spoofing

What does Chat-GPT Imply for Brand Impersonation? Q&A with Dr. Salvatore Stolfo
With the creation and mass adoption of Chat-GPT, AI – inspired topics have been thrust to the forefront of everyday conversation. GPT (Generative Pre-training Transformer) is… ...

Best Strategies For Stopping Business Email Compromise (BEC) Scams
Also known as a 'man-in-the-email' attack, a BEC scam is intended to defraud companies, their customers, partners, and employees by duping them into sending money or sensitive information to fake accounts, sites, ...

NEW STUDY: Spoof Websites Threatening Credit Unions & Regional Banks
TL;DR – We quantified the pervasiveness of online brand impersonation attacks against regional banks, community banks, and credit unions during the first quarter of 2022 –… ...

Protecting Regional Bank & Credit Union Brands Online: Top 5 Tips
Like the rest of the financial services industry, regional banks and credit unions face increased cyber attacks on their institutions and customers. The Federal Deposit Insurance… ...
What is Spoofing?
Spoofing is a wide comprehensive term for when a cybercriminal masquerades as a trustworthy entity or device in order to persuade you to perform something that benefits the hacker but is harmful ...
What is Email Spoofing?
Email Spoofing is a technique in which an attacker uses a fake email address with a legitimate domain of a website. This attack is possible because the feature of domain verification is ...
What is DNS Spoofing?
Domain Name Server (DNS) spoofing is a type of attack in which the DNS records are altered to redirect the online traffic to a spoofed website that resembles the original destination ...

Online Payment Scams to Multiply with New IRS Rules for 2022
The White House’s 2021 American Rescue Plan may also lay out plans for fraudsters’ 2022 online payment scams. The new law doesn’t introduce new taxes, but… ...

How Fake Shoppers & Fake E-Commerce Sites Harm Businesses
This is a guest blog post from CHEQ, the leader in Go-to-Market Security. Retail go-to-market teams know the importance of meeting their customers at the right… ...

New Microsoft Spear-Phishing Attack Uses Exact Domain Spoofing Tactic
Security researchers detected a new spear-phishing attack that’s using an exact domain spoofing tactic in order to impersonate Microsoft. On December 7, IRONSCALES revealed that it had spotted the campaign targeting Office ...