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“Phishing continues to be one of the leading attack methods because it allows cybercriminals to target people at scale, using social engineering, which is a tactic used to trick people into carrying out certain actions. Cybercriminals use social engineering to take advantage of typical human behavior, as it is easier to trick a person than …

Phishing attacks are by no means the sexiest or most technically advanced operations, but they continue to work and the groups behind them constantly improve and update their tactics to stay ahead of technical defenses and educational efforts. Data gathered by Microsoft over the course of the past year shows that attackers are using a …

Scores of domains and over 120 phishing sites have been detected as part of a major global campaign targeting government procurement services, according to Anomali. The security vendor said the credential harvesting campaign featured spoofed sites for multiple international government departments, email services and two courier services, plus the usual email-based social engineering techniques. The attached …

Image: Microsoft Earlier this month, Microsoft released a report on this year’s malware and cyber-security trends. Among the few trends highlighted in the report was that phishing was one of the few attack vectors that saw a rise in activity over the past two years. Microsoft said that phishing attempts grew from under 0.2% in …

Data breaches caused by orchestrated phishing attacks have historically been a persistent problem for banking, high tech and e-commerce companies. But any company that does business through a website requiring a login could be at risk. Think about higher education websites where students pay for tuition, or healthcare centers with web portals where patients can …

NEW YORK – The e-mail looked legitimate, so Danielle Radin clicked on the link it contained, expecting to have her products included in a holiday gift guide. “I instantly regretted it,” says Radin, owner of Mantra Magnets, a website that sells wellness products. “It took me to some random website that looked like those pop-ups …

Email communication even today remains a valuable tool because of its ubiquity. Organizations across various industries depend on business email as their primary means of reaching out to clients and employees as well as other stakeholders. Although cybersecurity threats can spread through various channels, attackers know they can target more victims if they go through …

NEW YORK – The email looked legitimate, so Danielle Radin clicked on the link it contained, expecting to have her products included in a holiday gift guide. “I instantly regretted it,” says Radin, owner of Mantra Magnets, a website that sells wellness products. “It took me to some random website that looked like those pop-ups …

Press Office: Minet By Liteboho Semoko, Accountant Finance Admin, Minet Lesotho You receive an email from a trusted entity or your bank with a link to verify information. It looks real except it is not. You assume it is your bank’s website, so you log in with your details. At this point, the scam is done, …

New research from the business app and discovery platform GetApp has revealed that almost a quarter of businesses have fallen victim to a phishing attack. The firm surveyed 714 people working in businesses across the US to discover that many organizations are not taking the proper measures to protect themselves from phishing attacks including employee …

It’s no secret that state-sponsored hackers want to break into email accounts to steal people’s sensitive files. But on Tuesday, Google shared some intel on the scale of the hacking activities. From July to September, the company sent out more than 12,000 warnings to users across the globe that government-backed attackers were trying to break …

Beware!! Phishing attacks are made by cybercriminals to grab sensitive information (i.e. banking information, credit card information, stealing of customer data and passwords) and misuse them. How does a phishing work? Hackers spread their phishing net to catch different types of phish. Be it a small phish or a big whale, they are always at …

It was the one of the best phishing emails we’ve seen… that wasn’t. Phishing remains one of the most popular attack choices for scammers. Phishing emails are designed to impersonate companies or executives to trick users into turning over sensitive information, typically usernames and passwords, so that scammers can log into online services and steal …

This week, we reported on TechCrunch how thousands of remote employees with health and workplace benefits through human resources giant TriNet received emails that looked like a near-perfect phishing attempt. One recipient was so skeptical, they shared the email with TechCrunch so we could verify its authenticity. The message checked every suspicious box. In fact, …

Phishing attacks and campaigns have always been a hot topic in online security. With many posts tagged as “phishing” on our blog — the first one being over nine years old now — we’ve seen our fair share of phishing attempts. In this post, we’ll cover the signs of a phishing attacks so you can …

A phishing campaign that uses legitimate organizations’ Office 365 infrastructure to send emails has emerged onto the cyberscam scene. According to Michael Tyler at PhishLabs, cybercriminals are looking to compromise Microsoft Office 365 administrator accounts to send out phishing lures – thus ensuring the emails come from legitimate, validated domains. “This is beneficial for attackers …

A phishing campaign that uses legitimate organizations’ Office 365 infrastructure to send emails has emerged onto the cyberscam scene. According to Michael Tyler at PhishLabs, cybercriminals are looking to compromise Microsoft Office 365 administrator accounts to send out phishing lures – thus ensuring the emails come from legitimate, validated domains. “This is beneficial for attackers …

Anti-Phishing, DMARC , Cybercrime , Fraud Management Cybercrime Proofpoint Research Points to More Sophisticated Techniques Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • November 15, 2019     One phishing campaign spoofed the U.S. Postal Service, Proofpoint says. A newly discovered hacking group is using an array of sophisticated spoofing and social engineering techniques to imitate government agencies, including …

Researchers have discovered a new kind of social engineering attack targeting organizations in Germany, Italy, and the US by delivering malicious payloads with finance-related lures in local languages. According to cybersecurity vendor Proofpoint, the email phishing campaigns — discovered between October 16 and November 12 — impersonate the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the …

Researchers have discovered a new kind of social engineering attack targeting organizations in Germany, Italy, and the US by delivering malicious payloads with finance-related lures in local languages. According to cybersecurity vendor Proofpoint, the email phishing campaigns — discovered between October 16 and November 12 — impersonate the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the …