Attackers use simple cause for concern as the basis of a scam intent on tricking victims into offering up their Office 365 credentials. A very official-looking email is making the rounds, taking advantage of the approximately 50% of companies today using Office 365. And it’s not surprising, as Microsoft is the most impersonated brand in […]
Extortion Threatens Reputational Damage
Scammers are sending emails threatening to damage the reputation of websites unless the sites’ owners hand over 0.3 bitcoin, or around $2,400, according to BleepingComputer. The attackers say that they’ll send out billions of spam emails to millions of email addresses and websites. All of these emails will be spoofed to appear as though they’re […]
Phishing Canadian Targets
We have recently blogged about KrebsOnSecurity’s story on compromised Canadian business email addresses. Here is some updated background on threats to Canadian organizations. Since January 2019, nearly one hundred phishing campaigns have been tailored specifically for Canadian targets, according to researchers at Proofpoint. Attackers are spoofing a number of well-known Canadian companies and organizations, and […]
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Q1 2019 Top-Clicked Phishing Email Subjects from KnowBe4 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Every quarter, KnowBe4 reports on the top-clicked phishing emails by subject lines in three categories: Social, General, and ‘In the Wild’. The latter category results come from the millions of users that click on our Phish Alert Button to report real phishing emails and allow our team to analyze the results. Social Media Is Now […]
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[Heads-up] Scary New MegaCortex Ransomware Strain Discovered That Targets Your Business Network
Sophos has discovered a scary new strain of very sophisticated ransomware called MegaCortex. It was purpose-built to target corporate networks, and once penetrated, the attackers infect your entire network by rolling out the ransomware to all servers and workstations, using your own Windows domain controllers. Sophos have detected infections in the United States, Italy, Canada, […]
Scam Of The Week: CEO Fraud bad guys are now bribing your users
Today saw the arrival of yet another interesting variant of the gift card phishing campaigns that have grown into a deluge over the past few months (see below). Today’s email demonstrates that bad guys are actively adapting and evolving their pitch. There are couple interesting things going in this new gift card phish: 1. The […]
Reminder: That Padlock Doesn’t Mean It’s Secure
We’ve mentioned this before, but the misconception has surfaced again, and it’s worth mentioning again. Looking for the padlock as a sign of a secure legitimate website isn’t an accurate indication that a site is malware free. Recent research indicates that nearly half of all phishing sites display the padlock and a web address that […]
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Phishing Accounts for 50% of All Fraud Attacks [InfoGraphic]
According to the latest research from RSA, attacks intent on committing financial fraud most frequently begin with tried and true phishing. Financial fraud is a lucrative business for cybercriminals. Running the gambit from targeting banks directly to social engineering used to giving up online credentials or a credit card, there are a myriad of ways […]
Spam Uses Default Passwords to Hack Routers
In case you needed yet another reason to change the default username and password on your wired or wireless Internet router: Phishers are sending out links that, when clicked, quietly alter the settings on vulnerable routers to harvest online banking credentials and other sensitive data from victims. Sunnyvale, Calif
This Week’s Five: Secure Your IT, Save Your Business.
This Week’s Five is a weekly column of five interesting reads from all over the web. This week we bring you a view of all that has created a strong buzz in the IT Security world! Read on to learn more. How secure is your BYOD policy