Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
Many Canadians overestimate ability to indentify scams: survey: Are you confident in your ability to spot a scam when you see one?If your answer is yes, you could be overestimating your abilities.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Why Cybersecurity Is More Important During COVID-19 Than Ever: It would be fair to say 2020 has been a unique year for all the wrong reasons. As populations and economies have been ravaged by the effects of corona,General Information …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Office 365 phishing scam uses legitimate Oracle and AWS services: A sophisticated phishing attack is underway that employs some high-profile legitimate services, including cloud solutions by Oracle and Amazon. The method puts a huge number of individuals at risk, …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Tens of Dormant North American Networks Suspiciously Resurrected at Once: More than fifty networks in the North American region suddenly burst to life after being dormant for a long period of time, Spamhaus reveals. The Geneva-based international nonprofit organization is …: “Phishing” – BingNews
AI-Based Startup DNSFilter Protects WFH Employees During COVID-19 with Innovative Software: AI startup company DNSFilter provides a DNS security threat and content filtering solution for enterprises. Their industry-leading solution detects if a page contains malicious or inappropriate …: “Phishing” – BingNews
The Importance of TLS/SSL Decryption in a Zero-Trust Model: As remote working continues through 2020 and into 2021, there is a need for organisations to deal with an expanded attack surface.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca targeted by North Korean hackers: British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, one of the manufacturers leading the way towards developing a Covid-19 vaccine, has been targeted by North Korean hackers. Reuters is reporting that the …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Cyber Monday tips from the BBB of South Central Louisiana: The Monday following Black Friday, known as Cyber Monday, has become one of the top shopping days of the year. But like so much else in 2020, it’s likely to look differe …: “Phishing” – BingNews
BBB: Be mindful of online transactions on Cyber Monday: The Monday following Black Friday, known as Cyber Monday, has become one of the top shopping days of the year. But like so much else in 2020, it’s likely to look different this year. Holiday …: “Phishing” – BingNews
BIO-key Launches PortalGuard IDaaS (Identity-as-a-Service) Cloud Authentication Solution, Enabling Secure and Flexible Identity & Access Management: PortalGuard IDaaS includes BIO-key’s NIST-certified device-or-server biometric authentication factors, along with fourteen other options for flexible authentication. PortalGuard IDaaS is already …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Fully understand the offer. A legitimate seller will give you all the details about the products or services, the total price, the delivery time, the refund and cancellation policies, and the terms of any warranty. Contact the seller if any of these details are missing, if they are unable to provide the details, it may be a sign that it’s a scam.