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Can you spot when you're being phished?
A researcher has published a tool called Modlishka, capable of phishing 2FA codes sent by SMS or authentication apps.
Trust in two-factor authentication has slowly eroded in the last month after release of Amnesty International report and Modlishka tool.
In 2018, a remote Alaskan community’s infrastructure was hit by a malware attack which forced it offline. It was only then they realised how much they depended on computers.
Learn how DMARC helps protect campus from cyber attacks and how to ensure your department's communications are compliant with the policy. Continue Reading New email policy shields campus from phishing
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Phishing is more problematic on smartphones than on desktops. Not only that, approaches to handling phishing attacks on mobile are quite different because their techniques are also different. So, how can users sniff out a mobile phish? Let us count the ways.
Maybe you were once advised to "look for the padlock" as a means of telling legitimate e-commerce sites from phishing or malware traps. Unfortunately, this has never been more useless advice. New research indicates that half of all phishing scams…
This week, Phia wonders what kind of person falls for phishing attacks. Is it only insanely gullible luddites, or can smart, tech savvy people get phished, too? To find out, she conducts an experiment on her poor, unsuspecting coworkers.
Most of us have been trained to be wary of clicking on links and attachments that arrive in emails unexpected, but it's easy to forget scam artists are constantly dreaming up innovations that put a new shine on old-fashioned telephone-based…
Tricking people out of sensitive information online is far too easy.
We can catch phishes before they're even cast—using real-time data and open source code.
Google has not had any of its 85,000+ employees successfully phished on their work-related accounts since early 2017, when it began requiring all employees to use physical Security Keys in place of passwords and one-time codes, the company told KrebsOnSecurity.
GDPR latest: Fraudsters posing as banks in data protection emails phishing scam The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has arrived, and crooks
Cheap hosting deals offering free certificates have made the green padlock a less convincing sign of security. Here's what to look for to ensure a website is safe to visit.
By fine-tuning social engineering techniques and targeting small businesses, Nigerian scammers have kept well ahead of defenses.