A report from SonicWall shows that the number of Ransomware has dropped over the past months – however this is not the good news it appears to be as they have only dropped from the record highs of 2020/2021 and are still way above levels previous to that. 2022 SonicWall …
What do you know about going passwordless? Find out here why you should do it.
Passwordlessness now extends to PayPal… …at least if you have an iPhone. PayPal ditches passwords, at least on Apple devices • The Register Ditching passwords is the best step in preventing the recycling of passwords by users and the subsequent credential stuffing attacks by threat actors. Find out in this …
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What are the most spoofed brands in social engineering/phishing attacks?
It is not really a surprise, with the exponential rise in home shopping and deliveries because of the pandemic, that the delivery service DHL is the most impersonated organisation when it comes to cyber attacks: DHL named most-spoofed brand in phishing • The Register Microsoft and LinkedIN are close behind. …
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A phishing email leads to a £4.4m fine
I write a lot about phishing emails and social engineering attacks, because it is probably the way threat actors could most easily get malware inside your defences and from there compromise your security, your information and ultimately your wallet! The Berkshire based construction company, Interserve Group Ltd, with an employee …
Why threat actors will stick with phishing attacks rather than moving onto move hi-tech attacks?
I really liked this article. I have covered various highly involved cyber attacks over the last few months, deepfakes, hacking cars, air–gap attacks but as it describes in this article, you can use technology to steal those credentials or you can just ask nicely for them: Phishing works so well …