- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 25th, 2016
Spear-Phishing Incident Causes Havoc at San Francisco Exploratorium Museum
As usual, a grammar mistake exposes phishing attack
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 10th, 2016
US Man Arrested for Stealing Bitcoin from Dark Web Users
Suspect collected over 10,000 login credentials for Dark Web marketplaces, including portals for illegal products
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 4th, 2016
Project Argus Is an Outlook Plugin for Reporting Phishing Attacks
You can now report suspicious emails by pushing one button
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 1st, 2016
Adding target="_blank" to Your Links Opens the Door for Phishing Attacks
Facebook, Twitter, and others vulnerable to this attack
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 20th, 2016
Marcher Android Trojan Can Steal Logins from Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype, Gmail
Many other popular Android apps targeted as well
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 18th, 2016
Global Phishing Numbers Rise As Hosting Firms Fail to Respond
A quicker response from hosting firms is needed
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 16th, 2016
Chrome and Firefox Affected by Simple URL Spoofing Bug That Facilitates Phishing
Researcher wins $5,000 for discovering this bug
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 16th, 2016
FalseCONNECT Vulnerability Affects Software from Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, More
Multiple other vendors may still be affected
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 12th, 2016
Scammers Hijack Customer Support Requests on Twitter
Clever trick sends users to dangerous phishing sites
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 11th, 2016
Phishing Campaign Uses Jabber (XMPP) to Exfiltrate Compromised Data
Crooks opt for an insecure method of collecting phished data
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 19th, 2016
New Credential Theft Tactic Seen on E-Commerce Sites
WooCommerce and Prestashop sites affected
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 5th, 2016
Crooks Forget to Properly Secure Their Phishing Server
Phishing campaign uses blurred background images to trick users into disclosing sensitive credentials
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 30th, 2016
Phishing Trick Targeting Google Relies on Data URIs to Mask the Page's Real URL
This is harder to spot than other similar phishing campaigns
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 28th, 2016
Russian APT Launched Massive Spear-Phishing Campaign Targeting Google Accounts
Campaign took place between March and September 2015
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 28th, 2016
Smishing Campaign Hits Android Users Across Europe
SMS phishing is still very popular among crooks
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 22nd, 2016
Complex Bitcoin Phishing Scheme Leads Back to Offshore Web Hosting Firm
Recent surge of Bitcoin phishing sites detected
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 19th, 2016
Web Hosting Temporary URLs Abused in Phishing Campaigns
Crooks find new way to use hacked servers