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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 […]
The Dharma ransomware has evolved a new tactic of abusing trust by posing as antivirus software to claim its victims. Dharma, which had first emerged in 2016, has been behind many high-profile cyberattacks in recent times. Late last year this ransomware infected a hospital in Texas and encrypted many records stored in their network. (The […]
Virus infection, ransomware, phishing or cryptojacking malware are not the only techniques that cybercriminals used to earn money from their victims, a classic case of crimes works too. One such successful technique is extortion, a pure threat against someone’s information in exchange for money. This classic scam, when used through an Internet medium such as […]
Digital scams, especially phishing scams are reportedly posing a “serious problem” for Canada’s Global Affairs Department. A recent report by The Canadian Press reporter Jim Bronskill states that as per Canada’s Global Affairs Department, too many of its employees get deceived by digital scams, which now pose a “serious problem” and could lead to sensitive […]
Phishing scams are among the most common cyber threats companies and organizations face today, as they can lead to huge financial losses of both money and data. The FBI has recently revealed that cybercriminals brought in at least $676 million last year through business email compromise campaigns, all of which involve tricking company employees into […]
Looking at what happened in 2017, the Equifax breach, Ransomware WannaCry, Russian interference, phishing scams. Well, one has to be prepared for more in 2018. There will be bigger breaches, bigger scams and the security teams and budget will find it difficult to keep pace with the criminals. This brings in the factor that user […]
As 2018 approaches, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has called upon citizens in the U.S. to be alert and on the lookout for new highly-sophisticated email, likely to be a phishing scam. They will be sending mass emails to swindle of personal information on the pretext of a tax refund. Every day people fall victim […]
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 […]