IT Sec News updates – Phishing Attacks

CNBC

Phishing scams targeting small business on social media including Meta are a 'gold mine' for criminals. Published Tue, Aug 15 202310:04 AM EDT.

CSO Online

Phishing emails are still the primary initial attack vector for cybersecurity incidents, according to a report from Cloudflare.

Dark Reading

In many cases, phishers' focus is on WordPress sites because of the sheer … Kaspersky detected 200,213 attempts by users to visit phishing pages …

The Hacker News

Threat actors' use of Cloudflare R2 to host phishing pages has witnessed a 61-fold increase over the past six months.

Federal News Network

Chris DeRusha doubled down on the requirement in the federal zero trust strategy for agencies to use phishing-resistant multifactor …

SiliconANGLE

Two new reports on phishing trends show a rise in attacks, and they're taking more complex paths through the internet to connect victims with …

Digit.fyi

Phishing remains the most dominant and fastest growing internet crime in 2023, according to a new report from Cloudflare, Inc.

The Hacker News

Even with comprehensive security awareness training, many employees still fall victim to credential phishing scams. The result? Cybercriminals gaining …

Business Wire

The findings highlight that phishing remains the most dominant and fastest growing Internet crime, largely due to the ubiquity of email and the …

Security Boulevard

Scammers are using abandoned and poorly maintained websites and those built atop WordPress to host their malicious phishing pages.