone else?