Security News

Phishing attacks target mobile browsers with dash-padded URLs (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-15 13:49

Compromised domains target Android users with fake login pages for cloud services.

Curiosity Kills Security When it Comes to Phishing (Threatpost)
2017-06-06 19:20

The results of an academic experiment reveal that recipients of Facebook messages are much more likely to click on suspicious links.

Spear Phishing Attacks (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-06 11:11

Really interesting research: "Unpacking Spear Phishing Susceptibility," by Zinaida Benenson, Freya Gassmann, and Robert Landwirth. Abstract: We report the results of a field experiment where we...

New Gmail anti-phishing features rely on machine learning (Help Net Security)
2017-06-02 14:00

Google has announced several new security features and improvement of existing ones in order to protect Gmail users against phishing emails. New features The new features are intended for users of...

Stanford University Site Hosted Phishing Pages for Months (Security Week)
2017-06-02 13:47

Hackers compromised the website of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging at Stanford University to deploy phishing sites, hacking tools, and defacement pages since January, Netcraft...

New Machine Learning Behind Early Phishing Detection in Gmail (Threatpost)
2017-05-31 17:00

Google announced today new security features in Gmail, including the news that it will enhance early phishing detection in Gmail through dedicated machine learning.

Spear-Phishing Attacks Increasingly Focused: Report (Security Week)
2017-05-31 14:15

Spear-phishing attacks have become increasingly “laser-focused,” with many campaigns aimed at only a small number of inboxes belonging to the targeted organization, according to a report published...

Analyzing phishing attacks against 500,000 mailboxes at 100 organizations (Help Net Security)
2017-05-31 13:30

Phishing has evolved from a mere nuisance into a global epidemic in which organizations of all sizes and across all industries are being negatively impacted at high frequency. In 2016 alone, the...

Russian Hackers Made 'Tainted Leaks' a Thing — Phishing to Propaganda (The Hackers News)
2017-05-29 00:46

We came across so many revelations of sensitive government and corporate data on the Internet these days, but what's the accuracy of that information leaked by unknown actors? How much real are...

Rash Of Phishing Attacks Use HTTPS To Con Victims (Threatpost)
2017-05-26 12:00

Phishing sites are deploying freely available TLS certificates in order to dupe victims into thinking they're visiting a safe site.