phishing

As a tech-savvy person in a family that mostly consists of low level Internet users – and especially because of my line of work – I’m often tasked with …

The recent discovery of the Red October malware has focused a lot on its effects, but inadequate attention has been given to its purpose – which successfully evaded …

The APWG reports that there was a constant decline in the number of traditional phishing websites through September 2012, counterfeits usually impersonating well-known …

Directors, vice presidents and other top management of companies in the aerospace industry and U.S. government and defense contractors have recently been targeted with a …

Facebook users are advised to be on the lookout for bogus personal messages supposedly sent by the Facebook Security Team. The message claims that the users’ account has …

Researchers have unearthed a new type of phishing kit that allows crooks to target specific users and keep away others in order to keep the scheme hidden from knowing eyes and …

Despite the fact that spam levels decreased by 53% in 2012 as compared to 2011, targeted spam and phishing attacks via e-mail are on the rise. Some of these campaigns consist …

The threat level in the field of e-mail security increased in 2012 and will continue to do so in 2013 – despite the fact that spam levels decreased by 53% in 2012 as …

LinkedIn users are once again targeted with a massive and widespread spam campaign that takes the form of a notification about a supposedly received message from a potential …

An account posing as that of the Facebook Security Team has been spotted sending warnings to page administrators, trying to fool them into believing that their Facebook …

A fraudulent digital certificate that could be used to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks against several Google web properties has …

In this interview, Rohyt Belani, CEO at PhishMe, illustrates the magnitude of the phishing threat. He discusses techniques, consequences and protection tips. What happens once …