Cybersecurity affects all of us, but the industry uses complicated terms that make it hard to understand. For example, what is ransomware and how does it work? What does phishing mean? Or zero trust? Let’s discuss these cyber concepts in simple, everyday language. And let’s cover what the good guys are doing to make our online lives safer. What’s ransomware? Imagine if you … [Read more...] about Simply Explained: Ransomware, Phishing, Zero Trust
Phishing
Hackers Spotted Using Morse Code in Phishing Attacks to Evade Detection
Microsoft has disclosed details of an evasive year-long social engineering campaign wherein the operators kept changing their obfuscation and encryption mechanisms every 37 days on average, including relying on Morse code, in an attempt to cover their tracks and surreptitiously harvest user credentials. The phishing attacks take the form of invoice-themed lures mimicking … [Read more...] about Hackers Spotted Using Morse Code in Phishing Attacks to Evade Detection
New phishing scam promises PlayStation 5 giveaway
The PlayStation 5 console went on sale last November, but many hopeful shoppers are still empty-handed. Sony, suffering a chip shortage as a result of COVID-associated supply restrictions, cannot keep pace with demand. Meanwhile, scammers are moving in to take advantage of the hype by offering the chance to win a PS5. Win a PS5 from a pharmaceutical company As with most … [Read more...] about New phishing scam promises PlayStation 5 giveaway
Targeted Phishing Attacks Strike High-Ranking Company Executives
An evolving phishing campaign observed at least since May 2020 has been found to target high-ranking company executives across manufacturing, real estate, finance, government, and technological sectors with the goal of obtaining sensitive information. The campaign hinges on a social engineering trick that involves sending emails to potential victims containing fake Office 365 … [Read more...] about Targeted Phishing Attacks Strike High-Ranking Company Executives
How to Defend Against Malware, Phishing, and Scams During COVID-19 Crisis
As if the exponential rise in phishing scams and malware attacks in the last five years wasn't enough, the COVID-19 crisis has worsened it further. The current scenario has given a viable opportunity to cybercriminals to find a way to target individuals, small and large enterprises, government corporations. According to Interpol's COVID-19 Cybercrime Analysis Report, based on … [Read more...] about How to Defend Against Malware, Phishing, and Scams During COVID-19 Crisis
Phishing and online scams on Amazon
Anyone who has had any contact with Amazon knows that, from time to time, you may come across scammers who parasitically exploit the marketplace’s popularity. They defraud all sorts of users: sellers, buyers, regular users, and one-time visitors. Even if you’ve never logged on to Amazon (real talk, though: never?), some of these scams can affect you, too. We’ll focus first on … [Read more...] about Phishing and online scams on Amazon
Phishing giveaways of PUBG Mobile items
Free cheese exists only in mousetraps, but businesses everywhere have been desensitizing people to the idea of freemium cheese for years. The freemium approach is especially prevalent in the gaming industry. Game developers and publishers commonly offer users minor but genuinely free goodies — the expectation being that the gamers will get sucked in and end up spending on … [Read more...] about Phishing giveaways of PUBG Mobile items
COVID-19 in spam and phishing related to deliveries
It would be hard to find a sphere of human activity untouched by the coronavirus pandemic, and express delivery services are no exception. Transport flows between countries have been disrupted, and there is a shortage of cargo planes as people and companies continue to order goods both domestically and from abroad. Demand for some items has even shot up. The spikes in demand … [Read more...] about COVID-19 in spam and phishing related to deliveries
How e-mail accounts are hacked with phishing
Good old e-mail isn’t the sexiest offering in the digital world, but amid a whole bunch of newer apps and services — the instant messengers, the social networks — it’s standing its ground as an essential tool for modern-day life. Most of us still have to use e-mail, at the very least to be able to register new accounts for all those services, apps, and social networks out … [Read more...] about How e-mail accounts are hacked with phishing