Blog SBA And CDC Phishing Emails Can Carry Malware May 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion According to Microsoft, its machine learning threat detection models have helped its research teams uncover multiple mal-spam campaigns. These campaigns have been tied together by the common theme of incorporating poisoned disk image files used as attachments. Each campaign has been aimed at a different target population, but all use some variant of COVID-19 in […] Read more » Business & Finance Business Advice Phishing Recent News Security
Blog Gmail Blocks Millions Of COVID-19 Phishing Emails Daily April 28, 2020 by Vertical Axion Google’s popular Gmail service has been busy. In a typical day, the company’s email system blocks more than a hundred million phishing emails. During the last week alone, the company reports that their system saw a massive spike in phishing emails related to COVID-19, with more than 18 million such messages being blocked in just […] Read more » Gmail Google Phishing Recent News Security
Blog Beware Of Phishing Emails Appearing As From The Federal Government April 24, 2020 by Vertical Axion The Digital Security firm Inky reports that they’ve discovered a new, disturbing phishing campaign you should be aware of. The company has spotted a disturbing number of scam emails purporting to be from Mike Pence, the Vice President of the United States. The emails bear titles like “Coronavirus Guidelines for America.” It’s bad enough that […] Read more » Law Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Huge Increase In Phishing And Malware Attacks Using Coronavirus April 14, 2020 by Vertical Axion Around the world, hundreds of millions of people are terrified of the current pandemic that’s raging. Most of those are currently self-quarantining at home and limiting their social contacts. Everyone is hungry for news and information. Sadly, hackers, scammers and other assorted criminals have wasted no time preying on this massive captive audience. According to […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Coronavirus Health Notifications Being Used To Carry Malicious Threats March 30, 2020 by Vertical Axion A Pakistani-based hacking group that goes by a variety of names, including “Transparent Tribe,” “APT36,” “Mythic Leopard” and others has been discovered to be behind a particularly nasty attack recently. Researchers with QiAnXin’s RedDrip Team discovered a phishing campaign bearing the group’s stamp. This new campaign utilizes poisoned files that appear to be health advisories […] Read more » Business Advice Malware and Virus Protection Phishing Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Phone Call And Text Phishing Scams Are On The Rise March 16, 2020 by Vertical Axion For the last couple of years, the primary means of communication when conducting phishing campaigns has been email. Phishing emails have been absolutely rampant. So much so that people are increasingly on their guard against them. Naturally, this prompts scammers to change their tactics, switching things up a bit to catch people by surprise. In […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Phishing Security Technology News
Blog New Phishing Emails Trick Users With Convincing Security Credentials March 14, 2020 by Vertical Axion Unit 42 is a research division of Palo Alto Networks. Their researchers have discovered a sneaky and surprisingly effective phishing campaign that appears to have been launched in January of this year (2020). When targeted by this attack, a user will get an email containing a braded document containing the name of a legitimate cybersecurity […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Phishing Security Technology News
