The tax and accounting software provider known as Intuit recently notified its customers of a continuing phishing campaign where the firm is being impersonated. Bogus emails are being issued in attempts to lure targets with false warnings stating that their Intuit accounts are suspended. […]
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Sending private data via email without first securing it with encryption software is commonly likened to mailing a postcard out with your bank details on it. Without a protective envelope, anyone who encounters your card can use your financial credentials as they see fit. In this analogy, a layer of encryption acts like an envelope, […]
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An unimaginable volume of digital information is transmitted and accepted online every day across the globe. […]
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has now issued a security advisory after the recently reported cyberattacks against Ukraine and the tensions within the region. […]
A widespread campaign involving the compromise of more than 800 WordPress sites has been identified spreading malicious banking trojans designed to target the credentials of e-banking users based in Brazil. […]
Cyber security experts have now unearthed numerous spyware campaigns at work that are focused on industrial firms. The threat operators involved are targeting companies in the sector to steal credentials associated with enterprise email accounts and carry out financial fraud, or, in other cases, to sell on the passwords and usernames to other operators. […]
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Today, enterprises of all sizes, from multinational corporations to small businesses, can be struck by a wide variety of cyberattacks. While once upon a time the feared computer virus that crashed networks and devices was the greatest threat businesses were aware of, modern attacks are far more insidious. From ransomware attacks that lock firms out […]
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Until recently, tech giant Microsoft held the title of being the most impersonated brand by threat actors running phishing campaigns to snare new victims. However, a recent study focused on 2021’s final quarter has shown that the Redmond-based multi-national has been shoved into second place. […]
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A new criminal campaign has been launched targeting users of the telecom provider O2’s services. Offering incentives for customers to save excessive sums of money on their phone plans, the scam is, in fact, designed to steal their personal data. […]
The city of Grass Valley in California, recently announced it had experienced a large-scale data leak. The breach involved the personal Social Security numbers and other sensitive information of every city employee and vendor. The leak also included data on any individual whose personal information had been shared with the local Grass Valley Police Department. […]
While many of the UK’s local authorities are adopting a wide range of new communications options from video calls to chat messenger systems, email is still among the most used applications. […]
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Out of the numerous cyberattacks aimed at enterprises, governments and educational organisations, ransomware is fast becoming a favoured option of threat actors. Many known attackers have switched up their tactics in recent years for the lucrative criminal industry where unprepared companies make for easy victims. […]
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