Why Phishing Is Still the Top Attack Method

Attackers are known to pore over a company’s website and social channels. Perhaps they spot a mention of an upcoming charity event. Who runs the charity? What does their email signature look like? What’s the color and size of the charity’s logo?    This kind of information is priceless to attackers. From there, attackers can craft […]

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Why Phishing Is Still the Top Attack Method

Attackers are known to pore over a company’s website and social channels. Perhaps they spot a mention of an upcoming charity event. Who runs the charity? What does their email signature look like? What’s the color and size of the charity’s logo?    This kind of information is priceless to attackers. From there, attackers can craft […]

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How the 2011 DigiNotar Attacks Changed Cybersecurity for the Next Decade

The DigiNotar attack in 2011 set itself apart because it was an attack on the cybersecurity industry itself. Most attacks are on a single company. But this one shook trust in cybersecurity tools and how users decide whom to trust online. After covering this industry for years, I’ve seen firsthand how cyber attacks don’t happen […]

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BEC Hack Cons Catholic Church Out of $1.75 Million

An Ohio parish lost a whopping $1.75 million after attackers breached two employees’ email accounts – and then tricked other employees into sending wire transfers to a fraudulent bank account. Continue reading BEC Hack Cons Catholic Church Out of $1.75 Million

Hackers could read users’ Outlook, Hotmail, and MSN email via compromised Microsoft support account

Over the weekend Microsoft confirmed that a “limited” number of Outlook.com webmail accounts had been compromised, allowing hackers to access users’ email addresses, folder names, subject lines, and the names of other email addresses … Continue reading Hackers could read users’ Outlook, Hotmail, and MSN email via compromised Microsoft support account

Microsoft email breach gave hackers access to account information for months

Microsoft has experienced a data breach involving attackers leveraging a customer support account to access customers’ email information, including the content of some email content, according to news reports. The company on Saturday confirmed to TechCrunch that a “limited” number of people who rely on Microsoft-managed email services such as @Outlook.com, @MSN.com and @Hotmail.com experienced account compromises. Microsoft notified users that hackers may have had able to access information about their accounts — including their email address, email subject lines, and frequent contacts — but not the contents of any messages or attachments, according to TechCrunch. Hackers were in fact able to access email content from “a large number” of Outlook, MSN, and Hotmail email accounts, Motherboard reported Sunday. A source told Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox outsiders could exploited a customer support portal to infiltrate any normal customer account, reading contents including the body of an email message. Enterprise accounts […]

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Russia’s Largest Portal HACKED; Nearly 100 Million Plaintext Passwords Leaked

Another data breach from 2012, and this time, it’s Russia’s biggest internet portal and email provider Rambler.ru.

Rambler.ru, also known as Russia’s Yahoo, suffered a massive data breach in 2012 in which an unknown hacker or a group of hackers manage… Continue reading Russia’s Largest Portal HACKED; Nearly 100 Million Plaintext Passwords Leaked