The Fanciful and Serious Predictions of Post-pandemic Impact2020 has been a challenging year for the entire world. Between the pandemic, shutdowns, wildfires and other natural disasters, most of us will look forward to a new year in 2021. Here are a few light-hearted predictions plus some more thoughtful reflections on what’s to come in 2021 […]
Beware the Long Con Phish
Social engineering and phishing happen when a con artist communicates a fraudulent message pretending to be a person or organization which a potential victim might trust in order to get the victim to reveal private information (e.g. a password or document) or perform another desired action (e.g. run a Trojan Horse malware program) that is […]
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[HEADS UP] New Phishing Kit Spotted on Over 700 Domains
A cybercriminal gang has recently developed a new phishing kit named LogoKit on several domains. LogoKit changes logos and text in real-time in order to adapt to the targeted victims.This vicious phishing kit has already been released in the dark web according to threat intelligence firm RiskIQ. The firm has tracked it’s progression and in […]
Interpol Warns of Romance Scams
Interpol has issued a notice describing a scam tactic popular on dating applications. The scheme is a mixture of a romance scam and an investment fraud, taking advantage of victims’ loneliness and their desire to make money.“In the initial stages, an artificial romance is established via a dating app,” Interpol says. “Once communication becomes regular […]
World Economic Forum: COVID Makes Cybersecurity Problem No. 1
The WEF just published their recent survey over worldwide corporate leaders. When asked about technology objectives that have become a greater priority due to COVID, they elevated information security to the No. 1 position, with business continuity and resilience following right after. These days, that’s practically all in the IT domain.Here is a list of […]
Vaccine Research Companies are the Target of New Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warns financial organizations to be aware of campaigns actively targeting vaccine companies.If you’re a ransomware gang and you want to maximize your ransom, who do you attack? An organization working feverishly to potentially make billions of dollars via a desperately needed vaccine, of course! Take away […]
The 10 Phases Of Organizational Security Awareness
After 10 years of continued expansion in the security awareness space and providing our platform to tens of thousands of customers, we have observed a certain progress of organizational security awareness over time.The speed of this progress is different by org size, geolocation, and industry, but we see this same pattern return over and over. […]
Familiar Advice, but Worth Repeating
Researchers at ESET outline some security best practices to avoid falling for phishing emails. In an article for TechZone360, the researchers explain how to identify suspicious links.“Before clicking on an embedded link in the body of an email, inspect it first!” ESET says. “Hackers often conceal malicious links within emails, and mix them with genuine […]
Email Scammers Impersonate U.S. Government Agencies Offering Pandemic Financial Assistance
Taking advantage of people in their time of need, these bottom feeders of the cybercriminal world promise assistance and, instead, collect personal details to make a buck.While the world waits on vaccines to be widely distributed and for the pandemic to finally be over, there are plenty of people that are still hurting financially and […]
A Friend Needs Money Urgently? You’re Probably Getting Scammed
People need to be on the lookout for phishing attacks sent from legitimate but compromised social media accounts, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. Ducklin describes a scam sent in by a reader who received an unexpected message from one of their Facebook friends. The message said, “Hi [name]. Hope you’re all well. Do […]