Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET highlights that cybercriminals may target the popular event with ransomware, phishing, or DDoS attacks in a bid to increase their notoriety or make money.Read More…
With 79% of organisations using Office 365 and many more looking at migrating in the near future, cybercriminals a exploiting the tech giant’s popularity and trusted reputation to trick victims of their social engineering attacks. This is according to Barracuda’s latest report titled Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends Vol.Read More…
Phishing is a type of social engineering attack that is often used to steal sensitive information from users. It happens when a hacker poses as a trustworthy person and convinces a victim to open an email, instant message, or text message. Phishing scams are spreading at an alarming pace andRead More…
Ashkan Hosseini and Ashutosh Chitwadgi elaborate on the increase in malicious pdf files and phishing trends in 2020. From 2019-20, we noticed a dramatic 1,160% increase in malicious PDF files – from 411,800 malicious files to 5,224,056. PDF files are an enticing phishing vector as they are cross-platform and allowRead More…
Cisco has today published its DNS Security Report, which analyzes malicious DNS activity and threats that occurred between January and December of last year. The report examines data from Cisco Umbrella, the company’s cloud-based network security platform, finding that cryptomining malware affected a vast majority of customers in 2020, generatingRead More…
Charbel Khneisser, Regional Director – Technical Sales, META at Riverbed explains that with the greater push towards the adoption of cloud and SaaS applications due to COVID-19, we face far more risks than before. So, in this scenario, we need to ensure high visibility over all the applications to closeRead More…
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, released the KnowBe4 Comprehensive Anti-Phishing Guide ebook, written by Data-Driven Defense Evangelist and well-known author Roger A. Grimes.Read More…
Barracuda today announced a redesigned version of the Barracuda Email Threat Scanner, a free tool that helps businesses detect email threats that got past their email gateway. These threats include highly targeted attacks such as spear phishing, business email compromise, conversation hijacking and services impersonation, among many others.Read More…
