Cybersecurity is paramount for any business in the digital age. Organizations are trying hard and spending millions of dollars in keeping themselves secure from any cybersecurity breach in their information systems. The cyber incidents take place every day causing significant loss to not only the reputation of the enterprise but also results in financial losses
Phishing prevention that primarily depends on awareness training is doomed to fail. That’s the implication of the latest research conducted at Ruhr University Bochum and Münster University of Applied Sciences A team of researchers discovered several vulnerabilities in two technologies used for email authentication and verification: OpenPGP and S/MIME. The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to
The Russian meddling in 2016 US Presidential election is well known and is an example of how a state-sponsored social media campaign can provoke or amplify social and political disruptions in a country, but the most crucial part which is often overlooked in the entire episode is the scale of ‘Spear Phishing Cyber Attack’.
QBot -also referred to as QakBot- is a polymorphic Trojan that has been designed to steal financial information from the computer devices it infects. A Trojan malware is one which has capabilities to replicate itself, but QBot is exceptional in the sense that this Trojan can undergo sophisticated modification to provide attackers with enhanced capabilities
Cyber expert James Fisher discovered a new phishing method he calls the “inception bar.” He named it after the movie Inception, and just like the movie, the phishing method traps you in a fake reality. You can see an example of how it works on his website. He discovered the exploit in Chrome for mobile,
Phish protection technology is needed more than ever for fans of the wildly popular TV show Game of Thrones. Scammers are out there with official-looking websites trying to steal everything from personal information to credit card numbers. According to Checkpoint Research, “The fraudulent websites exploit the popularity of the brand to display ads,
Willie Sutton had a famous response when asked why he robbed banks: “Because that’s where the money is.” Hackers seem to be following Willie’s advice. When it comes to phishing attacks, hackers go where the people are. And as Instagram catches up in popularity to Facebook, it’s become the go-to destination for hackers looking to
If you haven’t already heard, Hackers compromised Microsoft support agent’s credentials to access customer email accounts, according to an article on TechCrunch. The article states that “Microsoft has confirmed to TechCrunch that a certain limited number of people who use web email services managed by Microsoft — which cover services like @msn.com and @hotmail.com —
You might think that the worst thing you can do with a phishing email is to click on the malicious link embedded within. You’d be wrong. There’s something worse, much worse. What’s that? How about forwarding the email to other employees, lots of them? A recent article on security website SC Magazine details all the
If you run a small or midsize business (SMB) and you’re concerned with phishing protection, there was a lot to read in the news last week. Let’s get the bad news out of the way. According to an article on Security Week website, Karl Racine, attorney general for the District of Columbia introduced a new
The bad news for Evaldas Rimasauskas of Lithuania is he’s facing up to 30 years in prison for scamming Facebook and Google out of $122 million. The good news is that he only has to pay restitution of about $50million. It’s not clear what’s happened to the other $73m, according to an article on BoingBoing.
When it comes to phishing attacks, you probably don’t give it a second thought when someone else gets phished. But maybe you should. According to a new article on the Help Net Security website, “Cybersecurity threats are a rising problem in society, especially for healthcare organizations. Successful attacks can jeopardize not only patient data, but
If you get hit with a phishing attack today, most likely it will be your mobile device. That’s because mobile is where hackers are spending their creative energy. According to an article on Hacker News this week, a new phishing attack was uncovered that is “based on the idea that a malicious web page could
Meet the Phish Protection Team at CloudFest It’s happening in Rust, Germany, and we want you to be there! CloudFest 2019 is where cloud and hosting professionals to join together to explore and challenge the future of internet technology. Guaranteeing an electrifying experience for all, attendees can expect to hear compelling keynote speakers, attend
You can tell hackers are clever when they start to use the things you trust the most to exploit you. If you spend any time on the internet then surely you have encountered reCAPTCHA. reCAPTCHA, a system designed to establish that a computer user is human, was developed by engineers as Carnegie Mellon University and
In our phishing prevention best practices eBook, we provide ten best practices for small and mid-size businesses. We know these practices work. We know they’re right on point today. We want small and mid-size business to get and use this information. And once again we’ve been vindicated. Internet security company Webroot came out with their 2019
For most people, phishing scams are not high on the list of potential sources of comedy, although there are plenty of examples of blundering scammers and inept cybercriminals who got their due. When it comes to phishing awareness training for organizations, however, humor can be a powerful tool for maintaining compliance. Considering the alarming number of employees
Phishing attacks are hard to stop because hackers are extremely sophisticated and they use every method available. What hackers have discovered is that one of the best methods available is to target mobile devices. As challenging as it is for users to identify well-constructed phishing emails on a desktop, it’s much more difficult on mobile
2018’s Primary Breach Actors Were Malicious Outsiders According to a Whitepaper by security firm Tripwire, “2018’s primary breach actors were malicious outsiders. They were behind 56 percent of all breaches, followed by accidental loss at 34 percent, malicious insiders at 7 percent, hacktivists at 2 percent, and the remaining 1 percent falling into unknown.”
One of the easiest ways to get hacked is through a phishing email. Phishing emails contain either a malicious attachment or include an embedded link to a malicious website. Of course, many people are getting wise to phishing emails and aren’t so easily fooled. But what if you receive a phishing email from the last