- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 15th, 2016
Hidden JavaScript Redirect Makes Phishing Pages Harder to Detect
Phishers are now showing you the correct links in the browser link preview tooltip, but redirecting you to the wrong URL
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 1st, 2016
Phishing Emails Increase 789 Percent, Ransomware Is Their Favorite Payload
Cryptowall, Locky and TeslaCrypt were the most popular
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 23rd, 2016
Middle East Banks Under Attack via Malicious Excel Files
No data breaches yet, just a reconnaissance campaign
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 22nd, 2016
African Hacker Phished His Way into $2 Million Worth of Airline Tickets
Suspect caught after three years at large
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 11th, 2016
US Congress Staff Bans Yahoo Mail After Service Fails to Flag Ransomware Attacks
Yahoo Mail banned for House of Representatives members
- Digital Rights/Piracy
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 7th, 2016
Pirate Bay Blocked in Chrome, Firefox & Safari Due to Phishing Site Error
The same thing happened to Kickass Torrents last month
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 29th, 2016
Eleven Android Play Store Apps Found Phishing for Financial Credentials
Croosk targeted card companies and online payment sites
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 26th, 2016
Phishing Trick Uses Facebook's Website to Fool Users
Beware of Facebook apps asking for your login details
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 21st, 2016
Law Enforcement, Government Agencies See Phishing as Main Cyber Risk
Weak identity and authentication systems, vulnerable websites, and DDoS attacks are the other top cyber threats
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 30th, 2016
Security Bug Allowed Attackers to Send Malicious Emails via PayPal's Servers
PayPal fixes application-side security bug
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 28th, 2016
Only 38 Percent of Companies Are Confident They Can Survive a Ransomware Attack
52% of execs can't recognize phishing attacks, employees say
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 15th, 2016
Yahoo Fixes Ridiculously Simple Email Address Spoofing Bug
Issue affected only Yahoo's Basic email interface
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 9th, 2016
Overpompous Crook Brazenly Flaunts YouTube Channel Inside Phishing Site's Code
Epic fail of the month: Phisher leaves real name inside phishing site's source code, thinking nobody will spot it
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 7th, 2016
Seagate Employee Falls for Phishing Scam, Exposes Thousands of Tax Forms
Seagate employee falls victim to the same email scam that a poor Snapchat employee fell for a week ago
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 4th, 2016
XSS on Fortinet's Login Page Let Attackers Log Passwords in Cleartext
Just the bug nation-state actors were looking for
- Hacking News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 21st, 2016
Hacker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Celeb Nude Pics, Not The Fappening Author
Andrew Helton now faces up to 5 years in prison
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 19th, 2016
JSF*** eBay XSS Bug Exploited in the Wild, Despite the Company's Fix
Attackers exploit eBay's lackluster security policy