Security News

Scam Alert: Your Trusted Friends Can Hack Your Facebook Account
2017-10-13 01:21

If you receive a message from any of your Facebook Friends asking for urgent help to recover their Facebook account, since they've added you as one of their 'Trusted Contacts'—just don’t blindly...

Hacked Equifax Website Redirects Users to Adware, Scams
2017-10-12 15:41

A security researcher noticed recently that an Equifax service designed for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites set up to serve adware and scams. read more

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...