Microsoft Teams adds Safe Links phishing protection feature
On Monday, Microsoft announced the addition of a new security feature to Microsoft Teams. Dubbed ‘Safe Links’ and residing in Microsoft Defender for Office 365, the feature is designed for use by organizations to protect their users from phishing attacks.
The malicious attacks are usually ex... Read more
Chrome will now warn you when you download questionable files
Google is rolling out new safety features for Chrome, designed to make it easier to recognize when you are about to download questionable files and extensions. The team behind it built upon the Enhanced Safe Browsing feature which was launched last year to catch phishing attacks.
When it comes t... Read more
SolarWinds hackers return and have acquired new targets
Microsoft announced that the group behind the infamous SolarWinds hack identified last year is now targeting think tanks, NGOs, government agencies, and consultants. In a blog post, the software giant said that it observed cyber attacks by the threat actor Nobelium, aimed at the aforementioned targ... Read more
KnowBe4 launches AI-based phishing simulations
KnowBe4 has introduced a new feature that allows employees to be trained to recognise phishing emails. The feature uses AI to simulate personal phishing attacks.
With the phishing platform, administrators can test how resistant their employees are to phishing attacks. The platform sends out phis... Read more
SANS survey shows organizations are poor in cybersecurity awareness
The one thing which most organizations have the most control over when it comes to cybersecurity components is also the one section of cybersecurity that they perform very poorly at. We are talking about people’s behavior.
News of this comes from the sixth annual survey of business adoption of... Read more
Barracuda launches new version of email scanner
Barracuda Networks has released a new version of its email scanner. The new version offers improved reporting and a new user interface. The software integrates directly with Microsoft 365.
Barracuda Email Threat Scanner is a free tool that helps detect email threats that have escaped detection b... Read more
Proofpoint sues Facebook to keep using lookalike domain names
The lawsuit is a result of Facebook's crackdown on lookalike domains last year.
Proofpoint filed a lawsuit against Facebook this week to regain permission to use certain domain names. Facebook is trying to seize certain domain names, which Proofpoint uses for training purposes, to increase aware... Read more
Stolen passwords could be found via Google
Log-in data of victims of phishing attacks were available on various hacked WordPress websites. These websites, and therefore the stolen login data, were indexed by Google.
Check Point Research writes about the findings in a blog post. The attackers first managed to hack existing WordPress websi... Read more
Phishing domains spiked since the Covid-19 vaccine announcement
The number of malicious Covid-19 related domains that have cropped up since the pandemic started continues to rise. There has been a dramatic spike since the announcement of the vaccine. A lot of people are anxious to get it, that criminals are taking advantage of this need.
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Hackers use Covid-19 vaccine to spread malware
Security researchers have uncovered a new phishing campaign that uses the Covid-19 pandemic vaccine news to spread malware and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. The attacks target people in businesses by pretending to be organizations involved in the manufacture of vaccines, the WHO, and DHL... Read more