Phishing – The TechBriefs

Lookout uses AI to guard against mobile social engineering threats

As we do more and more on our mobile devices it’s clear that the front line of cyber defense isn’t […]

Taking a holistic approach to human risk management

We tend to think of cybersecurity as being a technology problem, but in fact it’s often about humans. Attackers exploit […]

Google hits out at ‘entirely false’ claims of a major Gmail security issue

Google has taken the unusual move of addressing claims about a major Gmail security issue – claims the company says […]

Off-the-shelf tools make life easier for phishing attackers

New research from Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs highlights a recently identified phishing campaign that uses carefully crafted emails to deliver malicious […]

New techniques help malicious QR codes evade detection

Threat researchers at Barracuda have uncovered two new techniques being used by cyber attackers to help malicious QR codes evade […]

Malicious URLs overtake attachments as top email threat

Cybercriminals increasingly favor malicious URLs over attachments, as they are easier to disguise and more likely to evade detection, according […]

Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files

The obfuscated code inside an .svg file downloaded from one of the porn sites. Credit: Malwarebytes The obfuscated code inside […]

The rise of vishing and why enterprises need to be ready [Q&A]

Vishing (voice phishing) attacks have surged by over 1,600 percent so far this year, partly driven by a rise in […]

What’s behind the recent rise in identity-based attacks? [Q&A]

Cybercriminals are increasingly using sophisticated identity-based attacks (phishing, social engineering, leveraging compromised credentials) to gain access as trusted users and […]

Phishers have found a way to downgrade—not bypass—FIDO MFA

Researchers recently reported encountering a phishing attack in the wild that bypasses a multifactor authentication scheme based on FIDO (Fast […]