Forty-seven percent of organizations have experienced voice phishing (vishing) attacks over the past year, according to researchers at Mutare. Additionally, the researchers found that nine percent of all phone calls received by organizations are unwanted, and nearly half of these…
Do you know your organizations true security risk and where to prioritize your resources? A new report from Palo Alto Networks sheds some light on these questions and shows multiple insights on incident response work from security teams. The report…
We all know that big brands can be exploited by bad actors in order to execute successful phishing attacks. Now a new study is showing phishing attacks leveraging big brands Microsoft and Facebook as the top abused brands. Vade's newest…
Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a large malvertising campaign is exploiting Google ads to redirect users to phishing sites. “[W]e recently uncovered a malvertising chain abusing Google’s ad network to redirect visitors to an infrastructure of tech support scams,” the…
Just when you thought scammers couldn't get more tricky in their attacks, this example will prove you wrong. One of our KnowBe4 colleagues shared this LinkedIn post on a recent USB fail: Source: LinkedIn As you can see, the Microsoft…
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack of 2021 put infrastructure operators on notice that they were directly in the crosshairs of big ransomware gangs. The reaction of law enforcement seems, however, to have also put the gangs on notice that their…
