Email Scam Threatens WannaCry & DDoS Attack
As if tax season isn’t stressful enough, a new extortion email scam is currently underway to steal your personal details and commit fraudulent activities. Hackers are demanding two bitcoins from victims in exchange for keeping quiet about their presumed “tax evasion”. If they do not pay, they will find themselves hit with a DDoS attack and WannaCry ransomware.
New Evil USB Cable Shows How Attacks Can Leverage Physical Hardware
The latest security research project has led to a USB cable so malicious that it can be used for just about any kind of attack.
40 Percent Of Malicious URLs Found On Good Domains. YIKES!
Webroot revealed the results of their 2019 Threat Report, showing that tried-and-true attack methods are still going strong, but new threats emerge daily, and cybercrime is highly innovative.
Password Practices Still Poor, Google Says
The Problems With Passwords and MFA on Safer Internet Day
To mark International Safer Internet Day (Feb. 5), Google commissioned Harris Poll to survey 3,000 American adults to understand attitudes and behaviors around online security. As expected, there is much room for improvement -- and the usual gap between perception and reality is clear.
Real Estate Transactions are Increasingly Vulnerable to CEO Fraud
The real estate industry is a particularly attractive target for BEC (Business Email Compromise—also known as CEO Fraud—attacks, according to FBI spokesman David Fitz. Fitz told The Baltimore Sun that the industry’s day-to-day activities present a host of opportunities for scammers, including large, online transactions and a great deal of remote communication.