Phishing
Discover expert analysis on phishing with news, features and insights from the team at IT Pro.
-
Cheap cyber crime kits can be bought on the dark web for less than $25
News Research from NordVPN shows phishing kits are now widely available on the dark web and via messaging apps like Telegram, and are often selling for less than $25.
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -
Have I Been Pwned owner Troy Hunt’s mailing list compromised in phishing attack
Troy Hunt, the security blogger behind data-breach site Have I Been Pwned, has fallen victim to a phishing attack targeting his email subscriber list.
By Jane McCallion Published
-
Security experts warn of ‘contradictory confidence’ over critical infrastructure threats
News Almost all critical national infrastructure (CNI) organizations in the UK (95%) experienced a data breach in the last year, according to new research.
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -
Healthcare organizations need to shake up email security practices
News Microsoft 365 is the source of almost half of all healthcare email breaches, thanks mainly to misconfigurations in security settings.
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -
What is phishing?
In-depth From banking scams to industrial espionage, we look at why phishing is so lucrative
By Rene Millman Last updated
In-depth -
Google is dropping SMS authentication for QR codes
News Google appears finally ready to deprecate using SMS codes for multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Gmail according to insiders at the search giant.
By Solomon Klappholz Published
News -
Why ‘malware as a service’ is becoming a serious problem
News Researchers have issued a warning over the rise of 'malware as a service' platforms amid a surge in attacks over the last year.
By Solomon Klappholz Published
News -
Hackers are using this new phishing technique to bypass MFA
News Microsoft has warned that a threat group known as Storm-2372 has altered its tactics using a specific ‘device code phishing’ technique to bypass MFA and steal access tokens.
By Solomon Klappholz Published
News -
Threat actors are leaning on trusted services more than ever
News Cyber threats are increasingly incorporating legitimate services in their attack chain, researchers warn.
By Solomon Klappholz Published
News -
New phishing campaign exploits Microsoft’s legacy ADFS identity solution
News Researchers at Abnormal Security have warned of a new phishing campaign targeting Microsoft's Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) secure access system.
By Solomon Klappholz Published
News -
Phishing campaign targets developers with fake CrowdStrike job offers
News Victims are drawn in with the promise of an interview for a junior developer role at CrowdStrike
By Solomon Klappholz Published
News -
Hackers are stepping up ‘qishing’ attacks by hiding malicious QR codes in PDF email attachments
News Malicious QR codes hidden in email attachments may be missed by traditional email security scanners, with over 500,000 qishing attacks launched in the last three months.
By Solomon Klappholz Published
News