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Turns out the real problem is not AI but staff still clicking on dodgy emails from 'IT support'
Turns out the real problem is not AI but staff still clicking on dodgy emails from 'IT support' Nearly half of UK businesses are still getting breached, and in many cases, the attacker's big breakthrough is an employee clicking "sure, why not" on a fake login page.…
Redmond says cheap virtual desktops powered a global wave of phishing and fraud Microsoft has taken its cybercrime fight to the UK in its first major civil action outside the US, moving to shut down RedVDS, a virtual desktop service used to power phishing and fraud at global scale.…
PLUS: SEC launches new crypto crime unit; Phishing toolkit upgraded; and more Infosec in brief Apple has responded to the UK government's demand for access to its customers’ data stored in iCloud by deciding to turn off its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) end-to-end encryption service for UK users.…
Recent campaign targeted 20,000 folk across UK and Europe with this tactic, Unit 42 warns Unknown criminals went on a phishing expedition that targeted about 20,000 users across the automotive, chemical and industrial compound manufacturing sectors in Europe, and tried to steal account credentials and then hijack the victims' Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.…
Scumbags play on victims' worst fears in phishing campaign referencing UK Employment Tribunal A current phishing campaign scares recipients into believing they've been sacked, when in reality they've been hacked – and infected with infostealers and other malware that means a payday for the crooks behind the scam.…
Also, phishing's easier over the phone, and your F5 cookies might be unencrypted, and more in brief If you need an excuse to improve your patching habits, a joint advisory from the US and UK governments about a massive, ongoing Russian campaign exploiting known vulnerabilities should do the trick.…
Thousands of dodgy SMSes bypassed network filters in UK-first case, it is claimed British police have arrested two individuals following an investigation into an SMS-based phishing campaign using some kind of homebrew hardware.…
Thousands of dodgy SMS messages bypassed network filters in UK-first case, it is claimed British police have arrested two individuals following an investigation into a suspected illegal homebrew phone mast used in SMS-based phishing campaigns.…
The Russians are coming! Err, they've already infiltrated UK, US inboxes Russia-backed attackers have named new targets for their ongoing phishing campaigns, with defense-industrial firms and energy facilities now in their sights, according to agencies of the Five Eyes alliance.…
ALSO: most Mainers are MOVEit victims, NY radiology firm fined for not updating kit, and some critical vulnerabilities Infosec in brief After spending almost a year cleaning up after various security snafus, the UK's Royal Mail has left an open redirect flaw on one of its sites, according to infosec types. We're told this vulnerability potentially exposes customers to malware infections and phishing attacks.…
Nice people on LinkedIn want to harvest logins from politicians, boffins, and defense types The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NSCS) has warned of two similar spear-phishing campaigns, one originating from Russia, the other from Iran.…
Staff member bit on lure, ultimately exposed up to 113,000 colleagues' personal information Britain's data watchdog has slapped construction business Interserve Group with a potential £4.4 million ($4.98M) fine after a successful phishing attack by criminals exposed the personal data of up to 113,000 employees.…
People reveal passwords if you ask nicely, so AI panic is overblown Panic over the risk of deepfake scams is completely overblown, according to a senior security adviser for UK-based infosec company Sophos.…
You've won $2m! Now just send me a small fee A phishing operation compromised over one hundred UK National Health Service (NHS) employees' Microsoft Exchange email accounts for credential harvesting purposes, according to email security shop Inky.…