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Phishing, Part 2: Staying Safe

August 2, 2018 admin Consumer, frauds, hoaxing, malicious spam, phishing, phishing protection., Security, spoofing

Credit to Author: Brook Stein, Product Management Director| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:00:35 +0000

As mentioned in Phishing Part 1: On the Lookout, phishing attacks have been around for years, but today’s cybercriminals are adept at using them in an ever-increasing variety of ways to get what they want. According to the most recent FBI figures, phishing and its variants was the third most popular cybercrime type in 2017,…

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Security Sophos

Quasi 1 dipendente su 2 riceve attacchi phishing giornalieri

August 2, 2018 admin Phish Threat, phishing, Sophos News

Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 05:09:13 +0000

Troppi utenti cadono ancora nella trappola del phishing: il 41% delle aziende subisce attacchi quotidiani e questo tipo di attacco miete ancora molte vittime<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/nBwhJin4roI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Kaspersky Security

How my iPhone got double-stolen

August 1, 2018 admin apple, Find My iPhone, iPhone, phishing, theft, Threats, Tips

Credit to Author: Kseniya Turova| Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:42:55 +0000

When I fell victim to sleight of hand and a little bit of fraud, Find My iPhone didn’t save me. Here’s why.

ComputerWorld Independent

Conversation hijacking attacks | Salted Hash Ep 38

August 1, 2018 admin email, malware, phishing, Security

Troy Gill, manager of security research at AppRiver, explains conversation hijacking attacks, or CHAs, with host Steve Ragan, including who is typically targeted and how to prevent them.

MalwareBytes Security

What’s in the spam mailbox this week?

July 31, 2018 admin apple, cybercrime, email, malspam, phishing, sexploitation, Social engineering, spam

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:00:27 +0000

We take a look at a few of the most notable spam emails in circulation over the last week, including a money muling scam, Apple phishes, and a sexploitation message featuring old, but real, passwords.

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Security TrendMicro

Phishing, Part 1: On the Lookout

July 31, 2018 admin Consumer, cybercriminal, cybersecurity, phishing, Security

Credit to Author: Brook Stein, Product Management Director| Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:00:03 +0000

Cybersecurity has gone mainstream, thanks in part to the hacking of the 2016 Presidential election. But how many of us know how the attackers in this case actually achieved their ends? The truth is, that one of the oldest, but most effective weapons in the cybercriminal’s arsenal, undoubtedly used in those attacks, is a threat…

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ComputerWorld Independent

Phishing problems: 3.2M emails blocked in a month | Salted Hash Ep 37

July 30, 2018 admin Cyber crime, email, phishing, Security

Asaf Cidon, vice president of email security at Barracuda Networks, talks with host Steve Ragan about a recent uptick in phishing attacks, including a spike in business email compromise (BEC) attacks.

QuickHeal Security

Beware of the ‘Free Cycle Distribution Yojana’ WhatsApp message. It’s fake!

July 30, 2018 admin Android malware, Cyber crime, data breach, news, Online Hoaxes, Online privacy, phishing, privacy, Security, Social engineering, Social Network Privacy, spam, Tips, WhatsApp, WhatsApp scam

Credit to Author: Ganesh Lakariya| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:24:29 +0000

As India’s Independence Day (15th of August) approaches, messages about free distribution schemes are doing the rounds on WhatsApp. Just recently, Quick Heal Security Labs detected a widespread circulation of one such message claiming that the Indian government will distribute free cycles to students on Independence Day, under the Free…