IT Sec News updates – Phishing Attacks

August 16, 2023
NEWS

'Gold mine' phishing scams rob Main Street on social media like Meta – 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.

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Email phishing still the main way in for hackers: report – CSO Online

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

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Phishing Operators Make Ready Use of Abandoned Websites for Bait – 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 …

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Cybercriminals Abusing Cloudflare R2 for Hosting Phishing Pages, Experts Warn

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

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Federal CISO doubles down on phishing-resistant MFA following Lapsus$ review

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

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New reports show phishing is on the rise – and getting more sophisticated – 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 …

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Phishing the Most Dominant and Fastest Growing Internet Crime of 2023 – Digit.fyi

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

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Catching the Catphish: Join the Expert Webinar on Combating Credential Phishing

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

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Cloudflare Harnesses the Power of its Global Network to Identify Top Exploited Phishing

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

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Phishing Scammers Use WordPress, Abandoned Sites to Host Malicious Pages

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

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