Social media users should be wary of romance scams as Valentine’s Day approaches, TechRepublic says. Users of dating sites and apps are particularly at risk, and TechRepublic offers a list of tips from the FBI for staying safe from these scammers.First, stick to well-known dating websites that have good reputations. Scammers are present on these [...]
New Phishing Attack Targeting ADP Users A phishing attack claiming to be ADP – one of the world’s largest HR and Payroll companies – telling you your W2 is ready! This recycled W2 phishing scam targets payroll and HR personel. It appears to be from a corporte executive and typically begins with a friendly [...]
Reams of digital legal documents have been held hostage under a ransomware threat to a South Florida software company that manages electronic records for thousands of law firms nationwide. Earlier this month, TrialWorks began alerting its customers about the security breach and initially indicated it was caused by a Microsoft service outage affecting Outlook desktop [...]
During the month of October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminds us of category of crime tht continues to inflict companies and taxplayers with damages amounting in the billions of dollars every year. The only way to future-proof your business is by staying up to date on the latest threat landscape. To help you, here are five [...]
Business Email Compromise Doubles in Incidents and Triples in Cost The latest data from the U.S. government’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shows fraud via business email is changing tactics and becoming more effective. Phishing attacks don’t always need to result in the use of malware. In many cases the goal is to commit fraud through [...]
Homeland Security Warning About Phishing As A Threat to 2020 Elections Beware of phishing attempts! U.S Department of Homeland Security is warning top state election officials nationwide to safeguard against fradulent emails targeting state and local election.These emails appear as if they come from a legitimate source and contain links that, if clicked, will open [...]
U.S. entities remained the most attractive targets of phishing attacks throughout 2018, with an estimated 84% of the total volume of millions of incidents analyzed during the last year. The top organizations targeted by phishing attacks when taking into account the industry sectors were financial institutions (28,9%), email and online services (24,1%), cloud and file storage (12,6%), [...]
The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire and was barely saved from total destruction. Millions of people visit every year and hundreds of millions feel a powerful, and personal, sense of connection to it. Seeing the cathedral burn was a tragedy, and the bad guys were faster than ever to leverage it into misinformation and social engineering. [...]
Researchers have spotted and tracked a new campaign aimed at tricking employees of US financial firms and banks into downloading Houdini Malware, a self-propagating malware strain. In addition to its C2 (command-and-control) functionality, the Houdini remote access trojan (RAT) possesses the ability to move laterally, leveraging removable drives. This malware does not possess a native ransomware component. However, [...]
New Sextortion Attacks Take A Dark Turn And Infect People With GandCrab Ransomware A recent report shows that last week, employees in the U.S have been bombarded by a spam attack! This attack pushes a double-whammy of a sextortion attempts combined with ransomware! Starting around May 2018, there have been a number of attack waves [...]