Security News

Hacker Ordered to Pay Back Nearly £1 Million to Phishing Victims
2019-08-23 19:03

A prolific hacker who carried out phishing scams against hundreds of companies worldwide has been ordered to pay back more than $1.1 million (over £922,000) worth of cryptocurrencies to his...

Instagram phishing uses 2FA as a lure
2019-08-23 14:08

If the phishing page looks OK, and it has an HTTPS padlock, how are you supposed to spot phishes these days? Read our tips...

Facebook phishing surges, Microsoft still most impersonated brand
2019-08-23 05:00

Vade Secure published the results of its Phishers’ Favorites report for Q2 2019. According to the report, which ranks the 25 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks, Microsoft was by far the...

Zimperium zIPS: Machine learning-based mobile phishing detection solution
2019-08-22 01:30

Zimperium, the global leader in mobile threat defense (MTD), announced new innovative enhancements to its zIPS anti-phishing protection. zIPS is the first and only on-device, machine...

Serious Security: Phishing in the cloud – the freemium way
2019-08-20 15:34

Here's an interesting phishing trick. It's a way for crooks to get lots of customised web links without doing any programming.

Week in review: New Nmap, lateral phishing tactics, Kubernetes security matures
2019-08-18 16:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: Critical Bluetooth flaw opens millions of devices to eavesdropping attacks A newly disclosed vulnerability...

Phishing Scheme Uses Google Drive to Avoid Security: Report
2019-08-16 17:48

Emails Disguised as Messages From CEOA newly identified phishing campaign used Google Drive to help bypass some email security features as attackers attempted to target a company in the energy...

Researchers reveal the latest lateral phishing tactics
2019-08-16 05:15

Emails coming from legitimate, compromised accounts are difficult to spot, both for existing email protection systems and the recipients themselves. Lateral phishing tactics Researchers from...

Anomali discovers phishing campaign targeting Chinese government agencies
2019-08-12 15:14

Anomali, a leader in intelligence-driven cybersecurity solutions, published at Black Hat USA 2019 its latest research report: Suspected BITTER APT Continues Targeting Government of China and...