The financial sector is experiencing the second highest number of phishing attacks (25%)1 and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks (28%)2 of any industry sector according to various reports. In the past few months alone, reports have been released regarding
Twishing is the new phishing
Social media phishing—also known as angler phishing and twishing—is the next new thing to hit your consumers. With companies communicating with customers online more and more, through social media sites like Twitter®, Facebook®, and Instagram, it’s no surprise cyber criminals
Key ways to defend against phishing in 2016
The biggest security threat to companies right now is phishing. Phishing was traditionally a problem for the banking and finance industries, but now it’s a growing threat in other sectors like retail, media, and government. Phishing schemes are designed to
PayPal customers become latest phishing targets
Phishing attacks have become commonplace in the modern business landscape as cyber criminals attempt to access the sensitive financial information of individuals by posing as organisations they interact with on a regular basis. The latest phishing scam involved the online payment
OTA announces its 2013 Online Trust Honor Roll report
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) has released its 2013 Online Trust Honor Roll report, which analyzed websites’ privacy, security and consumer protection. More than 750 domains and privacy policies were reviewed by the OTA, while over 10,000 web pages and
Workers ‘falling for #phishing emails’
Some 60 per cent of office workers have fallen for phishing messages. Research by PhishMe has highlighted the scale of the problem, as employees are receiving up to six emails every day. Brand protection is a serious issue for organizations
Combating phishing risks
According to a recent report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), the number of websites seeking to defraud consumers by stealing their personal information has reached an all-time high. This is clearly bad news for people using the Internet, but
Typosquatting ‘a risk for web users’
Computer users have been warned again of the dangers of typosquatting – a particular type of cybersquatting. Writing for 6abc.com, Brian Taff noted that typos can lead to big problems when people use the web, as they can make their
UK universities get cybercrime funding
Eight UK universities are to work with the GCHQ, the British government’s communications headquarters, to improve computer security in the country. The universities, which will be called Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research, will benefit from an initial
Phishing remains a problem for businesses online
Businesses, organizations and consumers around the world are continuing to fall for phishing scams, it has been claimed. Writing for The Star, Wendy Knowler said phishing activity continues to blight the world of internet commerce and online banking. She explained