What does effective security awareness training look like?
Hackers can find an entry point into your company's digital spaces through your employees. A popular technique among hackers to get in is phishing, where an employee is tricked into sharing personal data or installing malware. For IT professionals, the attack may be familiar, but what about managem... Read more
Google Chrome offers real-time phishing protection
Google Chrome is getting more personalization options, new security features and a different look. The most important update is better protection against phishing and malware.
Chrome is fifteen years old, and users are benefiting because Google is giving the browser several updates that should ... Read more
Phishing kits from 16shop created 70,000 victims in 43 countries
The administrator of platform 16shop was arrested last week, Interpol reports. 16shop was a Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) platform on which phishing kits were traded.
Interpol reports in a statement that the administrator of the platform 16shop was arrested last week in Indonesia. It is said to ... Read more
EvilProxy phishing campaign hits thousands of Microsoft 365 accounts
A recent EvilProxy phishing campaign attacked thousands of Microsoft 365 accounts worldwide. C-level accounts in particular were targeted to penetrate deeper into organizational structures.
During the months of March through June this year, the EvilProxy phishing campaign attacked thousands of ... Read more
New phishing tactic abuses Google AMP to trick email security solutions
Hackers have found a way to circumvent mailbox security solutions. A higher number of phishing emails end up in employees' inboxes as a result.
Through Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), hackers can still get phishing messages into companies' mailboxes. Hackers extend the URL leading to the... Read more
Half of all phishing emails are HR-related
Hackers often use HR-related topics for their phishing emails.
That's according to security awareness player KnowBe4. In its research, KnowBe4 indicates that half of all malicious emails contain HR-related topics. Think announcements about dress codes, training or vacations.
About 50 percent... Read more
‘Without training, a third of Europeans fall for phishing’
Europeans have become more susceptible to phishing. This is according to a study by KnowBe4. According to the figures, much of the solution lies in training employees on digital threats.
From the Phish-prone Percentage of KnowBe4's latest survey, Europeans are three percent more likely to fall ... Read more
Acronis: ‘AI helps hackers penetrate deeper into the organization’
AI tools are increasingly the weapon of cyber criminals. Hackers abuse the tools to create malicious content and carry out sophisticated attacks. Artificial intelligence is popular among hackers because it perfectly manages to bypass traditional antivirus software.
Acronis provides more insight... Read more
Microsoft expands support for passkeys in Windows 11
Windows Insiders will soon be able to sign into their accounts using passkeys and Windows Hello.
This week Microsoft announced that is is expanding support for passkeys in Windows 11, enabling users to log into websites and apps using biometric authentication.
Passkeys allow users to replace... Read more
This is what a global phishing campaign looks like
Phishing is an Internet scam tactic dating back almost as far as email itself. It still accounts for a hefty 80% of all cyber attacks. Research by cybersecurity specialist Sygnia shows what a sophisticated phishing campaign can look like.
We've been intimately familiar with Sygnia's work for som... Read more