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GoDaddy scam shows how voice phishing can be more deceptive than email schemes

Bradley Barth

November 25, 2020

Unlike with an email-based phish where an employee might be observant enough spot a telltale red flag, such as multiple typos or the wrong sender address, there's little time to key in on suspicious circumstances in the midst of a dialogue.

Email Security, Featured, Phishing, Security News

Phishing fears cause workers to reject genuine business communications

Bradley Barth

October 16, 2020

Skepticism about COVID-19 communications exemplifies a hidden cost of the fight against phishing and vishing scams: lost time and business inefficiencies caused by paranoid employees.

Coronavirus

Coalition of nonprofits push to secure remote workforce

Teri Robinson

March 31, 2020

While work from home (WFH) ostensibly protects workers safe from COVID-19, it has exposed them and their companies to a bevy of cybersecurity risks – now a coalition of 13 nonprofit organizations are offering if not a cure, then a treatment, through a Work From Home. Secure Your Business campaign. The campaign focuses on common…

Opinion

A steady stream of phishy emails

Doug Olenick

February 1, 2019

Phishing scams have the ability to swoop up valuable information with one deceptive email, so it makes sense they have been a popular methodology for cybercriminals for a while. And it’s likely to remain that way, at least for the time being. 2018 proved that phishing campaigns’ popularity is holding steady. According to the Anti-Phishing…

Cybercrime

$1.2B worth of crypto stolen since 2017, GDPR could hinder cybercrime research

Robert Abel

May 25, 2018

Cybercriminals managed to steal $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency in reported and unreported theft since 2017 as some researchers fear new data privacy laws may negatively impact cybercrime studies.

Cybercrime

Kaspersky: Banking malware attacks up 30.6% in 2016; finance sector phishing also more prevalent

Bradley Barth

February 23, 2017

The number of cyberattacks targeting financial institutions and their customers soared to new heights in 2016, according to Kaspersky Lab, which observed nearly 1.09 million banking trojan attacks on users in 2016.

Executive Insight

Big Malware Moments of 2016 Part 2

November 14, 2016

To check out the first half of Limor Kessem's 2016 malware retrospective click here: Big Malware Moments of 2016 Part 1

Nearly 70 percent of IT pros target of weekly phishing attacks, HP finds

Security News

APWG report: Phishing surges by 250 percent in Q1 2016

Bradley Barth

May 25, 2016

The Anti-Phishing Working Group observed more phishing attacks in the first quarter of 2016 than in any other three-month span since it began tracking data in 2004, according to the anti-cybercrime coalition.

Digital natives are beginning to pick up on cybersecurity.

Security News

Millennials improve security habits, more interested in cyber careers, still need guidance

Teri Robinson

October 1, 2014

Raytheon's second annual survey on the online and security behavior of Millennials shows improvement but still a long way to go.

The fairly convincing phishing scam is being hosted on a compromised EA Games server.

Security News

Phishing websites up 10 percent in Q1 2014, the U.S. still hosts the majority

Adam Greenberg

July 2, 2014

The number of phishing websites observed in the first quarter of 2014 went up 10 percent over the previous quarter, and the U.S. hosts the majority.

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GoDaddy scam shows how voice phishing can be more deceptive than email schemes

Phishing fears cause workers to reject genuine business communications

Coalition of nonprofits push to secure remote workforce

A steady stream of phishy emails

$1.2B worth of crypto stolen since 2017, GDPR could hinder cybercrime research

Kaspersky: Banking malware attacks up 30.6% in 2016; finance sector phishing also more prevalent

Big Malware Moments of 2016 Part 2

APWG report: Phishing surges by 250 percent in Q1 2016

Millennials improve security habits, more interested in cyber careers, still need guidance

Phishing websites up 10 percent in Q1 2014, the U.S. still hosts the majority

Hackers commandeer businessman’s phone lines, rack up $23K in charges