Security News

DMARC in Higher Education: A Formidable Defense Against Targeted Scams
2017-09-12 12:20

DMARC Can Be Effective in Defending Against Targeted Phishing Attacks And Student Loan Scams read more

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...

Indonesia to Deport 153 Chinese for $450 Million Scam (Security Week)
2017-08-01 15:39

Indonesia will deport 153 Chinese nationals arrested for alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar cyber fraud ring targeting wealthy businessmen and politicians in China, police said Tuesday. read more

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...

Week in review: Acunetix 11 review, BEC scams exposed, innovation and cybercrime (Help Net Security)
2017-07-17 01:45

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: 751 domains hijacked to redirect visitors to exploit kit An unknown attacker has managed to modify the name servers...

BEC scams: How to avoid them and how to fight back (Help Net Security)
2017-07-13 17:14

Phishing and spear-phishing emails are a constant threat to all users, but enterprises are positively inundated with them. “Most businesses will use a spam filter and anti-virus solutions, but...

AlphaBay Dark Web Market Goes Down; Users Fear Exit-Scam (The Hackers News)
2017-07-06 01:17

AlphaBay Market, one of the largest Dark Web marketplaces for drugs, guns, and other illegal goods, suddenly disappeared overnight without any explanation from its admins, leaving its customers...

Internet crime: The continuing rise of the BEC scam (Help Net Security)
2017-06-23 15:07

Through its website, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) accepts complaints about Internet-facilitated criminal activity, and forwards them to the appropriate law enforcement agencies...

Nigerian BEC Scams Hit 500 Companies in 50 Countries (Threatpost)
2017-06-15 18:28

A Kaspersky Lab report on Thursday said an especially potent Nigerian Business Email Compromise campaign has stolen sensitive data from over 500 companies in 50 countries.

Creators of Bitcoin Miners Face $12 Million Fine for 'Ponzi Scheme' Scam (The Hackers News)
2017-06-06 11:01

Every time a new topic trends on the Internet, scammers take advantage of it. You must have heard of Bitcoin and how in recent days it has made some early investors millionaire overnight. Yes, the...