phishing – Page 49 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Chris Taylor| Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:05:50 +0000

Attendees to the Black Hat 2017 security conference said their #1 security concern and most time-consuming activity was phishing and social engineering attacks. That’s no surprise with the increase in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks and with most ransomware being delivered by email. But Black Hat Attendees also said the weakest link in their security…

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April 5, 2018 admin

Maybe you shouldn’t use LinkedIn

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000

In light of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problem, we examined another important social networking platform’s protection of users’ data. The results for LinkedIn users? Not pretty.

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Tags: LinkedIn phishing privacy scams security Social Engineering social media

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April 5, 2018 admin

Can you spot a phishing email? Take this test and find out!

Credit to Author: Rajiv Singha| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 09:30:20 +0000

One of the oldest, nastiest and most lucrative tools used by hackers is phishing – a method to fool you into revealing your personal and sensitive information such as debit/card numbers, passwords, ATM pin, date of birth – any data that can personal identify you. Here’s an example of a…

Security Sophos

March 27, 2018 admin

Sophos Phish Threat ora è disponibile anche in italiano

Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:05:45 +0000

Con le simulazioni di Sophos Phish Threat, la vulnerabilità dei dipendenti agli attacchi informatici diminuisce in media del 31%<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/8EPOnHgQmdw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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March 26, 2018 admin

A week in security (March 19 – March 25)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:00:07 +0000

A roundup of notable security news from March 19 to 25, including data theft, ransomware, phone addiction, and more.

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Tags: bug bounty malware phishing ransomware roundup Stephen Hawking scam week in security

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March 21, 2018 admin

An in-depth analysis of a new, emerging “.url” malware campaign – by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:19:13 +0000

Last week, we had blogged about the emergence of a new attack vector ‘.url’ which is used to spread malware. In this blog post, we will deep-dive into the attack chain of this ‘.url’ vector and elaborate on the Quant Loader malware which is actively making use of it. Let’s…

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March 19, 2018 admin