There was a time when the main tech-based worry for any business were viruses. Large companies spent thousands of dollars on antivirus software, while those that didn’t paid the price when one of their client machines became infected. A new threat has emerged over the last decade or so, that is equally as devastating if deployed correctly, but this threat doesn’t target weaknesses in coding, but rather weaknesses in us, the human being. That threat is phishing.
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While the age of Big Data has improved our lives in countless ways, there is seemingly an equal number of potential downsides. The exponential rate at which data volume is growing has spawned nonstop cyber-activity intent on using this data for illegal purposes. The danger couldn’t be more extreme – or more real: in today’s internet dominated world, someone seeking to steal sensitive, confidential or proprietary data no longer has to physically breach a facility.
Attackers have launched a phishing campaign on Cisco Webex using WHF and COVID-19 to instill a sense of urgency. Attackers use cloned graphics and formatting design to mimic automated SSL certificate error alerts on Cisco Webex that instruct the user to login and verify their credentials. The ThreatDNA team recommends employees take extra caution when clicking on suspicious URLs and ensure anti-virus and endpoint security solutions are up-to-date.
Hundreds of millions of accounts are compromised every year in data breaches through phishing, malware, and other types of attacks. More than 11.6 billion records have been breached since 2005, according to a running tally by California-based nonprofit Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. Here's how your personal info ends up on the dark web -- and what you can do to protect yourself.
Within the last seven days, Gmail malware scanners have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures. The malware scanners implemented by Google can block over 99.9% of all spam, phishing and malware messages sent to Gmail users.