Norwegian police blame Cozy Bear for phishing attacks
Norway’s Police Security Service has said several of that nation’s government agencies have been hacked by a foreign intelligence group.
About SC Media
Phishing
IRS warns of new twists to W-2 phishing scams
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a warning on W-2 phishing scams noting that cybercriminals are attempting to obtain money in addition to tax form data.
Bed-lam: 1,100 furniture company employees’ W-2 info exposed in spoofing scam
Furniture manufacturer and retailer Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams mistakenly furnished a cybercriminal operation with its employees’ W-2 information after falling for a phishing scam that used a spoofed email address.
PayPal scam uses account fraud scare tactics to phish personal data
A phishing email scam that warns PayPal users of possible fraudulent account activity in hopes of scaring personally identifiable information out of them is currently making the rounds.
Trump Twitter fancy raises security concerns
Trump’s prolific tweeting on his personal Twitter account could leave him vulnerable to hackers.
Amazon customers targeted in phishing scam
Sophos researchers pulled the covers off a phishing scam hitting Amazon customers who are looking for deals on electronics that are too good to be true.
Plot twist: Phony Netflix membership emails turn out to be phishing scam
An email phishing campaign targeting Netflix users was recently found tricking victims into giving away their credit card and personal information after asking them to update their membership details.
Scrooge Hackers Phish for Bitcoins, Google AdWords
As cryptocurrency enjoys greater acceptance, it’s no wonder there’s been a correlative influx of schemes to grab some of the virtual loot during the lucrative holiday shopping season.
Hackers reportedly use Punycode to bypass Office 365 phishing filters; Microsoft denies story
According to a research report, hackers are using Punycode, a technique for encoding domain names with Unicode characters, to bypass anti-phishing protections in Office 365 productivity software.
Over 400,000 phishing sites have been detected each month in 2016
The majority of phishing sites today (84 percent) exist for less than 24 hours, with an average life of under 15 hours.
Want to read more?
Next post in Phishing
