Security News

20 hackers arrested in EUR 1 million banking phishing scam
2018-03-29 19:37

A two-year long cybercrime investigation between the Romanian National Police and the Italian National Police, with the support of Europol, its Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) and...

FBI: Iranian Firm Stole Data In Massive Spear Phishing Campaign
2018-03-26 15:54

The Department of Justice has announced charges against nine Iranians, affiliated with the Mabna Institute, who are accused of stealing private data from U.S. universities, private companies, and...

Phishing, malware, and cryptojacking continue to increase in sophistication
2018-03-26 12:15

Attackers are constantly trying new ways to get around established defenses. The data, collected throughout 2017 by Webroot, illustrates that attacks such as ransomware are becoming a worldwide...

Most top US higher ed institutions fail to protect students from phishing
2018-03-07 17:00

88.8 percent of the root domains operated by top colleges and universities in the United States are putting their students, staff and other recipients at risk for phishing attacks that spoof the...

To Stop Phishing, Understand the Long Tail of Risk
2018-03-02 14:30

Even though I've been analyzing malware for the past 20 years, I do understand that internet security is not merely a technical problem, but also a business problem. I agree that any company's...

Which phishing messages have a near 100% click rate?
2018-02-23 19:50

Training employees to spot phishing emails, messages and phone calls can’t be done just once or once a year if the organization wants to see click rates decrease. For one thing, employees come and...

FBI Warns of Spike in W-2 Phishing Campaigns
2018-02-23 17:14

A recent FBI public service advisory warned of an increase in reports of compromised or spoofed emails involving W-2 forms.

Credential phishing kits target victims differently depending on location
2018-02-08 12:15

There is a new attack vector in town – the customization of phishing kits. In a recent case uncovered by PhishMe Intelligence, a phishing kit was crafted to target residents of specific regions...

SSL Increasingly Abused by Malware, Phishing: Report
2018-02-06 16:10

There has been a significant increase in the number of phishing and malware attacks abusing SSL and TLS technology, according to Zscaler’s SSL Threat Report for the second half of 2017. read more

Phishing Pages Hidden in "well-known" Directory
2018-01-29 16:24

UK-based cybercrime disruption services provider Netcraft has spotted thousands of phishing pages placed by cybercriminals in special directories that are present on millions of websites. read more