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Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. Apparently now that includes emailing employees directly and asking them to unleash the malware inside their employer’s network in exchange for a percentage of any ransom amount paid by the victim company. Continue reading Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware
Phishing attacks are the most common form of cyber attack. Why? The simplicity of email gives cybercriminals an easy route in, allowing them to reach users directly with no defensive barriers, to mislead, harvest credentials and spread malicious elemen… Continue reading Five Emails you don’t want in your Inbox
Anyone over the age of 40 in the UK will remember patiently browsing for holidays bargains on their TV via Teletext. While the TV version of Teletext Holidays died out years ago due to the creation of the world-wide-web, Teletext Holidays, a tradi… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for September 2019
Businesses beware! Online criminals have ramped up their attempts to steal W-2 information from the finance and human resources departments of organisations, according to a warning issued by the FBI. In an alert issued last week, the FBI warned that it… Continue reading Form W-2 data thefts are rocketing, warns FBI
Online extortion, tech support scams and phishing attacks that spoof the boss were among the most costly cyber scams reported by consumers and businesses last year, according to new figures from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
The IC3 report released Thursday correctly identifies some of the most prevalent and insidious forms of cybercrimes today, but the total financial losses tied to each crime type also underscore how infrequently victims actually report such crimes to law enforcement. Continue reading FBI: Extortion, CEO Fraud Among Top Online Fraud Complaints in 2016
Most regular readers here are familiar with CEO fraud — e-mail scams in which the attacker spoofs the boss and tricks an employee at the organization into wiring funds to the fraudster. Loyal readers also have heard an earful about W-2 phishing, in which crooks impersonate the boss and request a copy of all employee tax forms. According to a new “urgent alert” issued by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, scammers are now combining both schemes and targeting a far broader range of organizations than ever before. Continue reading IRS: Scam Blends CEO Fraud, W-2 Phishing
Hard to believe it’s time to celebrate another go ’round the Sun for KrebsOnSecurity! Today marks exactly seven years since I left The Washington Post and started this here solo thing. And what a remarkable year 2016 has been! Continue reading Happy Seventh Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!
Business email compromise scammers have gradually changed their tactics to improve their scam success rate.Read More Continue reading New BEC scams seek to build trust first, request wire transfer later
Business email compromise scammers have gradually changed their tactics to improve their scam success rate.Read More Continue reading New BEC scams seek to build trust first, request wire transfer later
More than 400 companies are targeted with BEC scams every day. Find out more and learn how to stay protected.Read More Continue reading Billion-dollar scams: The numbers behind BEC fraud