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New Homograph Phishing Attack Impersonates Bank of Valletta, Leverages Valid TLS Certificate

New Homograph Phishing Attack Impersonates Bank of Valletta, Leverages Valid TLS Certificate

| | Anti-Malware Research, Bank of Valletta, homograph phishing, IDN homograph phishing, Miscellaneous, phishing attack, SpearPhishing
Bitdefender researchers recently uncovered a new IDN (internationalized domain name) homograph phishing attack in which attackers impersonate the Bank of Valletta, Malta. Bitdefender’s Deep Learning technologies, trained specifically to spot this type ...
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Lancaster University Says Phishing Attack Behind Data Breach

| | Data breach, IT Security and Data Protection, Lancaster University, Latest Security News, phishing attack
Lancaster University has revealed that a successful phishing attack resulted in a data breach involving the data of its students and applicants. On 22 July, the public research university announced on Twitter ...
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A Phishing Protection Protocol that Covers 6 Non-Email Attack Vectors

| | Phishing, phishing attack, Phishing Attacks, phishing threat prevention, phishing threats, phishing URLs, real time phishing threat intelligence, social engineering attacks
The evolution of phishing attacks over the past couple of years has shown a […] ...
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Flaw Reinforces Browser Extensions as Potential Attack Vector

| | browser extension, exploiting browser extensions, Exploits, phishing attack, phishing attack vectors, phishing threat intelligence, real time phishing threat intelligence, social engineering attacks
We took notice a couple of weeks ago when it was reported that a […] The post Flaw Reinforces Browser Extensions as Potential Attack Vector appeared first on SlashNext ...
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645,000 people warned their personal health data at risk after phishing attack

645,000 people warned their personal health data at risk after phishing attack

| | human services, Industry News, Oregon, personal health data, phishing attack
The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) has started notifying more than 600,000 people that their personal details have been put at risk after staff were tricked into granting hackers access millions ...
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Demo of New Automated Phishing Attack That Hacks Two-Factor Authentication

| | anti-phishing specialist, Exploits, Phishing, phishing attack, Phishing Attacks, phishing detection, real time phishing threat intelligence, social engineering attacks, social engineering threats, two factor authentication, zero-hour phishing attacks
We’ve written several blogs this year about the pros and cons of two-factor authentication […] The post Demo of New Automated Phishing Attack That Hacks Two-Factor Authentication appeared first on SlashNext ...
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‘Your account has been locked’ – 7 telltale signs of a phishing scam

‘Your account has been locked’ – 7 telltale signs of a phishing scam

| | anti-phishing, anti-phishing guide, apple phishing scam, how to, Industry News, Phishing, phishing attack, phishing campaign, phishing-scam, Slider, Tips and Tricks
According to study after study, phishing remains the most efficient attack vector for bad actors to steal your data. Even though attackers have plenty of options, they prefer phishing because it does ...
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Credential Stealing Phishing Attacks Gaining Momentum

| | credential stealing, credential stealing phishing attack, Phishing, phishing attack, phishing protection tools, phishing threat intelligence, real time phishing threat intelligence, social engineering attacks, Threat Intelligence
A growing and popular phishing attack is one designed to steal credentials – mainly ... The post Credential Stealing Phishing Attacks Gaining Momentum appeared first on SlashNext ...
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Can You Stop Phishing Emails? Why What You’re Doing Now is Failing.

| | AI and machine learning, Andy Norton, anti-phishing solutions, behavior of malicious emails, Blog, business email compromise, clone phishing, phishing attack, spear-phishing
Phishing emails are not new. Despite broad coverage in the press, numerous corporate training programs, and many anti-phishing solutions, why are a massive 93% of data breaches still caused by phishing? With ...
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Spear Phishing HR for Sensitive Employee Data – Attacks are on the Rise

| | cybercrime, Phishing, phishing attack, spear-phishing
ADP, one of the nation’s largest HR-related data processors, last year saw a 230 ... The post Spear Phishing HR for Sensitive Employee Data – Attacks are on the Rise appeared first ...
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