Over the past years, phishing attacks have evolved in number and intensity. Organizations can stay resilient against threats by staying updated about the latest episodes. Here are this week’s phishing and data breach headlines.
The Robin Banks PhaaS platform is back with a new Russian server and a cookie stealer to bypass 2FA and compromise organizational accounts. This article shares the history of Robin Banks, attack patterns, how Robin Banks evolved, the Robin Banks cookie stealer and Russian server, how Robin Banks’s phishing kit works, and how organizations can stay protected against Robin Banks’s phishing.
Threat actors continue to target organizations worldwide to get access to their information assets. It may be challenging to anticipate a phishing attack, but one can surely learn from the attacks that have taken place to understand how these malicious actors operate and adopt anti-phishing measures accordingly. To that end, here are the phishing and breach-related updates for the week.
Scammers and hackers are exploiting the confusion regarding Twitter’s new CEO, Elon Musk’s plans for paid blue ticks on the platform. They are sending phishing emails disguised as official Twitter notices and luring users into sharing their details. This post covers the details regarding such phishing schemes.
Traditional cybersecurity measures cannot protect organizations against today’s phishing attacks as they are getting increasingly sophisticated. Thus, enterprises must take a layered approach to prevent cyber-attacks and lessen their impact when they occur. Additionally, they can learn from the latest trends in the cyber threat landscape. Here are this week’s phishing and data breach-related headlines.
Twilio has suffered a second attack, leading to the compromise of its former and current employee accounts and the loss of sensitive customer information. This text shares the details of the attack, how it happened, whether it is over, whether customers are safe, how Twilio is dealing with it, and what organizations could learn from the cyberattack.
While there are various types of data breaches, one can always attribute them to a vulnerability or a security posture gap that cybercriminals exploit to gain access to the organization’s systems. Here are this week’s phishing-related news headlines, so you can plug the vulnerabilities and prevent cybersecurity breaches.
The ICO has fined Interserve £4.4 million, which is about $5 million, due to the data breach compromising the financial and personal data of 113,000 employees. Here is how the attack occurred, the lost data, why Interserve was fined, and how organizations can avoid a similar fate by investing in anti-phishing solutions.
The article dives deep into the recent investigation of the Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called “Caffeine, ” which was noticed by Mandiant detectives, and the new findings related to it.
Individuals in the United Kingdom are targeted by sophisticated phishing campaigns to target finances and personal details, taking advantage of the rising cost of living and post-COVID changes. This article delves deep into the latest UK phishing campaign, shares key statistics, how fraudsters target brits, and how to do phishing protection.
Airline giant, American Airlines released a data breach notification, informing about a data breach compromising the accounts of its employees. This article shares details of the data breach, the information that was leaked, how American Airlines is dealing with it, and what employees can do to protect themselves.
TA453, an Iranian-aligned cybercriminal group, is harvesting credentials by employing multi-persona impersonation. This article shares details about TA453, its Korg remote template injection, how TA453’s phishing campaign works, how to check if you are a target, and how to protect yourself.
Open-source software libraries become frequent targets of attackers, who view them as an attractive path to distributing malware and stealing credentials. In August 2022, the threat actor JuiceLedger targeted PyPI contributors with a phishing campaign and successfully compromised various legitimate packages. Read on to know more.
Organizations implement Multi-factor authentication (MFA) as an enterprise identity security tool to protect them against credential theft, brute force techniques, and dictionary attacks. But what if a cybercriminal intercepts MFA? Read on to know how attackers planned the sophisticated attack on Okta customers.
This article delves into the recent Mailchimp security breach and how it affected DigitalOcean users. Additionally, it discusses the factors that contributed to the breach, the actions that were carried out to address it, and some key takeaways from the incident.
After a split from the Conti cybercrime cartel, three autonomous threat groups have created Bazarcall – a call-back phishing tactic as the initial vector to breach and access targeted networks. Read on to know more and the steps you can take to prevent such attacks.
Taking advantage of how Windows handles Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs), attackers are creating a malicious version of DLLs required by the program and infecting victims’ computers. Read on to know how it happens and ways you can protect yourself.
While technical measures to secure our personal information and devices become more sophisticated, phishing remains one of the cheapest and easiest ways for cyber criminals to initiate a con. For example, when asked for credit card information by where you usually shop, be sure it’s legit before you provide any personal details.
One of the latest scams to steal your money, your identity and your confidence is CEO fraud.
CEO fraud, also known as business email compromise (BEC), is one of the most common forms of business email fraud.
It’s a scam where criminals impersonate an executive at your company and request that you wire money or transfer funds to an account under their control. CEO Fraud is a huge problem and it only takes seconds for someone to intercept an email and make it look legitimate.
In today’s digital age, phishing emails are one of the most common ways malware and viruses are spread. While most people are familiar with phishing scams, phishing emails are a little different than other types of scams.
Not only do phishing emails interact with users through spam mail or phishing emails sent to their inbox, but they also often carry malicious attachments or links that direct users to sites infected with malware or viruses. Phishing emails are spread through spam emails and spam messages. So ensure appropriate phishing protection solutions when you are online.