Consumer Alerts
January 25, 2024
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Stolen credentials are big business

Panda Security has a blog post on phishing and how it so profitable that criminals don’t always use stolen credentials themselves — they just sell them to other criminals. From the blog post: Phishing attacks have one purpose – to steal your usernames and passwords. Cybercriminals use carefully crafted messages to trick you into visiting a […]

Data Breach News, Commentaries and Analyses
January 19, 2024
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Four-in-ten employees sacked over email security breaches as firms tackle “truly staggering” increase in attacks

ITPro reports: Nearly half of workers responsible for email security breaches over the last year have been sacked, according to new search, as cyber leaders begin taking a tougher stance amid a surge in attacks. Research from cyber security firm Egress found that 94% of organizations globally have experienced a serious email security incident in […]

Data Breach News
December 07, 2023
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Russian hackers accused of targeting U.S. intelligence community with spear phishing campaign

CBS reports:  Russia-based hackers conducted a sophisticated cyber campaign against American intelligence officials, including contractors at the State and Defense Departments, as part of an international operation that included NATO members and Ukraine, the Justice Department alleged Thursday. Prosecutors accused an officer in Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and another co-defendant of carrying out a […]

Data Breach News
October 23, 2023
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Phishing Guidance: Stopping the Attack Cycle at Phase One

Posted by CISA.gov, this guidance also has tips for small and medium businesses: This guide was created by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) to outline phishing techniques malicious actors commonly use and to provide guidance for […]

Data Breach News
September 12, 2023
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Facebook Messenger phishing wave targets 100K business accounts per week

Hackers use a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages to target Facebook business accounts with password-stealing malware. The attackers trick the targets into downloading a RAR/ZIP archive containing a downloader for an evasive Python-based stealer that grabs cookies and passwords stored in the victim’s browser. […]