Security News

Watch out for this latest LinkedIn phish that’s ‘sent’ by a friend
2019-10-15 20:02

We recently showed you how crooks rip off social networking passwords - here's what they do with stolen accounts.

Phish Uses Google’s URL Decoding to Swim Past Defenses
2019-09-26 15:10

Percentage-based URL encoding plus Google domain trickery is helping malicious emails to evade filters.

Instagram phish poses as copyright infringement warning – don’t click!
2019-09-24 09:26

Your Instagram account has value to the crooks - so they're coming up with some cunning tricks to get at your passsword.

Employers Beware: Microsoft Word ‘Resume’ Phish Delivers Quasar RAT
2019-08-27 18:20

A round of phishing emails purports to be from job seekers - but actually uses a slew of detection evasion tactics to download malware on victim systems.

Energy Sector Phish Swims Past Microsoft Email Security via Google Drive
2019-08-15 18:49

The savvy technique of avoiding malicious links in the email allowed the phishing attack to reach its targets.

Cryptocurrency phish dials back the fear, cranks up the politeness
2019-06-27 23:49

Spammers and scammers are getting better at spelling and grammar - so make sure you aren't relying on language alone to spot phishes...

No Invitation Required: Hackers Can Phish Evite Users
2019-06-11 12:33

Social-Planning Website Says Pre-2014 User Database Has Been StolenOnline invitation site Evite has been hacked and information on an unspecified number of users stolen. In a data minimization...

Praise the lard! Police hook up with Microsoft to school us on National Phish and Chip Day
2019-06-07 13:15

Scam warning slipped into Blighty's favourite greasefest Today is National Fish and Chip* Day, and tech giant Microsoft has wasted no time wading in with the police to school the UK about phishing scams.…

Should Failing Phish Tests Be a Fireable Offense?
2019-05-29 17:39

Would your average Internet user would be any more vigilant against phishing scams if he or she faced the real possibility of losing their job after falling for one too many of these emails?...

You don't need a PhD to phish a Brit university: Nonprofit claims 100% hit rate is easy peasy
2019-04-04 13:06

And if it ain't that, it's hacked-off students firing out DDoSes British university admin folk are alarmingly easy to phish, according to an academic support body which claims a 100 per cent...