IT Sec News updates – Phishing Attacks

Kingston Police

This scam is a type of personalized phishing attack known as spear phishing. The scammers send casual messages about your organization to put you …

Infosecurity Magazine

According to Enea, these campaigns use cloud storage platforms to host malicious websites, sending links via SMS to bypass firewalls.

MSN

Employers will sometimes simulate phishing messages to train workers on how to spot the hacking threat. But one Google security manager argues the IT …

Yahoo

Phishing, according to the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency, is the start of more than 90% of all “cyberattacks”, which might include data …

The Register

Matt Linton leads Google's security response and incident management division. Tasked with rolling out phishing exercises every year, he believes …

SC Magazine

Phishing emails have increased by 341% and 856% during the past six and 12 months, respectively, with the surge mostly attributed to the …

Dark Reading

Instead of retail customers, Storm-0539 targets retail employees with phishing texts. The aim of its social engineering is to compromise their …

Bilyonaryo

To protect its subscribers, Smart promptly blocked the phishing domain and similar variants from its network. Smart is also reminding customers …

Flashpoint.io

A deep dive into Russian APTs, their targets, and their evolving TTPs, including malware used in spear-phishing campaigns.

BusinessGhana

KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com), the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today…