phishing
Breach activity declines, number of compromised records remains high
After year over year increases in the number of reported data breaches, Risk Based Security has released the results of their Q1 2018 Data Breach QuickView Report, showing the …
iOS users are 18x more likely to be phished than to download malware
Phishing is the number one mobile threat affecting organizations. The Wandera’s Phishing Report 2018 shows that iOS users are 18x more likely to be phished than to …
MyEtherWallet users robbed after successful DNS hijacking attack
Unknown attackers have managed to steal approximately $150,000 in Ethereum from a number of MyEtherWallet (MEW) users, after having successfully redirected them to a phishing …
FIDO2: Authenticate easily with phishing-resistant security
The FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have achieved a standards milestone in the global effort to bring simpler yet stronger web authentication to users …
Major uptick in mobile phishing URL click rate
In a study of Lookout users, more than half clicked mobile phishing URLs that bypassed existing security controls. Since 2011, Lookout has observed this mobile phishing URL …
How the human factor puts your company at risk
Positive Technologies has released a new report with statistics on the success rates of social engineering attacks, based on the 10 largest and most illustrative pentesting …
20 hackers arrested in EUR 1 million banking phishing scam
A two-year long cybercrime investigation between the Romanian National Police and the Italian National Police, with the support of Europol, its Joint Cybercrime Action …
Phishing, malware, and cryptojacking continue to increase in sophistication
Attackers are constantly trying new ways to get around established defenses. The data, collected throughout 2017 by Webroot, illustrates that attacks such as ransomware are …
Malicious apps in app stores decrease 37 percent
Malicious mobile apps were on the decline in Q4 of 2017 largely due to a decrease in the inventory of AndroidAPKDescargar, the most prolific dealer of blacklisted apps, …
Binance offers $250,000 for info about hackers who targeted its users
Binance, the popular Chinese cryptocurrency exchange focusing on crypto-to-crypto trading, has put a $250,000 bounty on the heads of the attackers who tried to pull off a …
Which phishing messages have a near 100% click rate?
Training employees to spot phishing emails, messages and phone calls can’t be done just once or once a year if the organization wants to see click rates decrease. For …
Email inboxes still the weakest link in security perimeters
Over one-third of all security incidents start with phishing emails or malicious attachments sent to company employees, according to F-Secure. Types of attacks The single most …