Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
Why Secure Email Gateways Rewrite Links (and Why They Shouldn’t): Redirecting a user to a trusted server buys a secure email gateway company some time while it decides whether a URL is malicious — but there are avoidable drawbacks to this approach.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fortified Health Security Releases 2021 Horizon Report: Phishing campaigns have proven so successful that they not only continue but grow more sophisticated and targeted. ‘COVID-19 has defined 2020 for hospitals and health systems that scrambled to meet an …: “Phishing” – BingNews
KnowBe4 Named Number One Place Where Women Want to Work by #GirlsClub: KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced that it has been named the number one place where women want to work by …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Burlington recovers part of its losses from 2019 online fraud: To date, the City of Burlington has recovered $ 322,641.67 of a $ 503,026.66 fraudulent vendor payment made in May 2019. The recovery of monies comes as a result of a Superior Court of Justice action …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Scammers are pretending to work for delivery companies – what to look out for: Online shoppers are being warned of scams in which criminals pretend to be from parcel delivery companies in the run-up to Christmas. Online shopping has boomed this year due to various coronavirus …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Subway customers targeted by hackers – what to look out for: Subway customers in the UK were targeted by hackers, it has been revelaed. Malware called TrickBot was found in dangerous links included in phishing emails sent to a number of Subcard loyalty card …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Cruise company hit by ‘comprehensive’ cyberattack: we are communicating with the approximately nine million customers whose travel details were accessed to advise them of protective steps to minimise any risk of potential phishing,” the airline said …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Essex Trading Standards warns of scammers offering vaccine: “These people will be contacted by the NHS.” There has also been a surge worldwide of vaccine-related phishing emails containing malicious files that install malware, or links to bogus websites to …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Coronavirus vaccination scams warning for West Norfolk after ‘criminals exploit situation’: “There has been a surge worldwide of vaccine related phishing email scams. We expect to see an increase in these in the coming days. “Phishing emails seen have contained malicious files that installed …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Take these sevem steps to never fall prey to IT security threats: You need to be proactive and invest in cybersecurity to safeguard your sensitive business data from data breaches, and other cyber threats.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Be cautious about offers for credit monitoring services. Why pay extra for them when you can get your credit reports for free or very cheap? Read the description of the services carefully. Unless you’re a victim of serious and ongoing identity theft, buying a service that alerts you to certain activities in your credit files probably isn’t worthwhile, especially if it costs hundreds of dollars a year.