"Phishing attempts" refers to the deceptive and fraudulent activities done by individuals or groups who try to trick people into revealing their personal information, such as passwords, credit card numbers, or social security numbers. These attempts typically occur through fake emails, messages, or websites that appear to be from legitimate sources. The aim is to manipulate people into divulging sensitive data, which can then be used for identity theft or other malicious purposes.
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A.G. Schneiderman Warns of Cyberattacks Following Equifax Data Breach Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman warned New Yorkers to remain vigilant against possible hacking and
phishing attempts by cybercriminals following the Equifax data breach.
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Buterin also reported hearing of imposters contacting people through email and messaging apps with
similar phishing attempts.
Binance previously warned its users a couple of weeks back about
reported phishing attempts, where scammers were attempting to gain control of user credentials using a URL that had dots under two of the characters.
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Thousands of CRA employees fell for a
fake phishing attempt recently, even though they knew such a test was coming.
Have your information security team send benign trick emails to workers to teach them to
spot phishing attempts.
Phishing attempts most often take the form of an email that seemingly comes from a company the recipient knows or does business with.
If not, the company is now aware and can take action to warn other customers and users of
potential phishing attempts appearing to come from their organization.
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One security firm recently detected approximately 250 million
phishing attempts against its users in 2017, according to a spam and phishing report.
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Similar phishing attempts were made by a Twitter account that was spoofing OmiseGO while the team was announcing a possible AirDrop.
Although the company has denied being hacked, it has acknowledged that it was a victim of a large -
scale phishing attempt.
In a recent survey, KnowBe4, a firm that provides cybersecurity awareness training for employees, compiled data on
the phishing attempts it found most successfully duped people.
The following may be indicators that an email is
a phishing attempt rather than an authentic communication from the company it appears to be:
Here are the correct links to a few popular site which have in the past been targeted by
phishing attempts:
In addition to
phishing attempts, scammers sent out a significant amount of spam mail.
Almost daily, we are inundated with stories about hacks,
phishing attempts, and theft.
As it turns out, this was
the phishing attempt that reportedly led to the issues users experienced in the Binance hack.
These attacks can be done in different ways, be it through fake addresses, scamming investors, emails, or even creating fake ICO websites, as it was recently the case with
the phishing attempt on Blockstack ICO.
These are often the clearest indications of
a phishing attempt.
• Spamming — 90,000 • Scams and solicitations — 30,000 • Inappropriate content — 20,000 • Chat abuse — 17,000 • Profile misrepresentation — 15,000 • Credit card fraud — 14,000 • Identity mining /
phishing attempts — 12,000
They send you a link to an external website on first communication, which could turn out to be
a phishing attempt.
The swiping feature will be configurable, and, finally, users will now be able to report a message as
a phishing attempt.
Just know that a random scholarship email is probably
a phishing attempt for your personal information.