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Sony Pictures warns its customers about spear phishing

Following last week’s breach executed by LulzSec, Sony Pictures has finally issued a consumer alert and seems also to have sent it to the addresses of approximately …

Gmail deactivation spam run leads to phishing forms on Google Docs

A week ago, F-Secure researchers have uncovered a number of spreadsheets with a form functionality that are apparently designed to act as phishing forms. Today, one of these …

Spear phishers target Craigslist users

Spear phishing is quickly becoming the favorite way for cyber intruders to gain access to company and government systems. But even private individuals aren’t safe, and a …

Google disrupts phishing attack against government officials, political activists

An attack apparently coming from Jinan – the capital of China’s Shandong province – against personal Gmail accounts belonging to hundreds of users has been …

Phishing forms on Google Docs

Google Docs is a handy online service for creating various types of documents that are hosted by the company in their cloud and can be made accessible to the greater public. …

How banks use Twitter to combat fraud

With phishing attacks hurting the credibility of email communications, forward thinking banks are turning to social media as the best channel to warn customers of scams and …

Cybercrime statistics show widespread phishing problem

The top five industries vulnerable to cybercrime include travel, education, financial services, government services and IT services, according to KnowBe4. Using the Inc.com …

Worrying trend in credit card data security

A new BitDefender study which has revealed some concerning statistics on the personal protection of credit card data. 97% of 2,210 respondents aged 18 to 65 said they …

Microsoft investigates the current threat landscape

Microsoft published volume 10 of the its Security Intelligence Report (SIRv10) which provides perspectives on software vulnerabilities, software vulnerability exploits, …

Phishing attacks rise year over year

Phishing attacks in Q1 2011 increased significantly compared to Q1 2010, according to IID. Criminals utilized phishing scams 12 percent more from January to March 2011 than …

Cyber criminals moving operations to Canada

Cyber criminals are on the move again and, this time, Canada is the prime target. IP addresses in China and Eastern Europe are highly scrutinized and undergoing intense …

Technology is not the only solution against spear phishing

While technology plays an important role in protecting organizations from cyber threats, spear phishing attacks focus on the human element to ensure success. No technology …

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