Security News

New Dridex Phishing Campaign Delivers Fake Accounting Invoices (Threatpost)
2017-09-07 19:24

A new variant of the banking trojan Dridex is part of a sophisticated phishing attack targeting users of the cloud-based accounting firm Xero.

Researchers Devise Hopeful Defense Against Credential Spear Phishing Attacks (Security Week)
2017-09-05 12:07

Security Researchers Have Proposed a New and Effective Way to Detect Credential Spearphishing Attacks in the Enterprise read more

Locky Returns via Spam and Dropbox-Themed Phishing Attacks (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-01 13:18

Massive Ransomware Campaign Flings 23 Million Emails in Just 24 HoursA massive Locky ransomware campaign has been infecting devices via malware-laced spam messages as well as through fake Dropbox...

Facebook Awards $100,000 Prize for Spear-Phishing Detection Method (Security Week)
2017-08-18 09:45

Facebook announced on Thursday the winners of its 2017 Internet Defense Prize. A team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...

Researchers Find Phishing Site Encrypted with AES (Threatpost)
2017-08-14 15:20

A phishing site seeking Apple credentials and victim payment card information is encrypted with AES, researchers at Ring 0 Labs said.

Gmail for iOS Adds Anti-Phishing Feature that Warns of Suspicious Links (The Hackers News)
2017-08-14 09:00

Phishing — is an older style of cyber-attack but remains one of the most common and efficient attack vectors for attackers, as a majority of banking malware and various ransomware attacks begin...

OCR Tells Organizations to Step Up Phishing Scam Awareness (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-07 19:48

Employees Still Falling for Email Schemes, Leading to More BreachesEmployees are still falling for phishing scams leading to major breaches, including those related to ransomware attacks, say...

Another popular Chrome extension hijacked through phishing (Help Net Security)
2017-08-03 17:32

Chris Pederick, the creator and maintainer of the Web Developer for Chrome extension, is the latest victim of attackers who hijack popular Chrome add-ons in order to push ads onto users. The...

After phishing attacks, Chrome extensions push adware to millions (ArsTechnica)
2017-08-03 15:45

Compromised accounts push fraudulent extension updates to unsuspecting users.

Mortgage Phishing Scams Target Big Payouts (Security Week)
2017-07-31 15:57

Over the last few years, business email compromise (BEC) scams have rocketed -- costing victims $1.45 billion in 2016 alone (FBI report). Now a new related threat has emerged -- the mortgage...