It seems like every week we hear about another major security breach. There was the Equifax breach in 2017 that compromised the data of 143 million people and the JP Morgan Chase breach in 2014 that affected 83 million households. Then there was Anthem and Target and Uber and Home Depot. I think you get
With email security, it’s a never ending cycle of attacks and counterattacks. Whenever the bad guys come up with some clever new way to scam people, the good guys eventually figure out a way to combat it. If only that were the end of the story. Unfortunately, it really is a never ending cycle. So,
With rapid advancement globally, cyber-attacks on both individuals and enterprises are breaking new ground every day. In 2019, threat vectors are rapidly growing, and cybercriminals are leveraging new hacking techniques. The icing on the cake is that cybersecurity is rising to the challenge and putting up a noble fight. Here are the cybersecurity news updates
If you’ve been on the Internet, then you’ve run into a 404 error page. According to Lifewire, “a 404 error is an HTTP status code that means that the page you were trying to reach on a website couldn’t be found on their server. To be clear, the 404 error indicates that while the server
There used to be a time when the worst thing that could happen to you from a phishing attack was a financial loss. Maybe the hackers stole your credentials, got a credit card in your name and went on a shopping spree. Or, maybe they used ransomware to encrypt your hard drive and insisted on
It was not long ago the white house was in the news when US intelligence agencies concluded Russia tried to sway the US presidential election in favor of Donald Trump alleging that the Russian hackers stole the information of rival Hillary Clinton’s campaign. The White House is said to be one of the most secured
As phishing protection methods soar new heights, there is an equivalent (if not more) progress by adversaries. They continuously strive to attack weaker systems and networks via malware or phishing attempts. There are many cyber attacks taking place in every corner of the world, and their success rate is quite high. Being aware of the
How many employees have to get phished before they take action? How much ransomware has to be paid before they take action? How many personal records have to be stolen before they take action? What will it take for email security service providers to install phishing protection technology and protect their customers? Apparently they haven’t
The domain of cybersecurity or information security is always abuzz with new activities all the time. Every moment, many attackers are brainstorming to conspire the next big attack to steal sensitive personal information or financial data and also to wreak havoc on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the enterprise’s data. Cybersecurity is a growing
If you’ve ever taken phishing awareness training, you’ve most likely been taught to identify domain name spoofing. Domain name spoofing is a phishing tactic where an attacker sends you an email from one domain, the attacker’s domain, that looks almost identical to another domain, a domain you trust. The idea is that if the recipient
The world of technology is abuzz with activity every moment. The fast-paced twenty-first century has no room for stillness. Similar is the case in the world of cybersecurity, where the good and bad actors are always engaged in outsmarting each other. The outcome of this relentless strive is reflected in the news headlines that make
A recent article on the Help Net Security website discussed the results of research into the effectiveness of phishing filters. Phishing filters are used in email security to scan emails for malicious links or attachments. Phishing filter technology is becoming widely adopted and it’s generally thought to be pretty effective at preventing phishing attacks. That’s
As we mentioned in Part 1, when it comes to dealing with ransomware, you basically have three choices: pay it, don’t pay it or avoid it in the first place by deploying anti-phishing software. Naturally, here at Phish Protection we think you should be proactive and use our inexpensive and easy-to-deploy cloud-based phishing protection with
Spear Phishing is a type of phishing attack which generally targets “Whales” or “high-level organizational actors” such as C-suite executives (e.g., CEO, CFO, CIO, etc.) or upper management to steal financial and sensitive or confidential information from unsuspecting top-level management. Spear phishing data breaches account for more than half of the phishing scams worldwide, which
Osterman Research came out with their Office 365 Email Security 2019 Benchmarking Survey and the results are scary for organizations using Office 365 for email. The results are based on 318 in-depth surveys with IT and security managers of enterprises using Office 365 in the United States and the United Kingdom. According to Osterman, the
What’s the greatest threat to democracy today? How about election results that can’t be trusted because the election was manipulated by hackers. Hackers who began their attack with a spear phishing campaign. It’s happened before. It will almost certainly happen again. Manipulating campaigns is now part of the election process. And the number of ways
Like always, much activity has been taking place in cyberspace, and naturally, all souls enthusiastic about the updates must be scavenging through the internet for relevant news reports. The search concludes here as we bring you the most important news headlines from the world of cybersecurity, curated, and presented most originally: Israeli NSO Allegedly
Fishing can be a very profitable enterprise. Many commercial fishing fleets head out to sea each day hoping to land a big catch. Now these same boat owners have to be careful the big catch doesn’t land them. According to an article on the Hot for Security website, “An alert released on Monday cautions that
A plethora of game-changing events has taken place in the digital world in the past few days. The cyber-world being mostly dynamic, it becomes humanly impossible to be abreast with all the critical events. Following is a list of the major headlines from the cyberspace:
The rapid transformation of the cyberspace and digital technologies in recent times have necessitated changes in an enterprise’s digital architecture. Adversaries these days make use of highly sophisticated techniques and advanced digital platforms to attack enterprises and individuals. One of these techniques employed by cybercriminals is ‘Phishing.’ Phishing is a type of online fraud, which