Phishing
Why Are Vishing Attacks on the Rise During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has made a formal statement, warning the public against the increase in vishing attacks. The warning was issued in mid-January 2021. You may be already familiar with... Read more
Microsoft, DHL, and LinkedIn Among the Top Brands Exploited in 2020 Phishing Attacks
In early January 2021 security experts with Check Point published their findings on phishing attacks and campaigns in the last quarter of the past year, revealing both some interesting new trends and some unchanged... Read more
UK Banks List COVID Vaccine Scams as One of the Greatest Threats Today
Cyber attacks and phishing, scams and frauds in particular have exploded in volume since the start of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Malicious actors have come up with countless ways to steal information and trick... Read more
A New Phishing Campaign Targets PayPal Users via SMS
Phishing attacks show no signs of slowing down in the new year. A new campaign has been making the rounds, this time targeting PayPal users. The scammers are sending fake SMS messages in their attempt to phish out... Read more
Ignore 'Is it you in the video?' Messages Sent via Facebook's Messenger
Just because we have turned over a new leaf on the calendar and have finally left a tumultuous 2020 behind us, does not mean that we are safe in the digital world or that cyber criminals will magically disappear. On... Read more
70% of Public Sector Employees Disclose Passwords When Interacting with Phishing Emails
A large-scale phishing simulation conducted as a test and security experiment was recently completed and the results are not very encouraging. The participants were public sector employees from across the globe and... Read more
Black Friday Is Right Around the Corner, and So Are These Scams
One of the biggest online shopping events is just a couple of days away. With Black Friday just around the corner, cyber criminals are gearing up for a busy weekend as well, with a multitude of scams ready to be... Read more
What Is a Fake Infringement Notice Attack?
Bad actors have recently launched a new campaign, targeting Instagram users with phishing emails. The phishing campaign hinges on one commonly used social engineering trick - scaring the victim into submission. The... Read more
Phishers Are Using a Fake Netflix Website in Arabic to Steal Login Credentials
In October 2020 security researchers found a group of bad actors running a phishing campaign. The campaign is focused on Arabic users and uses a fake Netflix page. The bad actors used convincing imagery to fool... Read more
Watch Out for Phishing Emails Exploiting Amazon Prime Day Deals
Despite its name, Amazon Prime Day is a two-day discount campaign conducted by online retail supergiant Amazon that takes place on the 13th and 14th of October. As the world gears up for reckless shopping, security... Read more
Phishing Scheme Uses CAPTCHA on Fake Login Pages to Make Them Look Legitimate
Researchers with Menlo Security found a new phishing scheme that was using fake Captcha checks. The bad actors behind the credentials theft scam were primarily targeting businesses and organizations in the hospitality... Read more
Cybersecurity Experts Have Faced a "Game-Changing" Phishing Scheme
A recent cyberattack was dubbed "game-changing" - wording you obviously don't see every day. What makes that particular phishing attack that impressive, though? The attack was detailed and analyzed by security... Read more
Don't Fall for the Newest Apple Chatbot Scam
Cybercriminals are using every method available to them for phishing people's passwords, even if it means resorting to relatively dated technology and methods. A new SMS-based phishing attack is making the rounds once... Read more
Fake O2 Texts Phish for Victim Credentials
A new text-based scam is making the rounds in the UK. Potential victims of the scam receive fake text messages that pose as official communication from British telecom company O2, asking users to update billing... Read more
Watch Out for Fake Emails Offering £1,000 Gift Cards From Asda
Asda Stores Limited, a retail supermarket chain based in Leeds in the United Kingdom, issued a warning to its customers in early September 2020. The store chain warned its customers to be aware that there is an... Read more
Online Design Platform Canva Abused by Hackers for Phishing
Bad actors, especially those focusing on scams and phishing emails, have been shifting their focus on exploiting cloud services and online tools for their campaigns. After a rise in phishing emails using content... Read more
Watch Out For Another Dropbox Phishing Email Titled 'Po.Pdf'
It is a sad fact of life that as the sophistication of the technologies available to us grows, so does the ingenuity and determination of bad actors to exploit and victimize regular users. Once upon a time, the... Read more
Coronavirus Phishing Scams Decline After March Peak
As soon as the Coronavirus pandemic started, and people became home-bound, social distancing, working from home, and receiving online classes, crooks had a field day. Cybercrime spiked, and most cyber-attack campaigns... Read more
