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Spear phishing 101: what you need to know

January 29, 2020 0 Comments 101, Business, malspam, organisation, organization, organizations, phish, phishing, Scam, smishing, Social engineering, Spam, spear phish, spear phishing, whaling

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:50:01 +0000

We look at the threat of spear phishing, why it’s such a problem, and what organizations can do to lessen the chance of a successful attack.

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Social engineering

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Man jailed for $122 million scam that fooled Google and Facebook

December 23, 2019 0 Comments BEC scams, business email compromise, email fraud, facebook, fake invoice, Google, IC3, Law & order, whaling, whaling attack

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:35:28 +0000

Lithuanian Evaldas Rimasauskas has been sentenced to five years in jail for successfully defrauding two US companies out of $122 million.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/D5CAYrR74gs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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North Carolina county falls for BEC scam, to the tune of $1,728,083

August 1, 2019 0 Comments BEC scams, business email compromise, Cabarrus County, fraud, Government security, Law & order, North Carolina, phishing, Scam, security threats, spearphishing, whaling

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:00:50 +0000

The county could only claw back some of the $2,504,601 it paid to a scammer posing as a contractor working on building a new high school.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/h5cAeqdGji8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (July 8 – 14)

July 19, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, agent smith, amazon, amazon prime, amazon prime day 2019, amazon prime phishing, Android, android malware, facial recognition, google home audio, mac, malware, pale moon, phishing, Privacy, roundup, targeted spear phishing, trickbot, week in security, whaling, zoom zero-day

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:27:09 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from July 8–14, including secure data sending, federal data privacy law, the Soft Cell attack, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: agent smith amazon amazon prime amazon prime day 2019 amazon prime phishing Android android malware facial recognition google home audio mac malware pale moon phishing privacy roundup targeted spear phishing trickbot week in security whaling zoom zero-day

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