COVID-19 is certainly grabbing the majority share of the headlines today. And why not? Afterall, it is a worldwide pandemic. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll also notice COVID-19 is responsible for a majority of the phishing email headlines. And why not? Afterall, hackers tend to “follow the news,” so it’s not surprising the dramatic
Cybersecurity in these tough times is essential to ensure phishing prevention and to keep the money in your bank accounts safe to survive the global economic fall that’s ahead of us. The following headlines from the past week in cybersecurity shall help you strengthen your security measures: FIN7’s Gift Card Trap The FBI has
The world is starting to wake up to the onslaught of coronavirus-themed phishing emails. According to Check Point, “Since January 2020, there have been over 4,000 coronavirus-related domains registered globally. Coronavirus-related domains are 50% more likely to be malicious than other domains registered at the same period.”
Cybersecurity has never been a dormant field. With the global pandemic affecting nations, cyber-attacks are only rising. While phishing prevention solutions are not 100% effective, they withstand these attacks to a great extent. The following headlines from the past week shall help you judge whether you can still go without good anti-phishing software.
One of the fastest-growing security threats today is coronavirus-based phishing scams. Here, scammers use people’s fear of the virus to get them to do something they shouldn’t. According to an article on TechRepublic, “There has been a steady increase in the number of coronavirus COVID-19-related email attacks since January, according to security firm Barracuda Networks,
It is of utmost importance for you to stay abreast of the latest hacking plots if you want to keep your devices safe from the latest attacks happening around the world. The following headlines serve this purpose of providing phishing prevention tips: Nefilim Ransomware Proves A Threat Newly discovered ransomware Nefilim that uses a
Coronavirus has changed our way of doing business, at least for the time being. And of all the changes it has brought about, the greatest impact is the dramatic increase in the number of remote workers. One of the least discussed consequences of this mass migration to remote work is how the workers, who used
The cyber-world remains dynamic because of the many attacks that are launched on companies and individuals every day. The following news headlines from the past week in cybersecurity shall help you better plan your phishing prevention strategy: Phishing Scam Targets Linkedin Accounts The Security Incident Investigation and Response Department of Heimdal have discovered a
By now, everyone has heard of COVID-19, the coronavirus rapidly spreading across the globe. In response to this fast-moving coronavirus, the international medical community has come up with a pretty simple, but effective way to stop it: quarantine. In other words, isolate yourself to keep from getting infected. And it seems to be working. As
Whenever someone develops technology to help people, you can be sure that eventually, hackers will figure out some way to use that same technology to phish people. Such is the case now with customer service chatbots. Customer service chatbots are software-driven instant messaging apps which are designed to convince you that you are having a