Phishing attacks have gotten super tricky! Cybercriminals are now targeting our emotional weak spots to trick us into giving away sensitive information. In this article, we'll dive into their sneaky tactics and reveal how they use psychology to exploit us. [...]
Today's cybercriminals are not part-time amateurs or script kiddies, but state-sponsored adversaries and professional criminals looking to steal information. While disruption and vandalism are still prevalent, espionage has replaced hacktivism as the second main driving force behind cyber attacks, after [...]
The Justice Department announced today a coordinated international operation against Genesis Market, a criminal online marketplace that advertised and sold packages of account access credentials – such as usernames and passwords for email, bank accounts, and social media – that [...]
What is Data Loss Prevention? Data loss prevention (DLP) is a cybersecurity methodology that combines technology and best practices to prevent the exposure of sensitive information outside of an organization, especially regulated data such as personally identifiable information (PII) and [...]
The need for Email Security is greater now than ever before. As more companies move from "in-house - dedicated email servers" to cloud based email, new technologies must be employed to protect you data and sensitive information. Email is one [...]
At a recent CheckPoint / Avanan event I had an opportunity to see social engineering tactics at an American Football stadium. As a fan of an opposing team, I liked seeing the messaging the HOME team was sending opponents. [...]
Cybersecurity is the protection of internet-connected systems such as hardware, software and data from cyberthreats. The practice is used by individuals and enterprises to protect against unauthorized access to data centers and other computerized systems. What are the different types [...]
The Blank Image Attack is where hackers are placing blank images within HTML attachments. When opening the attachment, the user is automatically redirected to a malicious URL. Vector: Email Type: Malware Techniques: Social Engineering, Blank Image, HTML Redirect Target: Any [...]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation says that FIN7, an infamous cybercrime group that is behind the Darkside and BlackMatter ransomware operations, has sent malicious USB devices to US companies over the past few months in the hopes of infecting [...]
Apple today filed a lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company to hold it accountable for the surveillance and targeting of Apple users. The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. To prevent [...]