Security News

Spear Phishing Update: Email Account Takeover Risks
2019-09-23 17:03

Barracuda is out with its latest Spear Phishing Update, and among the key findings: a rise in email account takeover and lateral phishing. Why are enterprise defenses failing to detect these...

Bulgarian Man Sentenced for Massive Phishing Scheme
2019-09-23 15:33

Svetoslav Donchev Helped Scam Victims Out of More Than $50 Million, Authorities SayA Bulgarian man has been sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty in connection with his role in...

Bulgarian phishing gang member who lived with his parents jailed for part in £40m fraud ring
2019-09-20 16:00

37-year-old was extradited to Blighty to stand trial A Bulgarian phishing criminal who created fake versions of legitimate companies' websites as part of a £40m fraud has been jailed.…

2 Phishing Attacks Affect Presbyterian Health Plan Members
2019-09-19 21:18

Apparently Unrelated Attacks Potentially Expose Member DataPhishing incidents have had a big impact on members of Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Presbyterian Health Plan in recent weeks. Two...

Don't Take the Bait: A Look at the Latest Phishing Trends
2019-09-19 19:49

Since the start of September 2019 we’ve seen some major attacks, including a Facebook data leak which exposed more than 400 million telephone numbers and an Android software vulnerability which...

Phishing Emails Deliver Amadey Malware to U.S. Taxpayers
2019-09-19 17:49

A recently observed phishing campaign is targeting taxpayers in the United States in an attempt to infect their machines with a piece of malware named Amadey, Cofense security researchers have...

Phishing attacks up, especially against SaaS and webmail services
2019-09-17 03:15

Phishing attacks continued to rise into the summer of 2019 with cybercrime gangs’ focus on branded webmail and SaaS providers remaining very keen, according to the APWG report. The report also...

North Korean Spear-Phishing Attack Targets U.S. Firms
2019-09-13 13:30

Researchers warn that U.S. firms are being targeted with legitimate - but trojanized - documents that are often socially engineered to a tee.

Phishing scams targeting Mac users on the rise with 1.6 million attacks in 2019
2019-09-13 11:40

Kaspersky caught 1.6 million phishing attacks disguised as the Apple brand in the first six months of 2019.

Library-Themed University Phishing Attack Expands to Massive Scale
2019-09-12 15:48

Cobalt Dickens (a.k.a. Silent Librarian) is now actively targeting 380 universities, bent on stealing credentials and moving deeper into school networks.