Not exact matches
Unfortunately, sophisticated
phishing attacks like this one are becoming
more and
more common.
According to the Anti-
Phishing Working Group's (APWG) Q1 2016 Phishing Activity Trends Report, there were more phishing attacks in the first quarter of 2016 than in any other three - month period since the organization began tracking data
Phishing Working Group's (APWG) Q1 2016
Phishing Activity Trends Report, there were more phishing attacks in the first quarter of 2016 than in any other three - month period since the organization began tracking data
Phishing Activity Trends Report, there were
more phishing attacks in the first quarter of 2016 than in any other three - month period since the organization began tracking data
phishing attacks in the first quarter of 2016 than in any other three - month period since the organization began tracking data in 2004.
This is an example of a spear -
phishing attack — a
more selective and sophisticated form of traditional
phishing.
Of course, there might be other explanations such as improved awareness among the public of security issues and identity theft and the like as well as
more effective and so protective software and security systems on putative targets of cybercrime including as email
phishing attacks on bank account, for example.
«The
more attentive they are by nature, the
more likely they are to detect the
phishing attacks.»
The company sees 1 billion malware
attacks per month, blocks
more than 500 million malicious URLs per month, and blocks around 50 million
phishing attacks per month.
On the flip side we're also seeing a rise in cyber
attacks in the education and public sectors with the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
attacks on the NHS making national headlines last year and
more recently hoax bomb
phishing emails demanding money from schools.
They are being probed a lot
more often, tested with various scripts being used to determine vulnerabilities and have experienced a higher proportion of successful malware and
phishing attacks against their users.
It is likely that the increased publicity around GDPR will lead to it becoming a ransomware and
phishing topic, potentially making customers
more susceptible to
attacks.
It will help identify employees who are
more susceptible to
phishing attacks or who do not care and continually fail tests.
The regularly updated service replicates the favourite
attack methods of the real criminals, although these «spoof»
phishing attacks will only result in a word of warning from managers and highlight the need for
more training.
Like spear
phishing attacks in general, these
attacks prey on individual weaknesses
more so than digital vulnerabilities.
The information could be harnessed for
more targeted
attacks, such as
phishing.
On a
more positive note, most exchanges appear to be very resilient to the frequent DDoS and targeted
phishing attacks.
So far, 1Password has received positive reviews and the recent news that a
phishing attack could compromise the security of LastPass may have convinced
more users to switch to 1Password.
More than half of
phishing attacks in 2017 were aimed at getting hold of financial information according to a new report.
Compared to common
phishing attacks, this is considered to be a far
more dangerous instance.
Talos reports that COINHOARDER began making their
phishing site look
more legitimate over time by using rogue SSL certificates in combination with their «typosquatting,» «brand spoofing,» and «homograph
attacks.»
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Edmonton university recovers bulk of money lost in phishing attack Red Deer Advocate EDMONTON — An Alberta university that was defrauded of $ 11.8 million in a so - called
phishing attack says it has recovered
more than 90 per cent of the funds.