Business Email Compromise is a multi-billion dollar business, representing 43% of all cybercrime last year. Despite it being dwarfed in the news by ransomware, it represents a growing threat. We’ve seen recent rises in BEC activity – along with a…
The use of open redirects from legitimate domains makes phishing emails that much more believable and credible, obfuscating the dangerous nature of these attacks. In the ongoing saga of attacks on Microsoft 365 users, security analysts at Microsoft recently announced…
The Global Assured Identity Network (GAIN) released its proposal for businesses performing know your customer checks to act as digital identity providers in a user-centric system to deliver “high-trust identity assurance” to the other businesses and entities they engage with…
Researchers at AirEye have discovered a vulnerability in the way in which devices connect to wireless networks that could allow an attacker to trick a user into connecting to a malicious network. The method, dubbed “SSID Stripping,” enables attackers to…
The volume of scam text messages – commonly known as smishing scams – sent to UK mobile customers during the first six months of 2021 grew by close to 700% compared with the last six months of 2020, according to…
Researchers at ESTsecurity warn that a North Korean threat actor known as “Kumsong 121” is using compromised social media accounts to launch spear phishing attacks, the Daily NK reports. The attackers use the hacked accounts to target the victims’ acquaintances.…
