This is an interesting article looking at cyber attacks in 2021. Personal identifying information for 1.5 billion users was stolen in 2021, but from where? – TechRepublic
Be aware of COVID-19 testing scams – get trained to deal with these threats
This a complex, but easily implemented by the hackers, hoax, being run by cyber criminals right now. It is based around COVID-19 home testing kits and the subsequent results. Cybercriminals are exploiting COVID-19 tests in phishing attacks – TechRepublic Phishing Emails The vector for the attack is primarily through email …
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More phishing spam – education is the best defence
It is always good to know the latest ways hackers are trying to deceive you. An obvious way to make you feel comfortable with their junk email is to make it look like a legitimate security tool report. Here is a good example reported by SANS Internet Diary of just …
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Phishing campaigns – Indeed
One of the things we advise people to do on our Phishing and Social Engineering training, is to be very aware of the look and feel of any login pages and web sites they are directed to, as bad actors may not get it completely right – so if they …
You should know that Phishing is not always done by email
There is an article on the Sans Internet Storm Diary looking at a phishing attack/exploit that is running on Discord. Phishing Direct Messages via Discord (sans.edu) Now you may not know what Discord is, but your takeaway from this blog post is that phishing is not just something that attacks …
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