Scammers and hackers are exploiting the confusion regarding Twitter’s new CEO, Elon Musk’s plans for paid blue ticks on the platform. They are sending phishing emails disguised as official Twitter notices and luring users into sharing their details. This post covers the details regarding such phishing schemes.
Twilio has suffered a second attack, leading to the compromise of its former and current employee accounts and the loss of sensitive customer information. This text shares the details of the attack, how it happened, whether it is over, whether customers are safe, how Twilio is dealing with it, and what organizations could learn from the cyberattack.
While there are various types of data breaches, one can always attribute them to a vulnerability or a security posture gap that cybercriminals exploit to gain access to the organization’s systems. Here are this week’s phishing-related news headlines, so you can plug the vulnerabilities and prevent cybersecurity breaches.
The ICO has fined Interserve £4.4 million, which is about $5 million, due to the data breach compromising the financial and personal data of 113,000 employees. Here is how the attack occurred, the lost data, why Interserve was fined, and how organizations can avoid a similar fate by investing in anti-phishing solutions.
The article dives deep into the recent investigation of the Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called “Caffeine, ” which was noticed by Mandiant detectives, and the new findings related to it.
Individuals in the United Kingdom are targeted by sophisticated phishing campaigns to target finances and personal details, taking advantage of the rising cost of living and post-COVID changes. This article delves deep into the latest UK phishing campaign, shares key statistics, how fraudsters target brits, and how to protect against phishing.
TA453, an Iranian-aligned cybercriminal group, is harvesting credentials by employing multi-persona impersonation. This article shares details about TA453, its Korg remote template injection, how TA453’s phishing campaign works, how to check if you are a target, and how to protect yourself.
Open source software libraries become frequent targets of attackers, who view them as an attractive path to distributing malware and stealing credentials. In August 2022, the threat actor JuiceLedger targeted PyPI contributors with a phishing campaign and successfully compromised various legitimate packages. Read on to know more.
Organizations implement Multi-factor authentication (MFA) as an enterprise identity security tool to protect them against credential theft, brute force techniques, and dictionary attacks. But what if a cybercriminal intercepts MFA? Read on to know how attackers planned the sophisticated attack on Okta customers.
While technical measures to secure our personal information and devices become more sophisticated, phishing remains one of the cheapest and easiest ways for cyber criminals to initiate a con. For example, when asked for credit card information by where you usually shop, be sure it’s legit before you provide any personal details.
One of the latest scams to steal your money, your identity and your confidence is CEO fraud.
CEO fraud, also known as business email compromise (BEC), is one of the most common forms of business email fraud.
It’s a scam where criminals impersonate an executive at your company and request that you wire money or transfer funds to an account under their control. CEO Fraud is a huge problem and it only takes seconds for someone to intercept an email and make it look legitimate.
In today’s digital age, phishing emails are one of the most common ways malware and viruses are spread. While most people are familiar with phishing scams, phishing emails are a little different than other types of scams. Not only do phishing emails interact with users through spam mail or phishing emails sent to their inbox, but they also often carry malicious attachments or links that direct users to sites infected with malware or viruses. Phishing emails are spread through spam emails and spam messages.
Spear phishing, or targeted phishing, is an email scam aimed at a specific individual or company. These messages often pretend to be from a legitimate company or organization (such as your bank or internet service provider), and senders use personal information to gain access to accounts. Spear phishing can be particularly dangerous, since the scammers generally know how to blend in, and their messages are crafted specifically to be convincing. Here are helpful tips for spear phishing prevention:
As malicious actors develop increasingly sophisticated attack vectors, enterprises and organizations need to draw a strong line of defense against such threats. While phishing happens to be one of the oldest tools to inflict cyberattacks, TrickBot phishing is a comparatively newer malware that first gained visibility as a simple banking Trojan. Over the years, TrickBot has evolved significantly to remain a threat to organizations. Its adaptive and modular nature makes it one of the most significant attack vectors. The latest version can check the screen resolution of the targeted devices to look for virtual machines. Nevertheless, you can combat the challenge with proper anti-phishing solutions in place, along with training your employees.
Credential stuffing is a phishing attack in which threat actors use the credentials obtained from a data breach to log in to another unrelated service. For example, an attacker may use a list of passwords and usernames that he got from a breach of a department store and use these login credentials to log in to the website of a national bank. The malicious actors work on the notion that a fraction of department store customers also have a bank account and use the same login credentials for both services.
The increasing trend of cyber-attacks and the lack of adequate cyber readiness dictate that organizations should improve their security posture by alerting their users about various types of phishing attacks, the methods malicious actors use, and the consequences of a successful attack. Solutions to improve phishing awareness start by educating users about what communications and media are used in a phishing attack, what to look for in a social engineering attempt, and how to spot a scam from a distance. Phishing simulation campaigns go a step further by helping employees become more alert to phishing attempts by going through mock-phishing attempts.
Less than a month ago, Microsoft exposed a well-organized operation that provides a one-of-a-kind, DIY phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) product to malicious actors. This product includes phishing kits, hosting services, and templates to create and develop customized phishing campaigns. This ‘BulletProofLink’ (also referred to as BulletProftLink) operation was first discovered in 2020, yet it continues today.
Machine learning is one of the critical mechanisms working in tandem with Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is based on algorithms focused on understanding and recognizing patterns from enormous piles of data to create a system that can predict unusual behavior and anomalies. It evolves with time while learning patterns of normal behavior. These characteristics make it helpful in identifying phishing emails, spam, and malware.
With threats such as ransomware, phishing emails, and malware constantly lurking in the dark, cybersecurity experts are always at war against those waiting to exploit uneducated victims. Since the first phishing attack in the mid-1990s, it has evolved into a highly sophisticated and most frequent attack vector leading to fraud activity. Enterprises need to fundamentally change their approach to cybersecurity and align their budgets with the newly defined reality. As per a report, cybersecurity expenditure will touch approximately $6 trillion by 2021 globally.
Today’s cyber adversaries don’t merely rely on computer viruses and worms to target an individual digitally but make use of sophisticated social engineering (phishing) techniques to rob the end-users of their PII (Personally Identifiable Information) and other confidential information. And businesses are no different, especially online businesses such as e-commerce; they are more lucrative targets for them. Their modus operandi includes masquerading themselves as authorized entities, sending out fraudulent emails, text messages, or even making phone calls to lure customers and clients and mislead them into divulging sensitive information. Here’s how these threat actors target e-commerce businesses.