Sometimes, the limited length of an SMS makes it easier for the crooks to ‘get it to look right’ and reel you in to a phishing site…
Tag Archives: Phishing
More phishing attacks on Yahoo and Gmail SMS 2FA authentication
The second report in a week has analysed phishing attacks that are attempting – and probably succeeding – in bypassing older forms of two-factor authentication (2FA).
Terrorists told to hijack social media accounts to spread propaganda
Facebook has removed 14 million pieces of content dubbed likely to come from terrorists, as determined by new machine learning technology
FIFA, hacked again, is leaking like a sieve
Football shockers started to flow on Friday, after journalists analyzed more than 70m exfiltrated documents, totaling 3.4 terabytes of data.
Google’s stealthy sign-in sentry can pick up pilfered passwords
The search giant’s secret sauce can see when somebody’s using your stolen password.
US indicts alleged Chinese spies for hacking aerospace companies
The DOJ described five years of stealing turbofan engine designs that relied on insiders, state-sponsored hackers, phishing and malware.
Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities
A fifth man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of phishing celebrities’ and non-celebrities logins and raiding their iCloud accounts for nude photos.
Phishing is still the most commonly used attack on organizations, survey says
The survey found that the majority of cyberattacks – 75% – came from outsiders, while 25% were due to insiders.
Is this the simple solution to password re-use?
Researchers concluded that passphrase requirements such as a 15-character minimum length deter the majority users from reusing them on other sites.
Beware sextortionists spoofing your own email address
In the past, they’ve pretended to have your passwords – now they’re pretending to send email from your “hacked” account, too.