A California man has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to commit a $50 million wire and securities fraud that involved the creation of fake websites to solicit funds from investors, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
A healthcare technology vendor is notifying dozens of its healthcare provider clients of an email security breach affecting their patients' protected health information. Experts say the incident serves as the latest reminder of the risks business associates pose to sensitive healthcare data.
In a series of crypto giveaway scams, cybercriminals targeted the official Twitter accounts of the Indian Medical Association, the Indian Council of World Affairs and Mann Deshi bank. The incidents highlight why social media accounts need better access management strategies.
As ransomware attacks continue to pose a significant threat to enterprises and individuals, "We will keep banging the message that basic cyber hygiene makes a big difference to lots of people," says Andy Bates of the Global Cyber Alliance. He also discusses the alliance's top priorities for 2022.
Threat actors have attempted to steal two-factor authentication codes from users of Australian cryptocurrency exchange CoinSpot, researchers say. The codes would help attackers perform "potentially unauthorized withdrawals from individual accounts," say analysts at Cofense Phishing Defense Center.
DMARC, SPF, and DKIM are global anti-domain-spoofing standards, which can significantly cut down on phishing attacks. Implemented correctly they allow you to monitor email traffic, quarantine suspicious emails, and reject unauthorized emails. But less than 30% of organizations are actually using them. And even fewer...
The spyware of sanctioned Israeli firm NSO Group was reportedly detected on the smartphones of high-profile Polish figures associated with the nation's opposition party. And the spyware has also reportedly been tied to the phone of Hanan Elatr, wife of the late journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
A Kentucky-based medical specialty practice is notifying nearly 107,000 individuals that their information was potentially compromised in a recent email hack. Meanwhile, a Missouri medical center is still dealing with a phone and IT systems outage that started last week.
Cyber GRX senior director and CyberEdBoard executive member Peter Gregory discusses data everyone has that is an asset, but also a liability - your contact list - and how to decrease your chances of it turning toxic.
Ransomware attackers commonly bypass traditional email gateways,
targeting people directly to gain access to a company’s systems.
The answer? Replace these porous controls with a people-centric
security strategy, says Matt Cooke of Proofpoint.
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Social engineering scams are on the rise worldwide. In the last year, the number of social engineering scams have increased 57%, and impostor scams were the number one type of fraud reported by consumers, according to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Legacy fraud prevention controls that rely on device, IP and...
A new Microsoft Teams feature makes it possible for employees to communicate with people outside the organization and vice versa through Teams. Security researchers believe the new update potentially opens up avenues for threat actors to target organizations through phishing attacks.
Advanced voice impersonation and deepfake technologies are giving rise to cybercrime groups that offer Vishing-as-a-Service, security researchers say. Vishing is proving to be successful in tricking victims and bypassing voice authorization mechanisms.
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