Massachusetts Community College loses $800,000 Via Phishing Email Cyber Attack
A Community College in Massachusetts is said to lose $807,130 due to a cyber attack say sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders. Cape Cod Community College is the educational institution in discussion and the incident is said to have occurred last month due to a phishing email. As said in the earlier paragraph, the cyber attack […]
Is Email becoming the biggest Cyber Threat
In this digital world, Email has become the most cost-effective channel for cybercrooks to make money. And that’s because it is very easy to gain financial value by siphoning someone else’s monetary and personal data via emails. A survey conducted recently says that 57% of respondents admitted that their company has experienced a phishing attack […]
Email ransom frauds leading to suicides
Imagine one fine day an email pops out on your screen and presents itself to be from a friend or colleague. But when you click on it, that leads you to a string of vicious threats to destroy your life until a ransom is paid. Well, this is not a storyline from a Hollywood movie […]
UK TV License website glitch makes 40,000 households vulnerable to Hackers
In Britain and the territories attached to it on Coast, every household watching or recording television content during broadcast needs to hold a television license to do so. It is like a legal permission given by the Broadcasting authority to watch the content via terrestrial, satellite, cable or internet. Cybersecurity Insiders has learned that nearly […]
Wegmans sues Invermar for Cyber Attack
Wegmans Food Markets Inc. an American Supermarket Chain headquartered in New York has filed a lawsuit against Chilean Seafood Supplier, Invermar, for allowing hackers to pocket its payments through a cybersecurity flaw. Sources say that the Food retailer has sued the seafood supplier for $900,000 and is interested in adding more to the lawsuit when […]
Hackers spread ransomware by these 4 methods
Ransomware spreading hackers are getting sophisticated day by day and no organization seems to be immune to such cyber attacks. In this article, we will discuss the popular methods through which hackers are spreading ransomware to corporate networks. Hope, it helps companies which are in search of ways to isolate their corporate IT infrastructure from […]
Beware of these 10 email phishing subject lines
Want to keep your PC or network safe from phishing attacks. Then beware of these 10 email phishing subject lines, as they can not only prove notorious (by spreading malware infection to PCs) but can be used to drain down your bank accounts. 1.)Â Â Â Password check or change of password is required immediately2.)Â Â Â A delivery […]
A surge in Smishing Cyber Attacks
Smishing or technically called as phishing attacks via Short Messages are on the rise says a research conducted by cybersecurity firm ESET. The attack horizon is simple, a user is tricked into downloading a Trojan horse, virus or other malware onto a smartphone and the malware tends to transmit all sensitive info to remote servers […]
Enterprises should be aware of these Cyber Threats in 2018
All you people out there who are leading the companies, please be aware of these top cyber threats as there is a high probability that your enterprise can confront them in 2018. Obviously, ransomware attacks will get worse and Ransomware will lead the pack. However, as per a new report by Kaspersky Labs, cyber crooks […]
Fake Ransomware attack claims hit email boxes in the West
Online users in Western Countries, especially in US and UK, have become soft targets for a new type of ransomware attack campaign. Security researchers from Sophos Labs say that the inboxes of email users are now being targeted with scary messages that say that a nasty ransomware infection is going to infect their computers if […]
