If you haven’t already heard, Twitter was hacked recently and some pretty high-profile people like Barack Obama and Elon Musk had their accounts compromised. When such a powerful tech company as Twitter gets taken like that, the first impulse is to assume it’s some band of sophisticated hackers or a rogue nation employing some leading-edge
Cyberattacks are unavoidable till cyber adversaries continue to exist. Hence ensuring phishing attack prevention is a strenuous task. However, awareness about the recent cyber threats can help organizations handle their security concerns better. With this interest, we bring you the top security news updates from the previous week: MyCastingFile Leaves Database With 1GB Data
At this point, it’s probably impossible to find a company that doesn’t rely on some cloud-based trusted services. Trusted services are services offered by companies so well recognized and respected, that we never give it another thought whether to trust them or not. Companies like Google, Microsoft and Dropbox. We all use them and we
The pandemic has increased cybersecurity concerns globally, with data breaches getting reported every other day. Now is the time, more than ever before, that a person needs to stay abreast of phishing prevention measures and keep oneself safe from the malicious attacks of adversaries. Here are the latest cybersecurity updates from this past week.
Email impersonation is one of the most prevalent and effective types of phishing attacks. Why is that? Because this type of phishing email supposedly comes from someone or some company you know, so you let your guard down. “As the professional community continues to work in a remote environment, email impersonations present the perfect way
On the 15th of July, 2020, the adversaries could successfully barge into some of the most popular accounts of the San Francisco-based social networking platform Twitter. The attackers infiltrated despite Twitter’s phishing attack prevention measures and used this access to Twitter’s database to hack celebrity Twitter Accounts. This attack has taken the internet by storm
Ensuring phishing protection is an important security measure. But that cannot be guaranteed without a minute study of the recent trends of cyberattacks. Here are the latest updates from the world of digital security for this past week: Ransomware Hits Cooke County Sheriff’s Office In a recent attack, the adversaries have encrypted and stolen
As far as phishing emails go, business email compromise (BEC) are amongst the most sophisticated. In BEC, “typically an attack targets specific employee roles within an organization by sending a spoof email which fraudulently represents a senior colleague (CEO or similar) or a trusted customer.” BEC attacks take time and planning and patience. After all,
Anti-phishing protection has become a primary concern for all organizations working online. Every individual uses the internet, and hence vulnerability to cybercrime is the same for all. However, proper knowledge of the kinds of attacks happening around can help bring significant progress to an individual or organization’s digital security. Here are this week’s top cybersecurity
Probably not. Office 365 has two things going against it when it comes to safe email. First, it’s the most targeted platform, so it’s always getting the hackers’ best shot. Second, it doesn’t have a particularly good traffic record of producing effective email defense. An example of the first issue is the recent phishing attack