Preventing Domain Hacks: A Guide for Business Owners
One precious possession a person can own is their name. It identifies who you are—everything from private to financial to legal matters requires this information. As we all know, a business domain name is a vital representation of the company on the Internet. That is why we must do our best to prevent domain hacks. […]
WormGPT: A New Threat for Business Email Compromise
Cybercriminals are using a new AI-based tool to create convincing phishing emails and launch business email compromise (BEC) attacks, according to a report by security firm SlashNext. The tool, called WormGPT, is based on the same technology as ChatGPT, a popular chatbot that generates realistic and engaging conversations in multiple languages. However, unlike ChatGPT, which […]
UPS Data Breach: What You Need to Know
UPS, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, has disclosed a data breach that may have exposed some of its Canadian customers’ personal information. The breach occurred after hackers exploited a vulnerability in UPS’s online package look-up tools and used the obtained data to launch SMS phishing (or smishing) attacks. Read: How a Ransomware Attack […]
Deepfake sextortion: FBI warns of new threat
Deepfake is a term that refers to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate images, videos, or audio to create realistic but fake content. Sextortion is a form of blackmail that involves threatening to expose someone’s sexual or intimate images or videos unless they pay money or perform sexual acts. Read: Lazarus stole $35 […]
Reddit Suffers Cyberattack
Reddit, one of the world’s most popular websites, suffered a cyberattack on Sunday evening, allowing hackers to access internal business systems and steal internal documents and source code. The following lines will explain the details. The cyberattack that affected Reddit The company revealed that the hackers employed a phishing lure, targeting Reddit staff with a […]
Cyberthreats Around Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a time for love in any way, but it can also be a time of increased cyberthreats. Cybercriminals take advantage of this festivity to launch phishing and malware attacks and other attacks against unsuspecting victims. Know the top cyberthreats around Valentine’s Day and how to be protected from them. Read: The Hive […]
Data of more than 200 million Twitter accounts was leaked
These days Twitter has been under the spotlight, and not in a good way. There are many reasons, but the last one is the appearance of the data of more than 200 million Twitter accounts in a forum, where the emails of the same are revealed. This incident follows in the footsteps of the news […]
Dropbox suffered a security breach through phishing
The Dropbox storage service confirmed that it suffered a security breach in mid-October, all due to a phishing attack that targeted one of its employees. Thanks to these credentials, the attackers had access to the GitHub repositories and stole several pieces of information. Find out the details in the following lines. Read: Passkeys, the future […]
Cybercriminals take advantage of LinkedIn’s Smart Link feature
Cybercriminals are always looking for clever ways to trick users into giving up their card details and other credentials. In this case, a group has been targeting users from Slovakia who use LinkedIn’s Smart Link feature, so that they trust emails with this kind of attachment. Learn all the details in the following lines. Read: […]
Interesting emails? They may be a phishing scam
Every day, millions of emails arrive at the different accounts managed by each user, from professional to personal, including backup accounts. However, through this route, it is very easy to trick anyone using interesting emails. The technique that cybercriminals use for this is a well-known one, but it is still very efficient. Learn more in […]
A Nerbian RAT is targeting entities in Italy, Spain and The U.K.
A remote access trojan (RAT) that had not been documented until recently has been wreaking havoc in Europe, especially entities in countries such as Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. This Trojan uses covid-19-themed phishing techniques to trick users into gaining unauthorized access. Learn more about the Nerbian RAT with this article. Read: Spain’s public […]
Mailchimp faces a breach to launch phishing scams
The email marketing firm Mailchimp was compromised at the end of March due to an access to its database. All this as part of a very well-planned plan by hackers to launch a phishing campaign, in which mining cryptocurrencies was the key. In this access, not only were the systems of the largest email marketing […]
Popular movies used for phishing, the preferred method of cybercriminals
Users are always on the lookout for trendy things as they go viral quickly, but this becomes a weakness that cybercriminals take advantage of and deceive many. One of the most common cases is movies used for phishing, as many fans are looking forward to the release of any of their favorite movies. In recent […]