Collaborate Disseminate
Attackers are increasingly targeting insecure legacy protocols, like IMAP, to avoid running into multi-factor authentication in password-spraying campaigns. Continue reading Threatlist: IMAP-Based Attacks Compromising Accounts at ‘Unprecedented Scale’
A scammer ring dubbed Scarlet Widow has targeted nonprofits, schools and universities with an array of business email compromise (BEC) attacks over the past few months. Continue reading RSA Conference: BEC Scammer Gang Takes Aim at Boy Scouts, Other Nonprofts
The Threatpost team talks about the biggest cybersecurity stories, trends and research we’ll see at RSA this year. Continue reading Podcast: RSA Conference 2019 Preview
Banking trojans, led by the ever-changing Emotet, dominated the email-borne threat landscape in Q4, according to Proofpoint. Continue reading ThreatList: Banking Trojans Are Still The Top Big Bad for Email
This morning I received a tip from one of the top West African fraud experts in the world, Derek Smythe from AA419. Derek and his team had been in communication with several victims of a “Poker Lottery” scam and had documented a set of linked domains… Continue reading Facebook Lotteries to Avoid – with help from AA419
She sent her bank account details three times, she said. Unfortunately, they wound up in crooks’ hands, and her money wound up in their pockets. Continue reading Email crooks swindle woman out of $150K from home sale
Bad actors are imitating high-level executives in the shipping industry to launch BEC attacks that could lead to credential theft or worse – system compromise. Continue reading Shipping Firms Speared with Targeted ‘Whaling’ Attacks
By Uzair Amir
Another day, another email scam – This time, wicked scammers have stolen over $1,000,000 from Save the Children, an international non-governmental organization based in London, United Kingdom. This happened after scammers compromise… Continue reading Wicked scammers steal $1 million from Save the Children charity
Scammers tricked Save the Children Federation, a well-known U.S. charity, into sending them approximately one million dollars. As reported by The Boston Globe, digital attackers compromised the email account of a Save the Children Federation employee s… Continue reading Save the Children Federation Tricked Into Sending $1 Million to Scammers
Watch out for emails about gift cards and corporate donations, researcher warn. Continue reading ThreatList: Gift Card-Themed BEC Holiday Scams Spike