Security News

New Gmail phishing technique fools even tech-savvy users (Help Net Security)
2017-01-16 15:20

An effective new phishing attack is hitting Gmail users and tricking many into inputing their Gmail credentials into a fake login page. How the attack unfolds The phishers start by compromising a...

Netflix Phishing Campaign Targeted User Information, Credit Card Data (Threatpost)
2017-01-10 18:27

Researchers recently identified a phishing campaign set up to lure unsuspecting Netflix users into giving up their credentials and credit card data.

Experts Warn of Novel PDF-Based Phishing Scam (Threatpost)
2017-01-05 22:05

Security experts are warning of an active phishing campaign that utilizes PDF attachments in a novel ploy to harvest email credentials from victims.

Record wave of phishing comes to an ebb in autumn 2016 (Help Net Security)
2017-01-02 13:15

The Anti-Phishing Working Group reports that the year’s record wave of phishing subsided in the autumn. According to the APWG’s new Phishing Activity Trends Report, the total number of phishing...

Corporate Office 365 users hit with clever phishing attack (Help Net Security)
2016-12-14 15:01

Corporate Office 365 users are being targeted by phishers using a clever new trick to bypass email filters and the default security protections of the Microsoft service. The attack comes in the...

Over 400,000 phishing sites have been observed each month during 2016 (Help Net Security)
2016-12-07 13:30

84 percent of phishing sites observed in 2016 existed for less than 24 hours, with an average life cycle of under 15 hours. The data collected by Webroot shows that today’s phishing attacks have...

Phishing Campaign Targets Breach Victims With Locky Ransomware (Threatpost)
2016-11-09 21:53

A phishing campaign is targeting some of the 22 million victims of the massive United States Office of Personnel Management breaches of 2014 and 2015.