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FRAUD ALERT! The two words that can make any heart skip a beat. If you have ever been a victim to fraud, you are aware of the process and procedures that come with attempting to retrieve the stolen funds, changing accounts etc. It is a lengthy process with no guarantee that your funds will be …

A large number of remote workers in particular have fallen victim to a new brand of cyberattack involving voicemail in recent weeks, according to findings from earlier this month made by email security firm IronScales. The new threat, which comes in the form of voicemail phishing attacks, stands as the most recent attempt by cybercriminals …

There was a 25% spike in ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2020 versus the fourth quarter 2019, based on incidents reported to in-house breach response team for insurer Beazley’s Breach Response (BBR) Services. While nearly all industries reported incidents, the manufacturing sector was the hardest hit with a 156% increase in incidents quarter-over-quarter, …

NHS Digital is contacting users of its NHSmail email system after a small number of mailboxes were compromised in a generic phishing attack and sent malicious emails out to external recipients over the weekend of 30 and 31 May 2020. The incident, which has been reported to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), affected a …

Given the current demand for remote working, phishing attacks on mobile devices are particularly worrisome for security professionals. There is only a 30% penetration of threat defense on mobile devices, according to Gartner’s Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense. Yet most mobile device users still think they have the protection they need to be safe. …

LEESBURG, Va., June 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cofense®, the global leader in intelligent phishing defense solutions, today launched a comprehensive resource center and easy-to-use Real Phishing Threats searchable database to help organizations see the phishing threats that slip past their secure email gateways (SEG). In a world where hackers and threat actors constantly innovate and use tried-and-true tactics …

Online scammers are taking advantage of this worldwide time of uncertainty. According to the FBI, there’s been a surge in COVID-19 related internet fraud and phishing scams targeting stimulus checks, small business loans and fake cures or tests. A report by the fraud detection company Bolster says the pandemic has generated “record-breaking” levels of cybercriminal …

Photo: Getty The flow of phishing emails into the inboxes of organizations everywhere is relentless. Scammers employ a variety of techniques to try and reel in anyone who bites, and their methods are constantly evolving. As natural opportunists, the bad guys behind phishing attacks will seize on any opportunity that lends their efforts legitimacy. Phishing …

IILOVEYOU. Did you ever receive an email with that subject line? Millions did in May 2000. It was a game changer for social engineering, and in fact, saw the beginning of the rise of phishing attacks. Because of the ILOVEYOU virus, social engineering and phishing would, in time, become household words. When did you first …

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Lookout, Inc., the leader in mobile security, today released its 2020 Mobile Phishing Spotlight Report that reveals there was a 37 percent increase worldwide in enterprise mobile phishing encounter rate between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020. The report also shows that unmitigated mobile …

No company wants to become a victim of a phishing scam. Unfortunately, phishing scams can be challenging to avoid. Even if your company has best practices in place, one untrained employee could open the door for online scammers. And cybercriminals are good at what they do. Phishing scams are a cyber criminal’s main source of …

Digital rogues are shunning Microsoft in favour of Google when it comes to launching branded spear-phishing attacks, according to threat intel firm Barracuda Networks. The outfit reckons malicious people abusing Google services such as Drive, Docs and Cloud managed to launch 65,000 attacks between January and April. “Of the nearly 100,000 form-based attacks Barracuda detected …

The Covid-19 pandemic has provided boundless opportunities for scammers since January at least. But a group of fraudsters known as Scattered Canary has reached new depths, ripping off state unemployment systems for millions of dollars just as funds are running dangerously low. It’s not all bad news, though. For the past several months, the FBI …

The Covid-19 pandemic has provided boundless opportunities for scammers since January at least. But a group of fraudsters known as Scattered Canary has reached new depths, ripping off state unemployment systems for millions of dollars just as funds are running dangerously low. It’s not all bad news, though. For the past several months, the FBI …