IT Sec News updates – Phishing Attacks

The Guardian

A police investigation has been launched after MPs were apparently targeted in a “spear-phishing” attack, in what security experts believe could …

East Kootenay News

Elk Valley RCMP is advising users of Facebook Marketplace of a sophisticated fraud / phishing scam involving the use of e-Transfers.

Krebs on Security

The disclosure revealed a profitable network of phishing sites that behave and look like the real Privnote, except that any messages containing …

Newstalk KGVO

Phishing is when you get an email from somebody trying to steal your identity.

KMBC

County Administrator Troy Shulte told KMBC 9 Thursday that an overnight corrections fell for a phishing email, which gave hackers a way in.

Bloomberg Law News

Video Game Marketplaces Raise Risk of Phishing, Theft, CFPB Says … Video games that allow players to store real money to purchase half-a-million- …

Modern Diplomacy

Most phishing attacks in the past followed a “see what sticks” approach. Phishers send out large volumes of emails or messages and wait for the …

Mondaq

Phishing continues to be the most pervasive attack vector in cybersecurity incidents, often resulting in breaches of PHI and other sensitive …

BankInfoSecurity

German federal agencies warned that phishing attacks targeting political parties surged ahead of upcoming European Union elections.

FBI

Over 298,000 complaints were filed about phishing schemes last year, which accounted for approximately 34% of all complaints reported. In the FBI San …