Pre-pandemic techniques are fueling record fraud rates
Within the largest financial institutions, insurers, and retailers, the rise and adoption of AI, an impending recession, and the return of pre-pandemic fraud techniques are …
What can we learn from the latest Coinbase cyberattack?
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has fended off a cyberattack that might have been mounted by the same attackers that targeted Twillio, Cloudflare and many other companies …
Top security priorities for 2023
In this Help Net Security video, Rodman Ramezanian, Cloud Threat Lead at Skyhigh Security, talks about what we can expect in 2023 security wise. Humans will continue to be in …
Cisco has been hacked by a ransomware gang
U.S. networking giant Cisco Systems has been hacked, the company confirmed on Wednesday, after Yanluowang ransomware operators claimed the attack on their leak site. …
Vishing attacks: What they are and how organizations can protect themselves
Vishing (voice phishing) involves defrauding people over the phone. Vishing cases have increased almost 550 percent during 2021, and vishing attacks have overtaken business …
Vishing cases reach all time high
Vishing (voice phishing) cases have increased almost 550 percent over the last twelve months (Q1 2022 to Q1 2021), according to the latest Quarterly Threat Trends & …
Social media attacks surged in 2021, financial institutions targeted the most
Social media as a threat channel saw a two-fold increase in attacks throughout 2021, according to a report from PhishLabs. In Q4 and throughout 2021, PhishLabs analysed …
The six most common threats against the device that knows you best
What is the most intimate relationship in your life—aside from your partner, your children or your parents? For many of us, it’s our mobile phone. It’s the last thing we see …
40% fell victim to a phishing attack in the past month
The global shift to remote work has exacerbated the onslaught, sophistication, and impact of phishing attacks, according to Ivanti. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents …
Operation HAECHI-I intercepts $83M in online financial crimes
Amid an exponential increase in online fraud, an INTERPOL-coordinated operation codenamed HAECHI-I mobilized more than 40 specialized law enforcement officers across the Asia …
It’s time to shift from verifying data to authenticating identity
As fraudsters continue to develop increasingly sophisticated schemes that allow them to produce an apparent valid identity, either by stealing personal data or fabricating it …
Fake Amazon order emails lead to vishing
Fraudsters are sending out fake Amazon order emails and tricking online shoppers into calling a telephone number manned by them to steal the shoppers’ credit card …