Something Phishy: How to identify and avoid phishing scamsPhishing is one of the most common attack vectors for hackers who exploit end-user behaviour as the weakest link in an organizations cyber-defence. For years, criminals have disguised attacks in emails and today we see phishing emails as a prima More… |
Cybercriminals likely to hit corporate defences in 2017There's no reason to believe that 2017 will be any better for cybersecurity than it was in 2016. If anything 2017 will be even worse as cybercriminals continue to leverage social engineering and phishing techniques to find new vulnerabilitie More… |
Scam tricks users into handing over email accessA new blog from Norton by Symantec shows that even people who use strong passwords and two-factor authentication (2FA) can be easily fooled into giving attackers access to their accounts. All it takes is one simple text message. A More… |
80pc business users fail to detect phishing attacksPhishing attacks continues to be an effective tactic for infiltrating enterprise networks, with 80 per cent of business users unable to detect scams, according to a recent report. The McAfee Labs Threats Report: August 2014 pointe More… |
Email spam numbers drop in FebOver the month of February, 2.8 per cent of all e-mails contained malicious files, which is 1.5 per cent lower than the previous month. For the second month in a row, the US topped the list of countries with most mail antivirus detections, More… |
CashU system eliminates online purchase risksCashU, a leading secure online payment provider, recently launched a payment platform that eliminates the risk of phishing and card cloning, threats which negatively affect consumer online purchasing habits. CashU’s solution has attracted More… |
China urges tighter Internet securityThe Chinese government is working with domestic Internet search engines like Baidu Inc and Sohu.com and financial institutions to prevent phishing attacks on unsuspecting Chinese web users. The Ministry of Public Security said on Friday i More… |
Phishing attacks on Habbo, Facebook intensifyPhishing attacks on social networks Facebook and Habbo intensified in June, increasing by 4.07 and 6.25 percentage points respectively, pushing the sites up to fourth and third places in the list of organisations attacked most, said a spam report More… |
Batelco alerts on latest scam emailsBatelco, the leading telecom service provider in Bahrain, has issued a warning to its customers to be on the alert regarding reports of fraudulent emails. A number of Batelco customers have reported receiving emails asking them to ‘Resolve More… |
Blue Coat upgrades cloud serviceBlue Coat Systems, the technology leader in application delivery networking, has expanded the malware defenses in its cloud-based service to provide customers with better protection against Web-based threats. The new defenses in its cloud- More… |