March 12, 2018 Top Healthcare Security Threats Revealed in HIMSS Survey Results HIMSS has released the findings of its 2017 healthcare cybersecurity survey, which gives us valuable insights into the state of cybersecurity in the healthcare sector ... Read more
March 4, 2018 HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Offers Anti-Phishing Advice for Healthcare Organizations The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has issued anti-phishing advice for healthcare organizations. The warning and advice comes after several ... Read more
March 1, 2018 Increase in W-2 Phishing Campaigns Leads to FBI Warning The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a new alert for businesses due to a major rise in phishing attacks attacking payroll worker. The ... Read more
February 22, 2018 Sophos Launches Phish Threat 2.0 Sophos has launched a new version of its Phish Threat simulator. Phish Threat 2.0 is an enterprise-class phishing simulation platform that allows businesses to run ... Read more
February 22, 2018 Ironscales Phishing Threat Technology Recognized for Spear Phishing Protection Capabilities Ironscales, a provider of an automated phishing protection, detection and response platform has had its advanced spear phishing threat technology recognized as a key innovation ... Read more
February 12, 2018 Agari Reveals 90% of Brands Extremely Vulnerable to Phishing and Fraud A joint research study conducted by Agari and Farsight Security has been published this month that shows almost every domain is vulnerable to phishing and ... Read more
February 6, 2018 FBI Issues Warning About Internet Crime Complaint Center Phishing Scams The FBI has spent the past few months investigating reports of Internet Crime Complaint Center phishing scams. IC3 has been impersonated in several campaigns that ... Read more
January 30, 2018 Google Security Checkup Emails Raise Concern Due to Similarity to Phishing Emails Google security checkup emails have been hitting inboxes over the past few days. The purpose of the emails is to get Google email account holders ... Read more
January 24, 2018 New Necurs Botnet Phishing Campaign Spreads Dridex Banking Trojan The operators of the Necurs botnet have launched several phishing campaigns in the past few days that are being used to spread the Dridex banking ... Read more
January 23, 2018 Beware of W2 Phishing Scams This Tax Season Employers are being warned to be wary of W2 phishing scams this tax season. The past two years have seen hundreds of employers scammed into ... Read more
January 23, 2018 Dark Caracal Spyware Installed Via Fake WhatsApp and Signal Apps An advanced persistent threat (APT) group called Dark Caracal is using fake WhatsApp and Signal apps to install spyware. The APT group has already gained ... Read more
January 22, 2018 Threat from Phishing at an All Time HIgh The 2018 State of the Phish Report from Wombat Security Technologies confirms the threat from phishing is at an all-time high. Fortunately, employees do appear ... Read more
January 21, 2018 Phishing Attack Sees School District Network Crippled by Emotet Malware Employees of the Rockingham County Schools District in North Carolina have inadvertently disabled their entire network after falling for phishing emails. Several employees opened malicious ... Read more
January 20, 2018 Sophos Warns Users About Fake Antivirus Apps Sophos has alerted users to the risk of downloading fake antivirus apps. The firm has also released a new white paper on a specific antivirus ... Read more
January 18, 2018 Phishing Emails Pushing Fake Meltdown and Spectre Patches The recently disclosed microprocessor vulnerabilities – Meltdown and Spectre – have had software and hardware firms working hard to develop patches. Cybercriminals have also been ... Read more
December 16, 2017 IRS Phishing Scam Targets Hotmail Users A new IRS phishing scam has been detected that targets tax professionals and taxpayers who hold Hotmail email accounts. The scam has prompted the Internal ... Read more
December 7, 2017 Rise in HTTPS Phishing Websites Detected The past few years have seen many businesses transition from HTTP to HTTPS websites, but HTTPS phishing websites have similarly increased. A green padlock next ... Read more
November 28, 2017 Warning Issued by IRS About Christmas Phishing Scams Each year there is a wave of Christmas phishing scams during the holiday season, as cybercriminals attempt to steal sensitive information to enable them to ... Read more
November 26, 2017 Sophos Helps Consumers Avoid Phishing Scams When Shopping Online Holiday season is a busy time for cybercriminals just as it is for online shoppers, so how can you avoid phishing scams when shopping online ... Read more
November 22, 2017 Phishing is the Biggest Security Threat in Australia The biggest security threat in Australia for businesses is phishing, according to a recent survey of IT professionals by anti-phishing solution provider PhishMe. The survey ... Read more
November 21, 2017 US-CERT Warns of Exploitable Windows ASLR Implementation Flaw The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued a warning about an exploitable Windows ASLR implementation flaw affecting Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows ... Read more
November 17, 2017 Contacts Stolen and Spear Phishing Emails Sent by Ursnif Trojan The financial sector banking Trojan Ursnif, one of the most commonly experienced banking Trojans, has before been used to attack banking institutions. However, it seems ... Read more
November 10, 2017 PhishLabs Launches New Phishing Threat Monitoring and Forensics Service The Charleston, South Carolina-based anti-phishing solution provider PhishLabs has launched a new Phishing Threat Monitoring & Forensics Service, which helps to identify phishing emails that ... Read more
November 10, 2017 InfoSec Institute Launches New Phishing Defense Tool The security awareness training company, the InfoSec Institute, has launched a new phishing defense tool called PhishDefender, which the firm claims can reduce phishing susceptibility ... Read more
November 7, 2017 Google Search Poisoning Used to Spread Zeus Panda Trojan Google search poisoning is being used by cybercriminals to get malicious links ranking highly in the organic search listings. Websites that rank highly in the ... Read more
November 3, 2017 SophosLabs Publishes 2018 Malware Forecast The Oxford, UK-based cybersecurity firm Sophos has published its 2018 Malware Forecast. The report, produced by SophosLabs, is based on an analysis of threat information ... Read more
October 29, 2017 New MyEtherWallet Phishing Campaign Detected A new MyEtherWallet phishing campaign has been detected that uses a convincing domain and MyEtherWallet branding to fool MyEtherWallet users into revealing their credentials and ... Read more
October 17, 2017 Adobe Patches Actively Exploited Flash Player Flaw Used to Deliver FinSpy Malware Yesterday, Adobe released a new update for Flash Player to address an actively exploited flaw (CVE-2017-11292) that is being used by the hacking group Black ... Read more
October 13, 2017 Most Effective Phishing Emails Revealed Phishing is an effective method of obtaining login credentials and installing malware and ransomware, and email is the most common vector used for these scams, ... Read more
October 11, 2017 FormBook Malware Campaign Targets U.S. Organizations Most Formbook malware attacks have targeted specific industry sectors in the United States and South Korea, but there is concern that the malware will be ... Read more