Cybercriminals wielding Locky crypto-locking ransomware are ramping up their assaults, especially in the healthcare sector, according to FireEye. Attackers are distributing less banking malware and more ransomware, researchers say.
Cybercriminals love email, and for good reason. Email lacks authentication, yet it's an essential part of modern business. It should come as no surprise that email remains the number one vector for cyber fraud.
In this session get a behind-the-scenes reveal into email examples of malicious, highly targeted messages...
The Global Cyber Alliance is taking on small projects to come up with solutions to big cyber risk problems. "It's essentially using a startup approach to a much bigger problem," CEO Phil Reitinger, who will keynote the upcoming ISMG New York Fraud and Breach Summit, says in this interview.
Security safeguards and controls can only get you so far. At some point, an employee is going to click, open something, or take action on a request that is fraudulent and bypass all of these controls. We will discuss both business email compromise fraud and account takeover in depth as we consider the...
The FBI is warning U.S. businesses to beware of business email compromise scams focused not just on creating fraudulent wire transfers, but also stealing personally identifiable information. Experts, however, are criticizing the FBI's alert as being too little, too late.
Cybercrime alert: In March, 93 percent of all phishing emails studied contained ransomware designed to forcibly encrypt PCs, says PhishMe chief operating officer Jim Hansen. In an interview, he offers insights on how to respond.
Some employees at organizations that use outsourced payroll provider ADP have been hit with tax return fraud. ADP blames customers for failing to secure the unique portal registration codes it issues.
Just six months after law enforcement agencies coordinated a takedown to disrupt online banking credential theft linked to the banking Trojan Dridex, the malware has re-emerged with new attack tactics and new targets, researchers say. U.S. bank accounts and businesses are now primary targets.
The Verizon 2016 Data Breach Investigations report finds malware, ransomware and phishing attacks are more common than ever and creating even more damage. Organizations are continuing to get exploited via vulnerabilities that are months or even years old, forensics expert Laurance Dine explains in this interview.
The increase in data breaches and external threats has reminded us of the importance of securing emails - and just how big a problem business email compromises can be. Organizations need to be confident that the millions of emails leaving their network each day are protected for anywhere and from any device, whether...
Last year, the information security community witnessed some of the world's most devastating data breaches resulting from deadly malware strains and carefully executed phishing attacks. PhishMe's research team spent the last 12 months compiling the latest phishing intelligence and malware trends into an executive...
PhishMe has been collecting and aggregating phishing threat and simulation data since the launch of the Simulator service in 2008. With this report, we hope to share our experiences and insights on employee behavior as it relates to the simulated phishing attack scenarios.
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Identifying phishing emails doesn't have to be complicated, as most phishing emails share common characteristics that savvy readers can recognize. This infographic provides an overview of those tell-tale signs of a phishing email.
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MedStar is but the latest healthcare entity to fall victim to a ransomware attack. What can organizations do proactively to improve their ransomware defenses and response? PhishMe CEO Rohyt Belani offers insight.
Verizon Enterprise Solutions, which regularly assists clients in responding to their data breaches, admits it's suffered its own breach. The breach of contact information reportedly affected 1.5 million business customers, who now face greater risk of phishing attacks.
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