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Through the United Kingdom’s Freedom of Information, data and statistics that used to be state-secrets are exposed for public consumption and appreciation. It opens the venue for people from all walks of life to have their individual insights on how the former superpower manages its affairs, for or against its national agenda. Private companies may […]
Nobody wants to be a victim of phishing. We have seen so many instances of phishing, and looks like the scams are continuing for a good reason: it allow cybercriminals to make huge profits. Phishing scams have been around since the inception of the Internet and will not disappear anytime sooner. Fortunately, there are ways […]
A new form of a sophisticated phishing attack on Android Chrome let hackers hide the original address bar’ screen space by displaying its own fake URL bar when the user scrolls down the web page. Security researcher James fisher demonstrated this phishing attack by hosting his own domain (jameshfisher.com), and he exploits the flaw in […]
Data Loss Prevention is of crucial importance for social media channels in all enterprises today. Social media channels, as we all know, play a key role in elevating businesses to great heights today. It’s not at all wise to avoid social media or underestimate the importance of social media and other digital channels- they are […]
IT Services giant, Wipro Ltd which is headquartered in India has become the latest victim of spear phishing. According to the initial report, Wipro’s system was breached as the result of a massive phishing campaign against the employees of the company. It doesn’t end there, the attackers were able to launch attacks against Wipro’s customers […]
Phishers for decades have honed their skills of persuasion, that is why the art of fooling people through an Internet-messaging method is a huge business by cybercriminals. There is money to be earned by collecting personally identifiable information, either sell them to 3rd parties or use it for extortion and blackmail, especially if the victims […]
According to an article on helpnetsecurity.com, it reads that nearly 40 percent of good domains carried malicious URLs. So now the question arises is legitimate websites compromised to host malicious content. Now the challenge for cybersecurity experts is to protect users with a solution that gives them URL-level visibility. The vulnerable people are the home […]
Adult websites have been prone to various malware activities and cyber threats, and a new research report by Kaspersky Lab further sheds light on the trend of malware attacks on porn sites in 2018. According to the survey, the use of popular porn tags is in full swing by cybercriminals, with around 87,227 unique users […]
Cyber Criminals now distributing new dubbed Muncy malware as a EXE file format via DHL phishing campaigns to target the users around the world. DHL phishing is one of the widely distributing campaigns that delivers that various sophisticated malware in recent past via malspam emails. Threat actors are leveraging the poorly configured SMTP servers and […]
Since late October of 2018, Kent County Community Mental Health Authority is being attacked by a massive number of phishing messages. Their database administrator issued a notice in compliance with HIPAA, reporting to the HHS about the exposure of information of 2,284 patients. “We are posting this notice as part of our serious commitment to […]
Cyber Security manages business risk during the full cycle(monitor, assess, advise, re-mediate). It fights against the cybercrime: detection of attacks and fraud attempts. It increases security on services platforms, infrastructures, and networks. Here is the Cyber Attack Prevention checklist. There are loads of minimal effort, simple-to-setup methods that can enhance Cyber Security inside the organization. We […]
In the coming days, it is estimated that businesses and their owners are likely to be targeted by cybercriminals. There is a strong chance that they could be the next victim of Cyber attack. According to bizjournal quoting Ed Cabrera, Chief Cybersecurity officer at Cybersecurity Solutions firm TrendMicro. “Emails from business leaders – such as Chief Executives, Chairpersons or Residents […]
Cryptocurrency is a hot commodity these days that facilitate online transactions without any regulation or control from any government entity, banking facilities, and territories. Even with the lack of government control, countries are taking a plunge with the cryptocurrency market as well. As cryptocurrency started “poisoning” the real currency market due to the availability of […]
Two-factor authentication has been a near silver-bullet that prevents phishing attacks and online account thefts. It is very effective, as it provides the user a virtual “second password”, which disables the capability of account login procedure if not provided. It was very instrumental to security, that Google has no recorded incident of a phishing attack, […]
Nowadays, the Internet plays a significant role in online commerce and business activities. However, the weak security awareness of users on the Internet and, a strong motivation for profit attracts cybercriminals to earn quick money in this field. Security risks on the Internet have grown exponentially since the online services have become more popular. This […]
Phishing emails are an everyday occurrence, as they are effective in taking advantage of people’s easy propensity to trust corporate logo-bearing messages. The number one motivation is profitability, there is money to be made from every poor victim of social engineering. ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) has warned the Australian public about a circulating […]
As the EU slaps Google with a $5 billion fine resulting from an Android antitrust case, the search giant is now set to become the first company ever to secure its employee data files against phishing using a physical lock. Google, an 85,000+ employee strong organization, is rolling-out a physical security device known as a “dongle” […]
Antimalware companies have made many innovations for many decades in order to keep individuals and enterprises secure from cyber risks. However, human end-users are still considered the weakest part of the chain in the IT security space. As computing technology becomes more complex, end-users are expecting better designed interface, enhanced with more automation technologies to […]
Two-factor authentication is an additional layer of security on top of the username and password. It makes harder for attackers to gain access to personal devices or accounts. KnowBe4 Cheif Hacking officer Kevin Mitnick demonstrates the phishing attack with the fake email pretends to be from Linkedin, but the email actually comes from the typosquatted […]
Hackers involved in Business Phishing Campaign using well crafted social engineering methods to harvest login credentials and to steal money. The attack most likely to be originated from Nigerian origin and they are engaged in credential harvesting, phishing and social engineering campaign designed to steal financial assets. IBM X-Force Incident Response team detected the campaign, […]
Phishing is one of the most common problems for Internet Users, hackers find a new innovative method to create believable URL’s to trick users. According to Google research, more than 15% accounts hijacked by using these social engineering methods. Crooks ran a Netflix phishing campaign to hijack user accounts. Phishing campaigns run by crooks hijacking top […]