Generic social engineering attacks may affect a few people but a targeted attack with specific company details are much more effective. Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers, who works for IBM X-Force Red as a social engineering tester, goes into how she gathers information to start a social engineering attack in this article. Unethical social engineers often use social media to … [Read more...]
Spyware Installed on China Visitors’ Phones
When traveling into China through the northwest border, border patrol may install a new spyware app called Fengcai or BXAQ on your phone. Some users have reported that the app was installed on their phone when stopped by police as well. Like the MFsocket app that Chinese police install on your cellphone in Beijing and Shanghai, this app appears to pull data from your phone and … [Read more...]
Friday News Roundup – June 28
This week we saw lots of interesting cyber security reports. We would love to cover all of them in depth, but we just don't have the time. Here’s the top security reports that we missed out on this week. Norsk Hydro recently got hit with ransomware and BBC recently covered the aftermath of the attack. This five-minute video shows just how must devastation ransomware … [Read more...]
$98 Million Spent Just To Replace Credit Cards in 2018
How much should you spend on cyber defense, recovery, and insurance? A recent research study from WEIS [PDF]—a collection of cyber security researchers—analyzes the costs of cyber crime and how it has changed over the years. While the report mostly covers world e-commerce losses and how governments can combat them, it also reports cyber security trends, and their findings match … [Read more...]
New Phishing Attacks Stealing MFA Tokens Too
In the Firebox Feed, our threat intelligence feed powered by WatchGuard Firebox customers around the world, we recently came across a trending phishing campaign that uses a malicious PDF as part of its attack. Targeting mostly German users, the PDF comes attached to an email with a subject line that translates from German to "Invoice for your sales tax." Included in the email … [Read more...]
