Ransomware has caused more than USD 5 billion in damages, says Europol
The 2018 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), released by the Europol (see the link below), points out that ransomware attacks have caused worldwide losses totaling more than USD 5
FBI alerts for Payroll Diversion Fraud
The FBI issued an alert on phishing scams involving Payroll Diversion Fraud. Using social engineering techniques, criminals choose their targets precisely, and build fake emails to steal employee’s login credentials.
Gmail: third-party developers may still be reading your messages
Email security and privacy issues continue to generate discussion and concern. As Naked Security disclosed, third-party developers may still be reading your Gmail messages. After the Wall Street Journal reported,
Phishing scam asks you to update your Netflix account
Scams that threaten your email security are spread everyday. In this case, it’s another phishing fraud. Action Fraud Alert said that has seen an increase in the number of reports
Yahoo and AOL scan emails to sell valuable data
Email security is always an important matter as people rightfully want more privacy in their personal accounts. This week, the Wall Street Journal brought the issue back to discussion: Yahoo
Less than 10 minutes for an 11-year-old boy to hack an election results website
Less than 10 minutes was the time an 11-year-old boy took to hack a replica of a Florida state website and change the results of a fictional election. The hacker’s
Phishing scam connects you to a fake Apple support
Apple users with iCloud accounts are being targeted on a new phishing attack. They receive emails saying that there were problems with the account, and that the device has been
Agency in UK warns about phishing campaigns
“The NCSC is investigating a large-scale phishing campaign affecting sectors including transport, engineering and defence”. This is how one of the recent NCSC (U.K.’s National Cyber Security Center) advisory begins.
Fake WannaCry emails still in action
Remember WannaCry? This name continues to cause a lot of panic around the world. We know that there is a very strong reason for this: Last year, WannaCry has paralyzed
New type of sextortion scam: watch out
Imagine that you receive an email saying that your device’s camera has been hacked and you need to pay a ransom so that compromising pictures are not posted on social
