Security News

Industries most at risk of phishing attacks revealed
2018-01-24 13:25

A new KnowBe4 study of phishing statistics for top industries, shows small insurance companies have the highest percentage of phish-prone employees in the small to mid–size organization category....

Insurers, Nonprofits Most Likely to Fall for Phishing: Study
2018-01-23 15:51

The employees of insurance companies and non-profit organizations are most likely to fall for phishing attacks, according to a study conducted by security awareness training firm KnowBe4. read more

Dridex Banking Trojan Phishing Campaign Ties to Necurs
2018-01-22 14:33

Botnet Also Pushes Ransomware, Cryptocurrency, 'Virtual Kisses'The operators of the Necurs botnet continue to target victims with phishing campaigns designed to infect them with banking malware,...

Anatomy of a Cryptocurrency Phishing Campaign
2018-01-17 17:48

North Korea Keeps Hacking for Bitcoins, Researchers SayVirtual currency that's been surging in value, stored in internet-connected banks and virtual "hot wallets": What could go wrong? The answer...

Phishing Exposed Medicaid Details for 30,000 Floridians
2018-01-08 11:18

No Misuse of Exposed Data Has Been Reported - YetPersonal details for 30,000 Medicaid recipients in Florida may have been exposed after a government employee fell victim to a phishing attack,...

Facebook Launches New Anti-Phishing Feature
2017-12-21 09:51

Facebook announced on Wednesday the introduction of a new security feature designed to help users check if the emails they receive are legitimate or if they have been sent by cybercriminals. read more

Anti-Phishing Firm IRONSCALES Raises $6.5 Million
2017-12-05 15:31

IRONSCALES, an Israel-based startup that specializes in automated phishing prevention, detection and response, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $6.5 million in a Series A funding round. read more

Ongoing Adwind Phishing Campaign Discovered
2017-11-20 15:14

A new phishing campaign delivering the Jsocket variant of Adwind (also known as AlienSpy) was detected in October, and is ongoing. Adwind and its variants have been around since at least 2012. It...

The long tail of phishing attacks
2017-11-16 14:00

Targeted phishing has become the single most effective attack type in the world today. Phishing attacks have been the root cause of the majority of the large-scale data breaches that compromised...

Phishing Biggest Threat to Google Account Security
2017-11-13 18:29

Phishing remains the biggest account takeover threat to Google users, surpassing keyloggers and credential leaks.