Tag: phishing
Quishing: What you need to know about QR code email attacks
In today’s digital age, the use of technology continuously evolves to make our personal and professional lives more convenient. Quick Response (QR) code has been one such advancement. This two-dimensional barcode allows users to share website URLs and contact information...
Cybersecurity Awareness Month to-do list
This month marks the 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a collaboration between government and industry to highlight the importance of cybersecurity. The past two decades have brought about rapid change. “It’s hard to believe that Cybersecurity Awareness Month has been...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Sophisticated phishing campaign identified
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory focuses on a sophisticated phishing campaign that uses a Microsoft Word document lure to distribute a trio of threats. The threats are Agent Tesla, OriginBotnet, and RedLine Clipper, and are designed to gather a wide range...
AI drives the need for managed cybersecurity resiliency services
It is becoming more apparent that phishing attacks that compromise credentials are linked to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). These attacks will only increase in volume and sophistication, and more organizations must focus on limiting the scope of damage...
Three things to know about banking trojans
The failures of three large banks earlier this year sent shockwaves through the public. A banking crisis makes (almost) everyone nervous, which in turn creates new opportunities for social engineering, phishing, and other attacks designed to get your money. One attack we...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: “File Archiver in the Browser” exploits
A new skilled and clever “File Archiver in the Browser” phishing trick that utilizes ZIP domains has surfaced. Bad actors can employ this technique to deceive users into downloading malicious files, compromise systems, and potentially gaining unauthorized access. What is...
Report: 2023 spear-phishing trends
Cybercriminals continue to barrage organizations with targeted spear-phishing attacks, and many companies are struggling to keep up. In fact, Barracuda market research finds that 50% of surveyed organizations were victims of spear phishing in 2022 — and 24% had at least...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New phishing campaigns
Cybercriminals have started new phishing campaigns that targets organizations and individuals who were members of affected banks. Fraudulent messages are being sent in an attempt to trick victims into revealing personal/account information such as social security numbers, passwords, and account...
Tech Time Warp: FTC Takes First Action Against Phishing
“See Yourself in Cyber” is the theme of the 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month, encouraging computer users to recognize their own power to detect and protect themselves from cybercrime. Few of us can say that we’ve never been tripped up by...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Phishing attacks targeting GitHub accounts
GitHub alerted the public that there is an ongoing phishing campaign that is targeting its users by impersonating CircleCI continuous integration and delivery platform. These phishing attacks are designed to steal the targeted user’s account credentials and authentication codes. A...
