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A phishing campaign for grid operators uses a PDF attachment to offer spyware. A campaign aimed at a domestic grid infrastructure that spoofs a PDF attachment to deliver Adwind spyware. Adwind, a.k.a. JRAT or SockRat, is used in this campaign in a malware-as – a-service model, researchers said. It offers a full set of info-gathering […]
Both American Express and Netflix enjoy a lion share of their respective customer base, they offer their customers a convenient way to shop and watch whatever movie they wish respectively. As they fully support millions of customers all at the same time, they attract attention not only of their target market but also those who […]
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 […]
CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) have a critical role to play, as regards the overall security of any enterprise today. And it’s not an easy job either. It definitely is a tough job since they have to be dynamic and take care of lots of things that pertain to the security of the organization and […]
Hackers have unleashed a global malware campaign using the Google cloud computing platform via weaponized PDF. Security researchers at the Netskope Threat Research Labs have detected this malware attack, which mostly targeted the banking and finance sector. Government firms too have been targeted worldwide. A recent Netskope blog post authored by Ashwin Vamshi states, “Netskope […]
Cybersecurity researchers have warned the public that there is a convincing phishing email pretending to be coming from Telstra, the Telco giant. The sample provided falls into the category of ‘spear phishing’, which means only those that are current customers of Telstra received it. Using clever formatting tricks, the email looks the same as a […]
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 […]
Many leading healthcare organizations have been targeted and attacked by cyber criminals in the last few years. One of the most notable among recent instances is the WannaCry ransomware attack throwing out of gear UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Today, when healthcare organizations depend on the cloud and the internet in a great way, security […]
PayPal phishing scams are becoming more and more sophisticated these days, with hackers devising newer ways of duping users. There are reports of a new and very sophisticated PayPal phishing scam that could dupe a rather clever user into parting with valuable personal information. This scam, which attempts to steal everything related to a PayPal […]
Around 150 University of Michigan employees lost sensitive information thanks to scammed emails, informs the university’s Division of Public Safety and Security. Several phishing emails were sent by scammers to the U-M community. The emails had links to unauthentic Google Form, which were designed to steal personal information. People clicked on those links and submitted […]
Researchers have spotted a j.mp shortened URL being shared by fake accounts within Facebook recently targeting users with phishing link. Hackers are sending a spam messages from a phony account stating to be “Facebook recovery” notifying users that their accounts committed abuse and will likely be disabled if they don’t act on given commands. After a […]
An email, which appears to be sent from eBay, informs that due to the inaccuracy of your credit card information, your account has been suspended. The user is asked to click on a link titled “Confirm Your Registration” to eliminate suspension. However, eBay is not the real sender of this email and in reality it […]