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People are being warned to look out for fake emails and texts claiming to offer discounts on energy bills. A number of different scams have been circulating, including some that appear to be from the energy regulator Ofgem. The government…
It was all over the news, but ZDNet's Eileen Yu was one of the first. -- "Hacker is believed to have breached Uber's entire network in a social engineering attack, which one security vendor says is more extensive than the…
Attackers are exploiting a legitimate French government website to send phishing messages, according to researchers at Vade. The website, Pôle Emploi, is a career site for companies looking for job recruits. The attackers are responding to job postings with phony…
Security researchers at Cisco Talos have issued an update on the cyberattack Cisco sustained earlier this year. The attack began with a phishing attack against a Cisco employee, which led to the attackers stealing data and attempting to extort the…
The Sun just reported that experts are sending a warning about online scams in relation to Queen Elizabeth's passing. These threat actors are utilizing social engineering tactics by using phony Twitter accounts to offer tickets to next week's funeral. The…
As ransomware gangs look for new ways to improve their execution, this relatively new encryption tactic has been gaining popularity in multiple ransomware families. If you were a developer of ransomware software, what would your two biggest improvement goals be…
