Category: Phishing

March 20, 2023

The emergence of effective natural language processing tools such as ChatGPT means it’s time to begin understanding how to harden against AI-enabled cyberattacks. The natural language generation capabilities of large language models (LLMs) are a natural fit for one of […]

March 8, 2023

92% of organizations have fallen victim to successful phishing attacks in the last 12 months, while 91% of organizations have admitted to experiencing email data loss, according to Egress. Not surprisingly, 99% of cybersecurity leaders confess to being stressed about […]

March 2, 2023

A new phishing campaign hs been discovered targeting cryptocurrency hardware wallet firm Trezor. These wallets allow crypto users to store their funds offline, rather than in a “hot wallet” (a mobile or desktop app), or with a third party (an […]

March 1, 2023

When it comes to cybersecurity, the use of automatic protection tools is half the battle. The human element plays an increasingly important role, as well, and for good reason. Scammers like to take shortcuts and know that it’s easier to […]

February 21, 2023

Popular cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase disclosed that it experienced a cybersecurity attack that targeted its employees. The company said its “cyber controls prevented the attacker from gaining direct system access and prevented any loss of funds or compromise of customer […]

February 16, 2023

Figures of the year In 2022: 48.63% of all emails around the world and 52.78% of all emails in the Russian segment of the internet were spam As much as 29.82% of all spam emails originated in Russia Kaspersky Mail […]

February 13, 2023

A surge of phishing emails impersonating DHL and MetaMask have started hitting inboxes of Namecheap customers last week, attempting to trick recipients into sharing personal information or sharing their crypto wallet’s secret recovery phrase. How did it happen? According to […]

February 10, 2023

Popular social news aggregation platform Reddit has disclosed that it was the victim of a security incident that enabled unidentified threat actors to gain unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some unspecified business systems. The company blamed it on […]

February 9, 2023

A previously unknown threat actor dubbed NewsPenguin has been linked to a phishing campaign targeting Pakistani entities by leveraging the upcoming international maritime expo as a lure. “The attacker sent out targeted phishing emails with a weaponized document attached that […]

February 2, 2023

Leading cybersecurity provider Hornetsecurity has today launched two new tools – the QR Code Analyzer and Secure Links – to combat growing cyber threats. These launches come in response to a rise in fake QR codes and the ongoing threat […]

February 1, 2023

Microsoft on Tuesday said it took steps to disable fake Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) accounts that were used for creating malicious OAuth applications as part of a malicious campaign designed to breach organizations’ cloud environments and steal email. “The applications […]

January 18, 2023

KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced the results of its 2022 and Q4 2022 top-clicked phishing report. The results include the top email subjects clicked in phishing tests, top attack […]

January 4, 2023

A new phishing campaign has been discovered targeting cybersecurity professionals and hacking aficionados with the idea of stealing their cryptocurrency and obtaining sensitive identity(opens in new tab) information. At the center of this attack is Flipper Zero – a portable […]

December 28, 2022

The third quarter of 2022, APWG observed 1,270,883 total phishing attacks — is the worst quarter for phishing that APWG has ever observed. The total for August 2022 was 430,141 phishing sites, the highest monthly total ever reported to APWG. […]

December 23, 2022

A new targeted phishing campaign has zoomed in on a two-factor authentication solution called Kavach that’s used by Indian government officials. Cybersecurity firm Securonix dubbed the activity STEPPY#KAVACH, attributing it to a threat actor known as SideCopy based on tactical […]

December 17, 2022

A newly-discovered phishing campaign has been found using fake copyright infringement notices from Facebook to dupe users into giving away their account details. According to analysts from cybersecurity firm Trustwave, these fake messages claim that the user will have their […]

December 9, 2022

HackNotice unveils new platform features, a new logo and wordmark, dark mode, personalized dashboards, risk meters, easier-to-understand alerts, more powerful monitoring, continuous phishing with the press of a button, and new, easy-to-create templates for phishing. The new platform also allows […]

December 6, 2022

There are two main types of online fraud aimed at stealing user data and money: phishing and scams. Phishers primarily seek to extract confidential information from victims, such as credentials or bank card details, while scammers deploy social engineering to […]

November 21, 2022

Palo Alto’s Unit 42 has investigated several incidents linked to the Luna Moth group callback phishing extortion campaign targeting businesses in multiple sectors, including legal and retail. The analysis discovered that the threat actors behind the campaign leverage extortion without […]

November 4, 2022

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