Tag Archives: Phishing
BAE Report States HUMAN ERROR still major Security Risk
BAE Systems has revealed that even though organizations have continued attempts to improve their cybersecurity, human error is still the major vulnerability towards an organizations network. They compiled a report by speaking to board level executives, IT decision makers and security professionals to better understand what the current state of corporate incident response capabilities and…
HIPAA Violation Examples And Fines
Not keeping up with HIPAA regulations can be quite costly for any physician’s office or entity that needs to adhere to compliance. HIPAA Violation fines range from $100 to over $4 Million. Staying compliant is not an easy task, regulations are always changing and you are required be up to date about every change. I…
The 2019 Threat Report
The new norm with cybersecurity is discovering new attack methods and new threats which emerge daily and new vectors that are being tested by cyber criminals, according to the 2019 Webroot Threat Report. According to the Webroot Threat Report: 40 percent of malicious malware were found on good domains. , “Since legitimate websites are frequently…
New Phishing Trick That Can Bypass Email URL Filters
There is a new Phishing trick that hackers have come up with, this trick is to make Office documents carrying malicious links undetectable by many email security services. They go about deleting the links from the document’s relationship file (xml.rels). This phishing trick has been seen by security professionals during email spam campaigns, these URL’s…
Have I Been Compromised Online?
So, your clicking around on the internet and come across news of compromised companies and now your wondering have I been compromised online? Are my usernames and passwords available online? Unfortunately, the answer to your question is your information is probably in the dark web up for grabs for anyone to take. Data breaches…
Trickbot can now obtain your remote access credentials
The Banking Trojan called Trickbot has an updated ability and can now harvest your username and passwords from remote access type applications. This would allow the hacker to remote into systems using the username and password obtained. TrendMicro Analysts stated “The malware arrives via an email disguised as a tax incentive notification from a major…