IT Governance

AUGUST 7, 2023

Welcome to our August 2023 catches of the month feature, in which we explore the latest phishing scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Check Point credits this rise to an extensive phishing campaign that told victims that there has been suspicious activity on their Microsoft account.

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IT Governance

JULY 6, 2023

Welcome to our July 2023 catches of the month feature, in which we explore the latest phishing scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Quishing on the rise Cyber security researchers have discovered an extensive phishing campaign that uses QR codes as bait.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 9, 2022

Welcome to our August 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. This is in part due to an inherent quality of phishing, with criminal hackers capitalising on people’s fears. Get started.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Welcome to our February 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. The researchers are most concerned about spear phishing, which is a sophisticated form of fraud.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Welcome to our October 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. This suggests that a senior employee was tricked by a spear phishing or whaling scam. Fintech firm Revolut caught out by “highly targeted” scam.

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IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2022

Welcome to our March 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal information. This month, we look at a phishing attack targeting Ukrainian citizens, the latest campaign imitating Tesco and a warning from HSBC.

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IT Governance

MAY 10, 2022

Welcome to our May 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. More than 130 NHS email accounts were used to conduct a prolonged phishing campaign targeting Microsoft users.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

Welcome to our April 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. YouTube warns of monetisation scam Content creators on YouTube are being warned about a phishing campaign regarding an apparent “new monetisation policy”.

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IT Governance

JUNE 6, 2023

Welcome to our June 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. This month, we look at a new phishing tactic that exploits the newly released ‘.zip’ File Archive in the Browser scam exploiting ‘.zip’ zip’ and ‘.mov’.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 11, 2023

Welcome to our January 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. A new phishing campaign has been discovered that imitates Flipper Zero, a cyber security tool used by penetration testers and white-hat hackers.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Welcome to our February 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal information. Facebook Messenger users are being warned about a phishing campaign in which fraudsters impersonate your friends and hijack your account.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Welcome to our December 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. FTX customers offered refund in deepfake phishing scam. FTX customers offered refund in deepfake phishing scam. Can you spot a scam?

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IT Governance

MAY 10, 2023

Welcome to our May 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. The latest issue facing the AI landscape is a report detailing phishing campaigns masquerading as ChatGPT. to create ‘@paypaI.com’.

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2022

Welcome to our July 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. NFT marketplace warns users of phishing scams. NFT marketplace warns users of phishing scams. We are working with Customer.io

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Welcome to our November 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Cancer research facility reports phishing attack. Twitter’s verification chaos creates authentication conundrum.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to our March 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. This month, we look at a new phishing technique that makes scams “invisible” and delve into a scam targeting British holidaymakers. Get started.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Welcome to our September 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. A Bleeping Computer report found that the perpetrators compromised over 130 organisations in the phishing campaign. Get started.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2023

Welcome to our March 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. In its place, he recommends Cloud-based machine learning engines to help employees spot phishing emails in real time.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2021

And yet, for all of its sophistication, Nobelium also engages in routine phishing campaigns to get a foothold in targeted organizations. This of course is how they get a toehold to go deeper. That caper required the intricate counterfeiting of software updates sent out automatically by SolarWinds to 18,000 customers.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2019

A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. A portion of the ransom note left behind by the latest version of MegaCortex. Image: Accenture iDefense.

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IT Governance

JUNE 7, 2022

Welcome to our June 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. NFT artist’s Twitter account phished. Beeple's Twitter account has been compromised (ATO) to post a phishing website to steal funds.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Employees forget the guidance given on phishing training courses within six months, new research has revealed. The researchers studied hundreds of employees , splitting them into groups and providing them with phishing awareness training at various intervals. What type of training works best?

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This tool, from Cofense, proactively engages employees via simulated attacks based on real-time threats for various phishing tactics. PhishMe’s online forum provides a series of scenarios, landing pages, attachments and educational pages. Organizations select the phishing templates and landing page for simulation. PhishingBox.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Although this creates an opportunity for cybercriminals, it can be addressed through education.”. The survey recommends educating end users, as this will enable them to identify attacks. This ten-minute course provides an introduction to phishing and ransomware.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Its Global State of the Channel Ransomware Report 2018 found that the most common way criminals infect organisations is by planting ransomware in phishing emails. Poorly educated employees fall for the criminals’ scam, opening the attachment contained in the email only to unleash ransomware on their systems.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Some phishing scams contain links to websites that replicate a real site with the intention of nabbing your login details, whereas others contain attachments loaded with malware. See also: Phishing scams for December 2019. Phishing scams for November 2019. Phishing scams for October 2019. Lack of education.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 | March 28th, 2023 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks Users need to adapt to an evolving threat landscape in which attackers can use AI tools like ChatGPT to craft extremely convincing phishing emails, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO. "A We must ask: 'Is the email expected?

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IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

Phishing attacks are a persistent threat to businesses. A staggering 90% of breaches involve phishing, according to Verizon’s Data Breach Digest. And these attacks are on the rise – Proofpoint’s 2019 State of the Phish Report reveals that 83% of survey respondents experienced phishing attacks in 2018.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2018

Phishing scams are relatively mundane compared to the sophisticated attacks that you read about in the news, but it’s important to remember that sometimes the biggest threats are right at your doorstep. Fortunately, two recent reports have indicated that most organisations are well aware of the threat of phishing.

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IT Governance

JULY 3, 2019

Phishing scams aren’t as compelling as some of the more sophisticated attacks that you read about. After all, every unusual email you receive could be a phishing scam, whether it’s an account reset message from Amazon or a work request from your boss. Sustained threat of spear phishing. Think you’re not susceptible to phishing?

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IT Governance

JULY 18, 2019

But those measures aren’t much help when criminals use phishing scams to bypass organisations’ defences and hit them where they’re most vulnerable: their employees. Fraudsters have countless tricks up their sleeve when targeting people for attacks, but perhaps the most dangerous is spear phishing. What is spear phishing?

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

We’re back for our second ‘catches of the month’ feature of the new decade, where we review recent phishing attacks and help you understand the threat of cyber crime. million in phishing scam. The attack took place in November 2019, with several employees receiving phishing emails containing invoices supposedly from vendors.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 7, 2018

Phishing is big business for cyber criminals. According to PhishMe’s Enterprise Phishing Resiliency and Defense Report 2017 , phishing attacks rose by 65% last year, with the average attack costing mid-sized companies $1.6 Help your staff avoid phishing attacks. million (about £1.2 Social: 16.0%. Job function: 11.8%.

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IT Governance

MARCH 14, 2018

A recent F-Secure report has found that phishing emails (16%) and malicious attachments (18%) together accounted for 34% of cyber attacks. Email is used organisation-wide and, with targeted attacks a growing concern, it is essential that organisations build awareness and educate their employees.

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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 | May 16th, 2023 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023's Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC KnowBe4's latest reports on top-clicked phishing email subjects have been released for Q1 2023. I've spent a lot of time here educating you on attack specifics, industry trends, and the impacts felt by attacks.

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IT Governance

JULY 19, 2023

Smishing is a type of phishing attack that’s conducted using text message services. According to Proofpoint’s 2022 State of the Phish Report , employees at 74% of organisations were sent fraudulent text messages in the previous year. How smishing works Smishing uses many of the same techniques as standard email phishing.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Although victims usually know that they have done nothing wrong, the scam works for the same reason that traditional phishing attacks do – people often panic under pressure. For the same reason, the education sector and public services are often targeted. They then demand money not to release the evidence.

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