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Researchers at Malwarebytes spotted a malvertising campaign that abused Google Ads to target people searching for Google Authenticator.  If someone typed “Google Authenticator” into Google, the malicious ad would be at the top of the search results. The ad copied…

The use of the Microsoft brand in phishing attacks demonstrates both its widespread credibility as well as the continued success of attacks leveraging it. Each quarter, security vendor Check Point builds its’ Brand Phishing Ranking, identifying the top ten impersonated brands…

Analysis of current phishing attacks by security researchers have uncovered an increase in the use of trusted shortlink services. To be successful, phishing scammers need to establish legitimacy as much and as early as possible. Brand impersonation within an email…

New analysis of Q2 2024 cyber attacks shows the number of attacks experienced weekly by organizations globally is on the rise. Each quarter, Check Point Research puts out a quarterly report covering what cyber attack activity they’re seeing globally.  Their latest…

Researchers at Barracuda have found that smaller companies tend to receive a higher rate of phishing attacks spread across the organization, according to a report looking at the phishing attack surfaces of companies of different sizes.  This is likely due…

New data on how the threat of AI in cyber crime is being seen as a growing risk provides insight into how organizations are shifting from reaction to prevention. According to endpoint security vendor Deep Instinct’s Voice of SecOps report, 97% of organizations…