No, not an explanation from Evri or AliExpress – not that I expected one from either of them following this article: But a useful advice article from the Google blog: Google shares tips to avoid email, phone, text and Search scams Your Takeaway Two things. Photo by Tara Winstead
Simply Phishing
We all hear so much about phishing attacks that it can become just background noise, rather than a risk and threat to our organisations – I am guilty of adding to noise as I regularly write about the various types of phishing attacks. For instance, I wrote a whole Back-to-Basics …
Delivery Scam
My personal delivery scam. I was working at my desk the other day, thinking about stopping for lunch, when I got the following text message: Now I was waiting for a delivery, I had ordered a camping kettle from AliExpress, but the last time I looked it was not scheduled …
Booking.com phishing attacks
We use Booking.com for our business travel, so this story was going to make the news this week. ClickFix attack delivers infostealers, RATs in fake Booking.com emails This is a long running phishing campaign that is obviously still having success in trapping victims – targeting organisations that use Booking.com for …
Social Engineering nets $1.5B
Having written yesterday about why technical cyber security defences are essential but are flawed because of the human element can be exploited directly by social engineering, here is a costly real world example of social engineering working: North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5B in Cryptocurrency – Schneier on Security There is …