Threats
Black Friday Is Right Around the Corner, and So Are These Scams
One of the biggest online shopping events is just a couple of days away. With Black Friday just around the corner, cyber criminals are gearing up for a busy weekend as well, with a multitude of scams ready to be... Read more
What Is a Fake Infringement Notice Attack?
Bad actors have recently launched a new campaign, targeting Instagram users with phishing emails. The phishing campaign hinges on one commonly used social engineering trick - scaring the victim into submission. The... Read more
Phishing Scheme Uses CAPTCHA on Fake Login Pages to Make Them Look Legitimate
Researchers with Menlo Security found a new phishing scheme that was using fake Captcha checks. The bad actors behind the credentials theft scam were primarily targeting businesses and organizations in the hospitality... Read more
Fake O2 Texts Phish for Victim Credentials
A new text-based scam is making the rounds in the UK. Potential victims of the scam receive fake text messages that pose as official communication from British telecom company O2, asking users to update billing... Read more
Mobile Malware Spreading Through COVID-19 Test SMS
Cybercriminals are not letting go of the Covid-19 anxiety that is still gripping the world and are doing their best to abuse it. A brand new mobile scam that spreads malware has joined the dozens of Covid-themed... Read more
Ransomware Attack Cost - Data Recovery Cost vs. Paying the Ransom Cost
Ransomware is one of the most damaging, effective, and pernicious methods of extorting cash out of their victims available to hackers to date. There is a multitude of ways to get infected, and it only takes a... Read more
The New Jupyter Trojan Threatens Your Passwords and Usernames
Researchers with Morphisec have discovered a new strain of malware. The new threat is a Trojan named Jupyter and primarily targets businesses and educational institutions. Jupyter attempts to steal login credentials... Read more
Phishers Are Using a Fake Netflix Website in Arabic to Steal Login Credentials
In October 2020 security researchers found a group of bad actors running a phishing campaign. The campaign is focused on Arabic users and uses a fake Netflix page. The bad actors used convincing imagery to fool... Read more
Cybersecurity Experts Have Faced a "Game-Changing" Phishing Scheme
A recent cyberattack was dubbed "game-changing" - wording you obviously don't see every day. What makes that particular phishing attack that impressive, though? The attack was detailed and analyzed by security... Read more
Watch Out for Fake Emails Offering £1,000 Gift Cards From Asda
Asda Stores Limited, a retail supermarket chain based in Leeds in the United Kingdom, issued a warning to its customers in early September 2020. The store chain warned its customers to be aware that there is an... Read more
Tech Company Garmin Pays Millions After Ransomware Attack
Garmin, a brand associated with a lot of different GPS systems and sports equipment, reportedly paid millions of dollars of ransom after hackers infected its systems with ransomware in late July 2020. According to... Read more
Watch Out For Another Dropbox Phishing Email Titled 'Po.Pdf'
It is a sad fact of life that as the sophistication of the technologies available to us grows, so does the ingenuity and determination of bad actors to exploit and victimize regular users. Once upon a time, the... Read more
The New Ghimob Trojan Can Spy on 153 Mobile Apps and Extract Passwords
A new, very dangerous banking Trojan has been discovered by security researchers. The threat nicknamed Ghimob targets mobile phones and tablets. Ghimob is a remote access Trojan that is believed to originate from... Read more
Watch Out for Phishing Emails Exploiting Amazon Prime Day Deals
Despite its name, Amazon Prime Day is a two-day discount campaign conducted by online retail supergiant Amazon that takes place on the 13th and 14th of October. As the world gears up for reckless shopping, security... Read more
Don't Fall for the Newest Apple Chatbot Scam
Cybercriminals are using every method available to them for phishing people's passwords, even if it means resorting to relatively dated technology and methods. A new SMS-based phishing attack is making the rounds once... Read more
Online Design Platform Canva Abused by Hackers for Phishing
Bad actors, especially those focusing on scams and phishing emails, have been shifting their focus on exploiting cloud services and online tools for their campaigns. After a rise in phishing emails using content... Read more
The ProLock Ransomware Operators Send Faulty Decryptors to Victims Who Pay the Ransom
As most of you probably know, not all ransomware is created equal. Some families are authored by young, inexperienced hackers who borrow most of their code from open repositories. Often, they make mistakes during the... Read more
Meet BlackRock, the Malware That Can Steal Passwords and Credit Card Data From Hundreds of Android Apps
You may not be surprised that, like most things in the virtual world, malware constantly morphs and evolves. Hackers don't stop improving their malicious code, and sometimes, they copy features and modules from one or... Read more
