Collaborate Disseminate
Phishing is a pervasive and ever-evolving cyber threat that has become a primary concern for individuals, organizations, and cybersecurity experts worldwide. This deceptive practice involves cybercriminals using various tactics to trick individuals int… Continue reading From unsuspecting click to data compromise
Original equipment suppliers (OEMs) and their suppliers who are weighing how to invest their budgets might be inclined to slow pedal investment in addressing cyberthreats. To date, the attacks that they have encountered have remained relatively unsophi… Continue reading Connected cars and cybercrime: A primer
85% of phishing emails utilized malicious links in the content of the email, and spam emails increased by 30% from Q1 to Q2 2023, according to a VIPRE report. Information technology organizations also overtook financial institutions (9%) as the most ta… Continue reading Spam is up, QR codes emerge as a significant threat vector
Kudos to the North Mississippi Health Services for rapid detection and interruption of a phishing attack. In a website notice dated September 1, NMHS explains that on July 3, they discovered unauthorized access through an employee’s email account… Continue reading Kudos to North Mississippi Health Services for fast detection and disruption of attack
Brian Krebs reports: Domain names ending in “.US” — the top-level domain for the United States — are among the most prevalent in phishing scams, new research shows. This is noteworthy because .US is overseen by the U.S. government, which is frequently … Continue reading Why is .US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?
Travis Andersen reports: The Lawrence Public Schools are working to recover $2.7 million in funds that were recently “frozen” when a staffer responded to a phishing email sent by scammers posing as a vendor for the school district, city officials said…. Continue reading Lawrence schools trying to recover $2.7 million ‘frozen’ by online phishing scheme, officials say
Quite some money can be made from selling compromised business and ad accounts on social media platforms, and the Ducktail threat actor has specialized in just that. “We observed that an account deemed ‘low-grade’ sells for around 350… Continue reading How Ducktail capitalizes on compromised business, ad accounts
Is there an admx file to disable the Reading Pane in Outlook 365 to prevent Phishing?
I looked here but I don’t see anything of the sort.
Continue reading GPO to turn off and disable the reader pane in Outlook for Office 365?
A new study found that 4.31% of phishing attacks mimicked Microsoft, far ahead of the second most-spoofed brand PayPal. Continue reading Abnormal Security: Microsoft Tops List of Most-Impersonated Brands in Phishing Exploits
Does anyone think the chances of surviving a plane crash increase if our tray tables are locked and our carry-on bags are completely stowed under our seats? That we’ll be OK if the plane hits a mountain if we have our seat belts buckled securely across… Continue reading Is the cybersecurity community’s obsession with compliance counter-productive?