Smishing, a relatively new form of cyberattack, is threatening millions of small businesses and consumers worldwide. Smishing is a phishing attack that uses text messages instead of emails to entice the recipients to click on phony links. The links draw them to websites which either download malware or exchange personal information. Some Eye-Opening Statistics
Phishing is a recurrent problem in the cyber world, and if you are connected to the internet, then chances are you have witnessed or undergone some form of a phishing attack; whether you fell for it or thwarted it is another story. Here are the phishing headlines in the spotlight this week to help you
The Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) consists of a combined Unicode character set with similar Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, making the domain look identical to the Daily ASCII domain. Unicode domain names could be problematic from a security point of view, as many Unicode characters are hard to distinguish from regular ASCII characters. Phishing attacks with
Threat actors continue with their nefarious activities to target organizations around the world. The following news headlines highlight the major phishing attacks in the past week and the mitigation measures adopted by concerned authorities. AVOS Locker Ransomware Attacks Pacific City Bank The Pacific City Bank is a leading American bank providing commercial banking services
Phishing is one of the oldest forms of social engineering, which malicious actors use to extract critical information from users. And online payments have their share of phishing threats to handle. While many businesses move to the virtual world to reach more customers and make transactions smoother, malicious actors find a massive opportunity in it
Phishing attack prevention is a global struggle, and cyber security experts strive to reduce the attack ratio every day. However, some adversaries continue to seem to be a step ahead. Here are phishing headlines of this week that lay down the importance of adopting adequate anti-phishing measures. Dallas Independent School District Announces Data Breach
With threats such as ransomware, phishing emails, and malware constantly lurking in the dark, cybersecurity experts are always at war against those waiting to exploit uneducated victims. Since the first phishing attack in the mid-1990s, it has evolved into a highly sophisticated and most frequent attack vector leading to fraud activity. Enterprises need to fundamentally
Ransomware and phishing scams together account for a majority of the cyberattacks that happen every year. This week’s news headlines cover the major phishing scams from the past few days and re-emphasize the importance of anti-phishing measures for individuals and organizations. Ransomware Hits Lojas Renner Brazil’s largest clothing department store chain with over 600
With advancements in technology, crimes like cyber theft, phishing, and scamming have increased over the years. American citizens lost over US$50 million due to phishing attacks in 2020, and for businesses, the figure is in billions. Spear-phishing is one of the most perilous cyber-attacks methods that many organizations face in today’s world. Although phishing awareness
Ransomware and phishing continue to remain some of the major causes of concern for global organizations. This week’s phishing headlines highlight the most significant data breaches and other cyber attacks that you need to read about to keep yourself updated so you can learn to thwart such attacks. Ransomware Hits ForHousing and Liberty The
Today’s cyber adversaries don’t merely rely on computer viruses and worms to target an individual digitally but make use of sophisticated social engineering (phishing) techniques to rob the end-users of their PII (Personally Identifiable Information) and other confidential information. And businesses are no different, especially online businesses such as e-commerce; they are more lucrative targets
There can never be an assurance of complete phishing attack prevention attached to any cybersecurity solution. Cyber adversaries are getting sophisticated and innovative by the day, and a mere click on a link received in a spam email is enough to jeopardize your information assets today. However, it does not mean that organizations must not
As per a 2019 Verizon Report, 94% of malware in all cybercrimes gets delivered via email. Thus, using emails to spread malware is a common cyber-attack strategy. Phishing emails aim to steal sensitive user information under the pretense of seeking identity verification, subscription confirmation, payment, etc. Phishing emails are used to launch various attacks, but
While an enterprise may agree to pay the demanded ransom, there remains the risk of attackers putting up the organization’s sensitive data for sale on the dark web. Therefore, it is necessary to stop ransomware and phishing attacks at their root. The easiest way to do that is by keeping abreast of the latest phishing
According to a recent report, 85% of all organizations have been targets of phishing attacks. Like other phishing attacks, adversaries also use mobile phishing to trick users into sharing personal or critical organizational information. It is gradually becoming the most preferred mode of phishing by threat actors as there has been a significant increase in
Data breaches are a typical news headline in most cybersecurity updates today. There is no guarantee that ransomware attackers won’t steal data from a system before giving away the decryption key. As such, organizations must adopt phishing attack prevention measures from the beginning so that the adversaries are left with any vulnerabilities or loopholes to
Social engineering is the technique of employing psychological methods and communication skills, generally by competitors and adversaries, to gather information about their competition or potential targets. However, with the advent of technology, sophistication has increased too. Modern-day phishing exercises are elaborate and require a concerted effort by security teams to create a firewall against them.
Phishing prevention is one of the most significant challenges businesses face today; the worrying part for business owners is that threat actors do not just target large conglomerates anymore. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are as lucrative a target for them as the larger organizations, given SMEs have limited budgets, and they can allocate only
Domain squatting, also known as cybersquatting, can be understood as an intentional act of registering a domain in the name of an already existing organization that has a registered trademark but does not have a website in its name. The primary objective of doing so is to park the domain name of a reputable business
Phishing headlines are unlikely to leave the cybersecurity news any time soon. This week’s cybersecurity updates indicate the surge in ransomware attacks, data thefts, and financial fraud, throwing light on the importance of adopting the right anti-phishing solutions to keep your and your organization’s critical information assets secure. WooCommerce Patches Critical Vulnerability The WooCommerce