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“Every bit of compromised PII can be used for social engineering attacks to target individuals or institutions”

Marcus Fowler is Director of Strategic Threat at Darktrace. Before joining Darktrace in 2019, he spent 15 years at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...

Most Phishing Emails Originate from Eastern Europe: Barracuda

Phishing attacks remain a severe threat to small and large organizations globally. It is the most common and popular technique for cybercriminals to pilfer...

Telegram Bots and Google Forms: The New Phishing Tools of Cybercriminals

In January 2021, the phone numbers of Facebook’s 533 million users went on sale on the online messaging platform, Telegram. Cybercriminals are known to...

Employee Negligence Leads to Phishing Attack on California’s SCO

Sometimes, a single negligent act of an employee can put an organization’s critical information at stake. Despite organizations becoming cyber smart to cope with...

Beware! COVID-19 Vaccine-related Phishing Scams on Rise

As the world steps up to COVID-19 vaccine campaigns, state-sponsored actors are tapping the situation with targeted cyberattacks and scams. From targeting vaccine research...

APT32 Hackers Target Vietnamese Human Rights Defenders in Spyware Attacks

APT32, an infamous Vietnam-backed hacking group, is suspected to be behind a cyber campaign of spyware attacks targeting Vietnamese Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) between...