Latest Phishing Stories

New Consumer Tips and Video Keep Consumers from Getting Hooked WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Consumer Federation of America (CFA), with the support of Visa Inc., is releasing new consumer education materials about "phishing," a serious fraud problem. Phishing is when crooks, pretending to be from well-known companies, organizations, or government agencies, contact individuals and trick them into revealing their Social Security numbers, financial account...

CHANTILLY, Va., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PhishMe, the enterprise leader in spear-phishing awareness training and education, today announced that Network Products Guide, the industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, has named PhishMe a Gold winner of the 8(th) Annual 2013 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards in the 'Best Upgraded IT Software' category. PhishMe also received the Bronze award for the 'Best IT Products and Services for Large Enterprises' category....

According to a recent report, Chinese hackers just got their hands on some valuable information about weaknesses in the US infrastructure. Global Digital Forensics founder, Joe Caruso, took some time to talk about these kinds of vulnerabilities, how attackers target and compromise SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems, long known to be a serious risk, and some steps that can be taken to mitigate that risk. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Last week, The Washington Free...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online At least 18 Alaskan students are accused of using a phishing scam to gain control over the computers at their middle school. According to the Anchorage Daily News, these students hacked into the school-owned laptops after tricking a teacher into giving them an administrative password. Once inside, the unnamed students accessed their classmate’s laptops remotely using a feature built for teachers to monitor their students. The...

Protecting an organization’s ESI (Electronically Stored Information) from sophisticated and advanced cyber threats can seem like a daunting mountain to climb, but according to Verizon’s 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report, US businesses need to spend a lot more time handling the simple threats first. Global Digital Forensics founder and CEO, Joe Caruso, weighs in on the report and the importance having at least the basics of cyber security very well covered before concentrating on...

100 billion spam and 1 billion malware emails daily - Pump and dump spam returns with a vengeance MCLEAN, Virginia, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Unwanted and dangerous email increased dramatically in the first quarter of 2013, according to a Q1 Internet Threats Trend Report issued by Commtouch(R) (NASDAQ: CTCH), a leading provider of Internet security technology and cloud-based services. During the first quarter of 2013, an average of 97.4 billion spam emails and 973 million...

Leading identity theft protection company provides tips for consumers to help protect them from identity theft in the event of a data breach CHANTILLY, Va., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In light of the recent LivingSocial.com data breach, Identity Guard(®), a leading identity theft protection company, warns consumers to be aware of the increased risk of identity theft and provides tips on how they can help protect themselves from becoming a victim. In a recent study released this...

GENEVA and LIMA, Peru, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WISeID Liber is the first product resulting from the Strategic Joint Venture between WISeKey and GJC for Latin America and Iberia. WISeID Liber allows users to create a biometric digital identification and store private information such as account username and passwords, credit card numbers, member cards, photos, notes and social credentials in an encrypted vault. The vault can be unlocked only using the user's master...

Corporate Networks with Mobile Workforce Experienced High Rates of Malware Threats, Hacked Passwords and SQL Injection Attacks BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of new remote access security research show half of companies with a remote workforce had their websites compromised in 2012, over a third had passwords hacked, and twice as many companies with remote users were victims of SQL injection attacks. Conducted by Webroot, a leader in Internet security as a...

Commtouch On-Premise Email Security utilizes Eleven eXpurgate technology McLEAN, Virginia, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Commtouch(R) (NASDAQ: CTCH), a leading provider of Internet security technology and cloud-based services, today announced that NetCologne Gesellschaft fuer Telekommunikation mbH, one of the leading regional Internet and telecommunication service providers in Germany, is now protecting its email inboxes against spam, malware and phishing using the Commtouch...