Security News

What’s behind this 1,000-character phishing URL?
2019-02-14 13:09

Bleeping Computer learned of a strange phishing campaign which uses an unusually long URL - but why?

Malicious URLs outnumbered attachments in emails 3 to 1 last year
2019-02-07 17:08

The end of 2018 saw a spike in malicious attachments which businesses need to be wary of, according to a Proofpoint report.

Chrome’s hidden lookalike detection feature battles URL imposters
2019-02-04 12:41

Chrome now checks for misspellings of popular URLs and will display a link to the site that it thinks the user might have wanted to visit.

Instagram accidentally reveals plaintext passwords in URLs
2018-11-20 11:13

It's yet another security stumble following the massive Facebook hack in September, and it likely points to shoddy encryption practices.

Vade Secure launches IsItPhishing Threat Detection to help SOCs identify phishing URLs
2018-11-15 03:00

Vade Secure launched IsItPhishing Threat Detection, an anti-phishing solution that helps Security Operations Centers (SOCs) identify and block targeted phishing attacks. Easily integrating with...

URL spoofing – what it is and what to do about it [VIDEO]
2018-09-19 14:24

What happens if your browser doesn't tell you the truth about the identity of the website you're looking at?

Google reinstates www to URLs in Chrome after user backlash, but only temporarily
2018-09-14 10:42

Less than a week after Chrome was updated to hide the "www" from users, Google have put the subdomain back into the address bar, but only temporarily.

Beware! Unpatched Safari Browser Hack Lets Attackers Spoof URLs
2018-09-12 12:03

A security researcher has discovered a serious vulnerability that could allow attackers to spoof website addresses in the Microsoft Edge web browser for Windows and Apple Safari for iOS. While...

Safari, Edge fans: Is that really the website you think you're visiting? URL spoof bug blabbed
2018-09-11 05:01

Egghead says Apple has yet to patch spoofing vulnerability A security researcher has disclosed a flaw that could be used to spoof website addresses in either Edge or Safari.…

Google wants to get rid of URLs but doesn’t know what to use instead
2018-09-05 14:04

Their complexity makes them a security hazard; their ubiquity makes replacement nigh impossible.