SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

When it comes to impactful types of internet-borne crime, phishing is the name of the game. According to Verizon's 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), a whopping 74% of breaches involve a human element, which is exactly what phishing aims to exploit. And for good reason. Tactics matter a lot, too.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Preying on one of the most basic human flaws, investment scams and other get-rich-quick schemes are making up an ever larger portion of the online scammers’ cake. The scam was exposed after complaints were made by German and Greek investors who had lost all of the deposits they had invested in the online scam.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes. Of course, no prize ensued after the fee was paid.

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Hacker Combat

AUGUST 21, 2020

The concept of phishing is gaining immense popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on recent Phishing records , almost 90 percent of companies have encountered spear phishing attacks. Based on recent Phishing records , almost 90 percent of companies have encountered spear phishing attacks. Bottom Line.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Cybercriminals have been quick to recognize and take advantage of these new capabilities, which has given birth to a new epoch of phishing called "deepfake phishing." The mechanics of deepfake phishing The way traditional phishing works is rather simple. Nowadays, being a successful "black hat" takes a lot of effort.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Cybercriminals are using Salesforce’s mass email service to dupe people into handing over credit card numbers, credentials and other personal information in a novel phishing campaign that highlights the threats to corporate networks that can come from whitelisted email addresses. Therein lies a key issue raised by the phishing campaign.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. Amid the current threat landscape, Kaspersky has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the financial risks, pinpointing key trends and providing recommendations to effectively mitigate risks and enhance security posture. million in 2022. of attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2022

Experts identified a spike in phishing content delivered via Azure Front Door (AFD), a cloud CDN service provided by Microsoft. USA) has identified a spike in phishing content delivered via Azure Front Door (AFD), a cloud CDN service provided by Microsoft. 1 – Example of Phishing Page Delivered by Azure Front Door (AFD).

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Many companies set up phishing test programs for their employees, often as part of a compliance requirement involving ongoing employee education on security topics. Click-through rates on a real phish average between 10 and 33 percent of untrained users, depending on which security vendor you ask. You’re annoying your employees.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Keep an eye out for phishing emails. Hackers use phishing campaigns to “phish” information, which is usually used to further phishing scams, such as credit card fraud or account takeover fraud. Having your information backed up where it is easily accessible gives peace of mind. About the essayist.

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SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. Parcel scam: buy one, get none. Therefore, any offer to buy them is evidently a scam. Investments and public property scams.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 22, 2021

Category Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Guides Risk Level. Every errant click runs the risk of completely grinding your company to a halt. Through phishing. What’s phishing again?” Phishing is a specific type of cyber attack through which hackers and scammers use email to trick you. Who’s at risk?”

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SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2024

Tom O'Malley , Advisor to The Identity Theft Resource Center and Founder of Frozen Pii LLC, has advice for keeping personally identifiable information (PII) secure, or at least managing PII if an organization you do business with is hacked and your identity is now at risk. The Ashley Madison and Equifax breaches are a couple of examples."

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Scamming championship: sports-related fraud. Scam: get it yourself, share with friends. million redirects to phishing pages. Those who fell for the tempting offer and followed the link were redirected to a fake page that allegedly “reads cookies from the victim’s device to estimate their market value.”

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Major sales aside, e-commerce is still a huge market. Methodology In this research, we examine various types of threats, such as financial malware and phishing pages that imitate the world’s largest retail platforms, banks and payment systems. In the screenshot below, a phishing site mimics Chanel.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. NortonLifeLock and Avast appear to be betting on the next iteration of the huge and longstanding consumer antivirus market. So NortonLifeLock has acquired Avast for more than $8 billion. billion in 2016, for instance.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. Image: Cloudflare.com. 2, and Aug.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Otherwise, we risk failing to help messages reach, and resonate with, their intended audiences. In a lecture this year for Gresham College, she pointed out similarities between the language used by politicians and law enforcement, the security industry’s marketing teams, and even cybercriminals who use phishing and scams.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. The employee phishing page bofaticket[.]com. Image: urlscan.io.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

Group-IB uncovered a new sophisticated phishing campaign, tracked as PerSwaysion, against high-level executives of more than 150 companies worldwide. . PerSwaysion is a highly-targeted phishing campaign. New round of phishing attempts leveraging current victim’s account usually takes less than 24 hours.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 17, 2024

Without upholding digital trust, with every click, we not only risk security breaches, fraud and the misuse of our data but one’s own company’s reputation and the very foundation of our business operations. Trustworthy brands are more likely to attract and retain customers, leading to increased sales and market share.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Although the main types of threats (phishing, scams, malware, etc.) Sony’s PlayStation Plus is starting to compete with Microsoft’s subscription service, GamePass, and offers to play subscription games not only on consoles, but also on the PC, to increase the market share. Gaming console shortage to be exploited.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 25, 2020

Covid19 has upgraded the Internet — from the criminals’ point of view — to a picture-perfect environment for phishing, scamming and deep network intrusions. Tech research firm IDC recently named Trend Micro the top supplier of “ hybrid cloud workload security ” systems, with a global market share of 29.5

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is Phish(ing)? But, never mind the dozens of other reports and white papers about phishing that come out every year from security industry leaders, let’s take a look at the 2021 Verizon DBIR. Why should I care about Phish? The reason why phishing is still reigning supreme?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2020

Group-IB discovered thousands of personal records of users from multiple countries exposed in a targeted multi-stage bitcoin scam. The new scheme is similar to the “Bitcoin Evolution” scam, that Group-IB reported on in Feb. Scammers sometimes send out phishing messages using the name of a recognized media outlet as the sender.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example, both the COVID-19 pandemic and 2008 financial crisis created increased fraud and financial scams targeting both businesses and consumers. Here are a few predictions and recommendations to help them get started: Bad actors will take advantage of growing economic fears with new scams.

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Marketed as an alternative to legitimate streaming services, illegal streaming sites have become a portal to connect criminals directly to you (their target). New research from our threat team reveals the extent to which consumers are being exposed to fraud, dangerous scams, and explicit content on illegal sports streaming sites.

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Webroot

JULY 25, 2022

Market landscape for XDR grows more crowded. Most customers alluded to the cybersecurity skills shortage; one of the key market drivers remains a “managed” component tailored to organizations’ response capabilities. The cyber insurance market is expected to reach around $20B by 2025.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Lower-ranked scammers are employed by the groups to drive traffic to scam websites that trick victims into downloading the malware, using links in reviews of popular games on YouTube, in mining software, on NFT forums, and in lotteries on social media. Eight of the groups use Raccoon malware, 23 use Redline, and three use custom stealers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In this period netizens hope to take advantage of online bargains and are more active online, for this reason they are more exposed to the risk of scams. Unsuspecting online shoppers could also fall victim of identity theft of phishing attack aimed at stealing their payment card data. Use safe passwords or pass phrases.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Additionally, the political season gave rise to phishing campaigns, a phenomenon that is likely to continue through the end of the year. The incidence of ransomware attacks has continued to climb, over 700% by some estimates in 2020 in comparison to 2019, with phishing emails being the primary vector.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

While remote work has many benefits, it can increase the risk of employees suffering from directed attention fatigue (DAF) , where they find themselves unable to focus due to constant distractions. Even though many consider spam and phishing outdated techniques, they are still employed by cybercriminals today. The data of over 1.2

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Adam Levin

JULY 28, 2020

If you find your personal email account bombarded with unwanted marketing emails, there’s a good chance your account was compromised in a breach. A recent report found that email was the delivery method for 94% of malware attacks in 2019; a more recent study in 2020 indicated that email-based phishing may be hitting a new high.

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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. Personal and organizational risk scoring. Key Differentiators.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

The experts pointed out that the risk is higher for debit card holders than credit card holders, due to different fraud protection. Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble who analyzed the leak, reported that it contains at least 740,858 credit cards, 811,676 debit cards, and 293 charge cards. ” states Cyble.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Working on an unsecured network can lead to number of security risks, such as a ransomware attack. For instance, malicious individuals may setup fake COVID-19 websites, spoof government and healthcare organizations in phishing email attempts, and create social media scams around fake fundraising.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2024

We believe there is not a significant risk to our customers given the type of information involved. Our investigation indicates your information was accessed during this incident, but we do not believe there is significant risk given the limited information impacted. What data was accessed?

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