Security News

New Advanced Phishing Kit Targets eCommerce
2018-04-25 17:17

A new advanced phishing kit has surfaced, which provides miscreants with more than the usual one or two pages used to collect personal and financial data from victims, Check Point warns. read more

Researchers discover next generation phishing kit
2018-04-25 16:40

Researchers at Check Point and CyberInt, have discovered a new generation of phishing kit that is readily available on the Dark Web. A posting on the Dark Net that advertises the [A]pache phishing...

How fact-checking could thwart phishing attacks
2018-04-18 16:07

Digital fraudsters know humans are terrible at checking facts. A psychologist and researchers explain how better fact-checking may help foil cybercriminals' attempts at phishing.

Why G Suite admins should enable Gmail's advanced anti-phishing and malware settings
2018-04-18 15:14

Google recently added new G Suite safety settings to give Gmail users an added layer of protection. Learn how to warn users of harmful emails, or simply send them straight to spam with these options.

How to prevent phishing by studying the psychology behind digital fraud
2018-04-17 17:29

Studying how online users react to attacks in of itself is not going to solve the phishing epidemic. Researchers suggest looking at digital fraudsters' adversarial behavior.

Mobile Phishing Attacks Up 85 Percent Annually
2018-04-11 16:00

The rate at which users are receiving and clicking on phishing URLs on their mobile devices has increased at an average rate of 85% per year since 2011, mobile security firm Lookout reports. read more

FIDO2: Authenticate easily with phishing-resistant security
2018-04-11 12:46

The FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have achieved a standards milestone in the global effort to bring simpler yet stronger web authentication to users around the world. The...

Major uptick in mobile phishing URL click rate
2018-04-10 16:00

In a study of Lookout users, more than half clicked mobile phishing URLs that bypassed existing security controls. Since 2011, Lookout has observed this mobile phishing URL click rate increase 85...