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Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool

October 15, 2019 0 Comments anti-phishing, anti-phishing tool, email, emails from instagram, Instagram, mail, malicious email, malspam, phishing, phishing scams, safety, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks, social media scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:51:50 +0000

We take a look at a new anti-phishing feature Instagram hopes will cut down on imitation messages and other social engineering attempts.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Throwback Thursday: Everybody gets an F

October 3, 2019 0 Comments email, Security

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 03:00:00 -0700

As the IT communications manager at this university, pilot fish is the person who sends out memos about IT policy to users. And he does just that when a phishing email starts circulating on campus.

Never send your user name and password to anyone via email, he warns them, and to give them an example of what to look out for, he pastes in the text of the phishing attempt.

Within minutes, his inbox is flooded with responses from students sending him their campus passwords, their Gmail passwords, their Yahoo passwords and more.

Sharky is looking for fish, not phish. Send me your true tales of IT life at sharky@computerworld.com. You can also subscribe to the Daily Shark Newsletter.

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Security Sophos

Massive email fraud bust snares 281 suspects

September 12, 2019 0 Comments BEC, business email compromise, dating sites, email, Law & order, money mules, Operation reWired, PII, Romance Scams, security threats, tax refunds, tax returns

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:49:20 +0000

Operation reWired=tired cops worldwide! 167 suspects were cuffed in Nigeria and 74 in the US, among 8 other countries.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NtExc1bJlLg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Beware! Email attachments can make you victim of spear phishing attacks

August 27, 2019 0 Comments Cyber safety, email, malware, phishing, Security, Social engineering, Spam

Credit to Author: Prashant Tilekar| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 09:15:28 +0000

In the last few months, we’ve seen a sudden increase in Spear Phishing attacks. Spear phishing is a variation of a phishing scam wherein hackers send a targeted email to an individual which appears to be from a trusted source. In this type of attack, the attacker uses social engineering tricks and some…

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