Cost of Internet Crimes in 2021 Increase 64% Exceeding $6.9 Billion
New data from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) shows a massive increase in the cost of internet crimes, with phishing and BEC topping...
Tag : Phishing
Obvious Phishbait, But Someone Will Bite
A widespread phishing scam is circulating in Facebook Messenger, according to Jeff Parsons at Metro. The phishing messages simply contain the words, “Look what I...
FBI Warns of Phishing Attacks Targeting Election Officials
The FBI has issued a Private Industry Notification warning of phishing emails designed to steal login credentials from election officials. The Bureau believes these attacks...
Mobile Device Usage Have Led to Security Incidents in Nearly Half of Organizations
The shift in devices used by today’s workforce has resulted in increases in cybersecurity concerns and incidents, despite a majority of orgs with defined BYOD...
Email Conversation Hacking to Distribute Malware
Researchers at Intezer warn that attackers are hijacking email conversations to distribute the IcedID banking Trojan. This technique makes the phishing emails appear more legitimate...
Repertoire of Ukraine Charity Phishing Scams
Scammers continue to exploit the crisis in Ukraine, according to researchers at Bitdefender. Over the past week, the researchers believe the fraudsters have adjusted their...
Initial Access Broker Group Relies on Social Engineering
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) describes a cybercriminal group it calls “EXOTIC LILY” that acts as an initial access broker for numerous financially motivated threat...
Number of Phishing Attacks Hits an All-Time High in 2021, Tripling That of Early 2020
New data from the Anti-Phishing Working Group shows cybercriminals are stepping on the gas, focusing phishing attacks on credential theft and response-based scams. originally published...
Phishing Attack-Turned-Wire Fraud Case Sees a Win for the Policyholder
In an unusual turn of events, a recent court decision sided with the policyholder, despite specific policy language that probably should have favored the insurer....
QakBot Banking Trojan Evolves and Now Takes Over Email Conversations to Spread Malware
As if stealing all your credentials, cookies, and email wasn’t bad enough, this new version of QakBot inserts itself into your emails, impersonating you to...