Security News

WannaCry is back! (Psych. It's just phisher folk doing what they do)
2018-06-21 15:47

Spamming scum fire out phishing frighteners An unusually large wave of phishing emails was spewed out this morning, with recipients warned that all their devices had been infected by WannaCry.…

Email Phishers Using A Simple Way to Bypass MS Office 365 Protection
2018-06-19 20:18

Security researchers have been warning about a simple technique that cyber criminals and email scammers are using in the wild to bypass most AI-powered phishing detection mechanisms implemented by...

Phishers Use 'ZeroFont' Technique to Bypass Office 365 Protections
2018-06-19 15:27

Cybercriminals have been leveraging a technique that involves manipulating font sizes in an effort to increase the chances of their phishing emails bypassing the protections implemented by...

Phishers increasingly targeting cloud storage and SaaS
2018-05-17 11:45

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has been tracking notable increases in phishing campaigns that target SAAS/webmail providers, as well as increased attacks on financial / banking targets and...

Phishers Use New Method to Bypass Office 365 Safe Links
2018-05-08 11:04

Cybercriminals have been using a new method to ensure that the URLs included in their phishing emails bypass the Safe Links security feature in Office 365, cloud security company Avanan revealed...

Phishers target Netflix users, ask for info and photo of their ID
2018-01-16 16:48

Should you send Netflix a selfie in which you hold your ID card to get your account reinstated? The answer is an emphatic no, but each one of us knows at least one person who would find the...

Week in review: Ransomware’s next stop, NiceHash hack, and why phishers love HTTPS
2017-12-10 23:27

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Bitcoin traders beware: Fake trading bot offer delivers RAT The malicious offer comes via email: a free trial of...

Why phishers love HTTPS
2017-12-06 19:12

As more and more sites switch to HTTPS, the number of phishing sites hosted on HTTPS domains is also increasing. “In the third quarter of 2017, we observed nearly a quarter of all phishing sites...

Phishers target panicking PayPal users with fake “failed transaction” emails
2017-12-04 15:30

With the end-of-the-year holidays quickly approaching and many users worrying whether the gifts they bought online will be delivered in time for the festivities, an email from PayPal saying their...

Phishers targeting LinkedIn users via hijacked accounts
2017-09-13 16:51

A new phishing campaign has been spotted hitting LinkedIn users via direct messages and the LinkedIn InMail feature. They are sent from legitimate LinkedIn Premium accounts that have been hijacked...