Scammers are preying on the most vulnerable with texts, phone calls and emails: Council tax rebate: Warning issued over new scam pretending to offer £150 – BBC News
“…bombarded with ransomware.”
Ransomware is one of the biggest cyber security threats organisations and individuals have to deal with and it is so easy for the hacker to get the malware to you – just send you and email. In your rush to deal with your email you mistakeningly open an attachment or …
Combat Phishing. Octagon has done this – have you?
Johannes has written a good article, on Sans Internet Storm, on how to aid the fight on phishing emails – set up “Brand Indicators for Message Identification” (BIMI) for your email. We did this a few months ago over at Octagon Technology (I still have to set it up here …
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Voicemail social engineering scam targets WhatsApp users – three tips to help you spot the scams
This is a social engineering combining a phishing email and an attached voicemail file – that can evade many security systems, including Microsoft’s and Google’s, as it appears to be from a legitimate source. Hackers employ voicemail phishing attacks on WhatsApp users | TechRepublic Our Social Engineering and Email Cyber …
Malware in the wild – in an Excel file sent out by email. Could you spot it?
Here is a classic phishing email attack – millions of potential emails could contain this, could you spot it? It also includes the dreaded “Enable Macro” request. Windows MetaStealer Malware – Sans Internet Storm Centre Windows MetaStealer Malware – SANS Internet Storm Center
