Security News

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.

ThreatList: Apple Adware, Phishing, APT Attacks Threaten macOS Users
2019-09-11 20:48

Telemetry for the first half of the year shows that Apple's ecosystem is firmly in cybercriminals' sights.

Strangest Phishing Lures of 2019: From Divorce Papers to Real Estate Decoys
2019-09-11 13:00

Proofpoint's senior director of the threat research team discusses the strange levels that attackers are going to in order to persuade victims to click on phishing messages.

Enhanced Trend Micro Security protects inboxes from scams and phishing attacks
2019-09-11 01:30

Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, launched the latest version of its flagship consumer offering, Trend Micro Security, which features enhanced protection from web threats...

Week in review: Supply chain security, Android flaw opens users to advanced SMS phishing
2019-09-08 15:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: How to reduce the attack surface associated with medical devices As the number of connected medical devices...

Half of Android Handsets Susceptible to Clever SMS Phishing Attack
2019-09-04 14:50

Researchers say an attacker could send a rogue over-the-air provisioning message to susceptible phones and route all internet traffic through a hacker-controlled proxy.