Business Email Compromise attack imitates vendors, targets supply chains

Categories: News

Tags: BEC

Tags: business email compromise

Tags: email

Tags: scam

Tags: social engineer

Tags: supply chain

Tags: vendor

Tags: accounting

Tags: wire transfer

We take a look at a smart social engineering ploy being used in Vendor Email Compromise attacks.

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Cyberthreats facing UK finance sector “a national security threat”

Categories: Business

Categories: News

Tags: Financials

Tags: fraud

Tags: cybersecurity

Tags: cooperation

Tags: NatWest

Tags: romance scam

Tags: BEC scam

Tags: NCP fraud

Reports published about the UK financial industry show a growing number of cyberthreats and enormous losses to fraud.

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The rise of multi-threat ransomware

Categories: News

Tags: ransomware

Tags: malwarebytes

Tags: youtube

Tags: video

Tags: multi-threat

Tags: single threat

Tags: double threat

Tags: triple threat

Tags: encrypt

Tags: extortion

Take a look at our ten minute video walkthrough of ransomware issues and concerns.

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GitHub revokes several certificates after unauthorized access

Categories: News

Tags: GitHub

Tags: Atom

Tags: Desktop for Mac

Tags: Apple Developer ID

Tags: certificates

Tags: Digicert

Tags: sunset

After an unauthorized access incident, GitHub will revoke three certificates which will affect users of Atom and GitHub Desktop for Mac.

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Up to 10 million people potentially impacted by JD Sports breach

Categories: News

Tags: JD Sports

Tags: data breach

Tags: stolen

Tags: unauthorised

Tags: access

Tags: data

Tags: customers

Tags: phish

Tags: social engineering

We take a look at JD Sports revealing a breach which took place between 2018 and 2020, and how this could impact those affected.

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40% of online shops tricking users with “dark patterns”

Categories: News

Tags: dark patterns

Tags: CPC

Tags: EC

Tags: web shops

Tags: countdown timers

Tags: hidden information

Tags: subscriptions

An investigation into 399 web shops by the European Commission and its partners found almost 40% of them using one of three dark patterns.

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Google sponsored ads malvertising targets password manager

Categories: News

Tags: sponsored ads

Tags: top results

Tags: ad rank

Tags: password manager

Tags: 1password

Our reserachers found a more direct way to go after your password by using Google sponsored ads campaigns

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