Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 2, 2022

?2021 is over, and we can look forward to a hopefully healthier, safer, and more normal 2022. However, it was a big year for technology and cybersecurity with massive cyberattacks and data breaches, innovative phishing attacks, privacy concerns, and of course, zero-day vulnerabilities. [.].

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SecureList

MARCH 24, 2022

What are phishing kits? One of the most common tricks scammers use in phishing attacks is to create a fake official page of a famous brand. Even phishing page domain name can often look like the real web address of a certain brand, as cybercriminals include the name of the company or service they are posing as in the URL.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to June, Q2, of 2021. 0xSI_f33d is part of the official VirusTotal ingestors since July 2021 allowing the community to verify threats worldwide provided by this feed. Phishing and Malware Q2 2021.

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Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. COVID-19 definitely affected phishing in very visible ways. phishing URLs targeting Netflix jumped 646%.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 4, 2021

Yet as Black Hat USA 2021 returns today as a live event in Las Vegas, it remains so true that we can always be fooled — and that the prime vehicle for hornswoggling us remains phishing messages sent via business email. Cybersecurity awareness training is valuable and has its place.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q3, of 2021. 0xSI_f33d is part of the official VirusTotal ingestors since July 2021 allowing the community to verify threats worldwide provided by this feed. Phishing and Malware Q3 2021.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from January to March, Q1, of 2021. Threat Report Portugal Q1 2021: Phishing and malware by numbers. The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q1 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Last Watchdog sought commentary from technology thought leaders about lessons learned in 2021– and guidance heading into 2022. In 2021, large supply chain attacks successfully exploited critical vulnerabilities. In 2021 many companies learned that enterprise networks are too visible! Paul Ayers, CEO, Noetic Cyber.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In 2021, we endured the fallout of a seemingly endless parade of privacy controversies and milestone cyber attacks. Last Watchdog sought commentary from technology thought leaders about lessons learned in 2021– and any guidance they might have to offer heading into 2022. Related: The dire need to security-proof APIs.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In addition to their normal tests, for Q2 2023 MRG Effitas added two new tests to their Q2 2023 360° Assessment & Certification: the ITW Phishing Test and Phishing Simulator Test. Malwarebytes blocked 100% of phishing attempts in BOTH the ITW Phishing Test and Phishing Simulator Test.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 20, 2022

Download your free copy of the 2022 ThreatLabz Phishing Report, and check out our infographic. For decades, phishing has been a complex and time-consuming challenge for every security team. Avoiding the latest breed of phishing attacks requires heightened awareness from users, additional context, and a zero trust approach.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Proofpoint has just released our 7th annual "State of the Phish" report. This year's findings provide insight on how organizations, end-users, and the bad guys have adapted to an unprecedented shift in information technology. With this, phishing attacks continue to grow in volume and in sophistication. Who is being attacked.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2023

DMARC builds upon the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and the DomainKeys Identified Message (DKIM) technologies to add security and instructions for a specific domain. DMARC policies increased by 43% in 2020 and grew a further 84% in 2021 to reach nearly 5 million valid DMARC records confirmed by DNS. How Does DMARC Work?

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 17, 2021

When it comes to safeguarding email against today’s advanced threats like phishing and malware information is power. We are giving you a sneak peek into our recommendations for email security based on 2021 trends that will be out later this year. Also, in this area are the inbound DMARC and manage quarantined email controls.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Revolut that offers payment processing technology was targeted by a phishing attack recently, leading to data breach of thousands of customers from Lithuania and Europe. Confirmed sources suggest the data breach occurred from a phishing attack that could have taken place in August this year.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

Cisco Secure returned as a supporting partner of the Black Hat USA 2021 Network Operations Center (NOC) for the 5 th year ; joining conference producer Informa Tech and its other security partners. Cisco Technologies. 3rd Party Technologies. For example, we observed connection to a known phishing site. Talos Intelligence.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 19, 2023

To achieve full zero-trust access, MFA is being replaced by phishing-resistant MFA and the standards that define it. To give you a complete picture, I have identified key terminology and concepts surrounding phishing-resistant authentication and put them together in this handy glossary.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

The current focus of most security awareness training initiatives is on phishing – and with good reason. Phishing is responsible for the bulk of breaches. Custom phishing templates and landing pages. Employee engagement to report suspected phishing. AI-driven phishing and training recommendations.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently developed a new method that will help prevent organizations and their employees from falling victim to phishing cyberattacks, which it calls the Phish Scale. A tool like the Phish Scale could be very useful for organizations in the fight against phishing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Thales and Microsoft partner to provide Azure customers with FIDO and CBA phishing-resistant authentication. The impact and cost of cyber-attacks have skyrocketed, driving the need for better identity protection with phishing-resistant Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Thu, 10/13/2022 - 10:27.

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. billion to $120 billion of the revenue in 2021, which is more than half of the estimated gaming industry value. billion in the first half of 2021. billion in the first half of 2021.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Threat actors are increasingly using the HTML smuggling technique in phishing campaigns, Microsoft researchers warn. Microsoft experts warn that threat actors are increasingly using the HTML smuggling technique in phishing campaigns to stealthily deliver threats. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) July 23, 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2021

Email spoofing is a common tactic hackers use in phishing and social engineering attacks. How to identify a spoofed email How to prevent email spoofing in 2021 Email spoofing is a constantly evolving threat. Social engineering tactics usually include spear phishing or whaling. This is typical of phishing emails.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

The campaign monitored by Microsoft was uncovered in January 2021 and evolved over time, the researchers observed a series of waves demonstrating significant experimentation. The phishing campaign detected by MSTIC leveraged the Google Firebase platform to provide an ISO file containing the malicious code. ” continues the report.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2022

These methods include using documents that exploit CVE-2017-0199 and CVE-2021-40444, macro-embedded documents, and executables. The spear phishing emails are warning people that use websites, social networks, instant messengers and VPN services that have been banned by the Russian Government and that criminal charges will be laid.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In 2021 we witnessed the continuation of the seismic shift in how people work, a change that started at the beginning of the global pandemic. About the essayist: Kelly Ahuja is CEO of Versa Networks , a supplier of single-source SASE technology. Related: How ‘SASE’ blends connectivity, security.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This search via Urlscan reveals dozens of recent phishing attacks that have leveraged the Slinks feature. A recent phishing site that abused LinkedIn’s marketing redirect. A recent phishing site that abused LinkedIn’s marketing redirect. Urlscan also found this phishing scam from Jan. Image: Urlscan.io.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published updated recommendations for phishing simulations in security awareness training programs. The thinking obviously being that letting users in on the phishing simulation game will heighten suspicion of their inbox and skew baseline results.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

“Frappo” acts as a Phishing-as-a-Service and enables cybercriminals the ability to host and generate high-quality phishing pages which impersonate major online banking, e-commerce, popular retailers, and online-services to steal customer data. The last update of the service was registered May 1, 2022.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. FatFace CEO Liz Evans released a statement which said “ On 17th January 2021 FatFace identified some suspicious activity within its IT systems. conduct employee phishing tests.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 28, 2022

While it should come as no surprise that cybercrime broke pretty much every record in 2021, the actual numbers behind the crimes are quite revealing. Despite ransomware grabbing all the headlines in 2021, the report claims that BEC crimes had the most impact. Ransomware in 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Phishing scams use it to compromise networks. They spot unwanted traffic such as spam, phishing expeditions, malware, and scams. A good email gateway will contain most of the following features: Identify and filter spam, viruses, phishing and malware from URLs or attachments. Key Features of Secure Email Gateways.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

. “Unknown cyber criminals using Ranzy Locker ransomware had compromised more than 30 US businesses as of July 2021. The victims include the construction subsector of the critical manufacturing sector, the academia subsector of the government facilities sector, the information technology sector, and the transportation sector.”

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SecureList

JULY 29, 2021

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q2 2021. We have designated it as a new threat actor and named it “HotCousin” The attacks began with a spear-phishing email which led to an ISO file container being stored on disk and mounted. The most remarkable findings.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

All of these documents were blank, suggesting the existence of precursor documents – possibly delivered by means of spear-phishing or a previous infection – that trigger the download of the RTF files. CVE-2021-28310 is an out-of-bounds (OOB) write vulnerability in dwmcore.dll, which is part of Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 2, 2021

2021 Data Threat Report: How Covid Changed Everything. Thu, 06/03/2021 - 06:46. As we look back at 2020 and the impacts of the pandemic that have carried over into 2021, it is important for organizations to look back and reflect what they did right and how they could improve their processes to become more resilient.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. Forecasts and recommendations set out in Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020-2021 seek to prevent financial damage and manufacturing downtimes. In June 2020, REvil started auctioning stolen data.

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