Security News

Global DMARC adoption still slow, it’s open season for phishers (Help Net Security)
2017-08-24 12:30

92 percent of U.S. Fortune 500 companies have left their customers, partners and brand names vulnerable to domain name spoofing, one of the most common digital deception attack vectors, according...

Phishers steal Chrome extension from developer (Help Net Security)
2017-07-31 19:45

An attacker has compromised the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software, and has equipped their Copyfish Chrome extension with ad/spam injection capabilities....

Phishers’ techniques and behaviours, and what to do if you’ve been phished (Help Net Security)
2017-07-28 14:03

Once a user has been phished, how long does it takes for the phishers to misuse the stolen credentials? To discover the answer to that question and many others, Imperva researchers went undercover...

Phishers offer WoW players free in-game pets (Help Net Security)
2017-03-29 15:34

Avid World of Warcraft players are being targeted with phishing emails seemingly coming from Blizzard Entertainment, the video game developer behind the popular multiplayer role-playing game,...

Phishers’ new social engineering trick: PDF attachments with malicious links (Help Net Security)
2017-01-27 20:25

It is – or it should be – a well known fact that attackers occasionally email potential victims with PDF attachments containing malware or exploit code. But the latest attacks through PDF...

Phishers are impersonating major UK banks on Twitter (Help Net Security)
2016-10-28 13:15

Customers of UK banks are being targeted by phishers impersonating the banks’ customer support account on Twitter, Proofpoint warns. The phishers usually choose a variation on the legitimate...