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It seems that cyber crime has become a part of everyday life, and hackers are using any opportunity to take advantage of an unknowing victim to gain access to personal information for financial gain. As gatekeepers to the data of today’s small and midsize businesses (SMBs), managed service providers (MSPs) are also becoming increasingly targeted …
With the Presidential election just a few days away, bad actors are ramping up their efforts to lure in victims with phishing attacks designed to harvest credentials and personal information that could lead to the next large-scale breach. The threat is so prevalent that the Better Business Bureau, the Identity Theft Resource Center and the National Association of State …
Today’s Fraud News from around the world: PPA, RIA warn against phishing letters spread on behalf of banks: Phishing e-mails sent on behalf of banks are once again spreading to try to gain access to people’s bank accounts and steal money from them. The Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) and the Information …: “Phishing” …
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Business email compromise (BEC) phishing scams are one of the most common forms of cybercrime – and new fraud gangs are appearing across the globe to trick firms into handing over money, according to an investigation by cybersecurity researchers. A number of these scams have in the past been operated out of Nigeria, which is where …
Email Fraud Alert received from: Abigail I recently received an email with this subject line: The Nexus Holiday Group and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please. The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear …
Check Point Research issues Q3 Brand Phishing Report, highlighting the brands that hackers imitated the most to lure people into giving up personal data SAN CARLOS, CA – 19 October, 2020 – Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, …
Researchers are warning of a phishing campaign that pretends to be an automated message from Microsoft Teams. In reality, the attack aims to steal Office 365 recipients’ login credentials. Teams is Microsoft’s popular collaboration tool, which has particularly risen in popularity among remote workforces during the pandemic – making it an attractive brand for attackers …
Most of us can think of a time when we received a phishing email. In fact, most phishing emails are easy to identify, and automatically go to spam. However, in this ongoing pandemic, hackers are adopting advanced tactics that cleverly conceal their malicious intentions, and fly under the radar by leveraging the victim’s fear, anxiety, …
Cybercriminals cashed in on the surge of COVID-19 earlier this year, with email lures purporting to be from healthcare professionals offering more information about the pandemic. However, as the year moves forward, bad actors are continuing to swap up their attacks with savvy lures that match top-of-mind current events, said Derek Manky, Chief of Security Insights Global …
Security researchers discovered that an APT group known as “Silent Librarian” is actively targeting universities with spear phishing attacks. Malwarebytes learned in mid-September that Silent Librarian, also known as “TA407” and “COBALT DICKENS,” had launched a new attack campaign. In its analysis of the operation, the security firm found that the threat actor had registered …
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Email Fraud Alert received from: Douglas I recently received an email with this subject line: SARS Letter of Demand and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please. The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear …
Amazon Prime Day’s Cyber Threat: Check Point researchers issue warning to Amazon’s 150M prime members, as they spot surges in malicious domains designed to imitate Amazon ahead of its annual online shopping event, Amazon Prime Day. Hackers are crafting domains with the words “Amazon” and “Prime” in order to trick consumers into giving up their …
Employees want to keep working remotely but admit they are not as productive as in the office A third of remote workers consider IT security a low priority Almost half of global employees don’t fully understand the notion of a phishing attack As employees increasingly use their personal devices to access corporate data, IT departments …
What is phishing? Phishing is one of the many methods used by cybercriminals to gain sensitive data from users. Individuals are targeted via email, telephone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure them into providing passwords, company information, credit card info and more. What does a phishing email look like? …