Blog LastPass Security Breach: Encrypted Passwords at Risk December 27, 2022 by Vertical Axion LastPass, a popular password manager, announced that an unauthorized party accessed the company’s archived backups of its production data on a third-party cloud-based storage service. According to the company’s investigation, a threat actor accessed the cloud storage environment in August 2022 with information obtained from an earlier incident. Although the threat actor did not access […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Scammers Impersonating Refund Payment Portals November 30, 2022 by Vertical Axion The FBI warns about scammers pretending to be refund payment gateways from financial institutions to steal sensitive information from unsuspecting victims. The federal law enforcement agency stated that scammers deceive victims into granting them access to their computers via email or phone calls by posing as representatives of technical or computer repair companies. According to […] Read more » Phishing Recent News Security Technology Technology News
Blog Twitter’s Data Leak Exposes Over 5.4 Million Users November 29, 2022 by Vertical Axion Earlier this year, Twitter confirmed that an API vulnerability had caused a massive data leak containing non-public information for over 5.4 million Twitter users. Twitter denied claims that hackers had leaked the private information priorly. However, Pompompurin, the owner of the hacking forum Breached, stated they were responsible for exploiting the API bug and platforming […] Read more » Phishing Recent News Security Social Networking Technology Technology News Twitter
Blog Phishing-as-a-Service on the Rise with Caffeine November 28, 2022 by Vertical Axion Threat actors may now launch their own sophisticated assaults thanks to the emergence of Phishing as a Service (PhaaS) platforms like “Caffeine.” Through an open registration procedure, anyone who wishes to launch their phishing campaign can sign up on these platforms. Security experts at Mandiant discovered the first sighting of these threats while investigating a […] Read more » General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Phishing Kit Targets US Shoppers November 23, 2022 by Vertical Axion Security experts at Akamai have discovered a campaign that uses an elaborate phishing kit. This campaign targets Americans using lures centered around holidays like Labor Day and Halloween. The kit combines several methods and employs several evasion detection techniques to prevent non-victims from visiting its phishing pages. One of the most intriguing aspects of the […] Read more » Phishing Recent News Security Technology Technology News
Blog SaaS Phishing Attacks Are Increasing November 15, 2022 by Vertical Axion It’s getting easier than ever to conduct effective phishing campaigns thanks to the rise in popularity of SaaS platforms. A recently published report released by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 revealed that the use of Software as a Service to conduct phishing attacks has surged by an incredible 1,100 percent between June 2021 and June […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Dropbox Suffers Major Breach in Phishing Attack November 7, 2022 by Vertical Axion It’s no secret that cyber attacks are on the rise, and that no company is immune to them. Dropbox, a cloud storage company, was the lastest victim when their GitHub account was compromised. This allowed attackers access to 130 code repositories, which contained sensitive data. Dropbox was notified of a potential breach on October 14th […] Read more » Data Breach Phishing Recent News Security Technology Technology News
Blog The Evolution of Callback Phishing Scams November 2, 2022 by Vertical Axion Phishing is one of the oldest forms of cybercrime. It continues to grow and evolve, making it difficult for people to defend themselves. Callback phishing scams are email campaigns that pose as expensive memberships to confuse recipients who have never signed up for these services. The email includes a phone number the receiver may call […] Read more » Business & Finance Phishing Security Technology News
Blog Toyota T-Connect Database Exposed October 26, 2022 by Vertical Axion On October 7, 2022, Toyota Motor Corporation made an announcement that the personal information of approximately 296,000 consumers had been compromised. The Toyota T-Connect system enables owners of Toyota automobiles to link their cell phones to their vehicles. By doing so, users can monitor the status of their engines, listen to music, navigate, and track […] Read more » General Interest Phishing Recent News Technology News
Blog Microsoft 365 Accounts Targeted In New BEC Scam September 30, 2022 by Vertical Axion Recently, researchers at Mitiga have sounded the alarm about a new Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaign. They discovered evidence of the campaign responding to another incident and have watched the campaign grow in scope and scale over time. Here’s how the attack works: The individual targeted by the campaign receives an email that appears to […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
