Security News

Phishing attack lures victims with encrypted message alert
2019-06-18 10:19

Why are phishing emails so enduringly popular with the bad guys? A new approach may suggest that curiosity is at play.

Why phishing education has never been more critical to your business
2019-06-18 05:30

Our cyber defenses are becoming stronger and stronger every year. Even the smallest companies can now deploy advanced anti-malware and intrusion detections tools that were, until recently, only...

How fraudulent domain names are powering phishing attacks
2019-06-18 04:00

Bargain basement gTLDs and glyph attacks using IDNs are powering phishing attacks, with fraudulent registrations on the rise. Worse yet, phishing sites are increasingly getting security certificates.

Canadian City Loses $500,000 to Phishing Attack
2019-06-14 13:29

The City of Burlington, Ontario, revealed Thursday that it fell prey to "a complex phishing email" that cost the City CAD $503,000 (around USD $375,000). Few details have yet been released. read more

FBI warns users to be wary of phishing sites abusing HTTPS
2019-06-12 10:55

Why you shouldn't trust a website simply because it's secured using HTTPS and backed by the green padlock symbol.

FBI Warns of HTTPS Abuse in Phishing Campaigns
2019-06-11 15:26

Malicious actors are abusing users’ trust in the HTTPS protocol to launch phishing campaigns, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns in a recent alert.  read more

More than 3B fake emails sent daily as phishing attacks persist
2019-06-11 14:00

Some 140,000 more domains are using DMARC records since the start of 2019, though DMARC-based enforcement remains complex to implement.

Buggy Phishing Kits Allow Criminals to Cannibalize Their Own
2019-06-05 21:23

The vulnerable kits also offer a point of entry to compromise legitimate website servers.

Crime doesn't pay? Crime doesn't do secure coding, either: Akamai bug-hunters find hijack hole in bank phishing kit
2019-06-05 13:00

Absolutely criminal behavior – unrestricted file upload, really? Exclusive Phishing kits – used by miscreants to build webpages that steal victims' personal information and money by masquerading...

Google-protected mobile browsers were open to phishing for over a year
2019-05-28 12:45

Researchers revealed a massive hole in Google Safe Browsing's mobile browser protection that existed for over a year.