We see a variety of advanced phishing attacks on a daily basis. More recently, we’ve seen an uptick in the number of phishing attacks designed to look like a voicemail notification email. The hacker’s goal is to get the recipient to click on the button and login to their account to hear the message. Except […]
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Recently we detected a voicemail phishing attack where the hacker made adjustments to their attack methods to try slip by detection technologies. These adjustments were smart enough to get past existing security tools such as Microsoft’s ATP, but not Graphus®! The recipients received an email saying they had a voicemail and to login to their […]
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In a recently published report from Gartner, titled Fighting Phishing – 2020 Foresight, the authors, Peter Firstbrook and Neil Wynne, detail the challenges organizations face and also the required solutions needed to fight phishing and social engineering attacks. The authors discuss how the more recent influx of phishing attacks have caught many anti-spam and secure […]
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According to Kaspersky Lab’s Spam and Phishing Q2 2018 report, over one third (35.7%) of all phishing attacks targeted financial services organizations – and the Fortune 500 aren’t the only targets. As we’ve written about before, small to medium sized financial service organizations are hit the hardest. The FBI recently shared a private alert with […]
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The manufacturing industry has invested heavily in cybersecurity the last few years, however, manufacturers still seem to be unsure how well they are protected, according to Deloitte’s Center for Industry Insights. This is likely due to the fact that manufacturers are hit hard with cyber attacks on a daily basis and in many cases don’t […]
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As we previously discussed, attacks against manufacturers are on the rise and not showing any signs of slowing down. The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report found that social engineering attacks are the preferred method for these cybercriminals as 93% of all reported security breaches are a result from some form of phishing. So why […]
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Last week Graphus hosted a webinar about how to protect your employees from spear phishing attacks. During the 20-minute webinar, Scott Raspa discusses how spear phishing and social engineering circumvent traditional cyber defenses by targeting every company’s weakest security link: employees. He also gives a quick demo of the Graphus software that demonstrates how the […]
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No one is safe from spear phishing attacks. Not even the highest-ranking government officials. CNN reported recently that a self-described email prankster successfully spear phished several members of the White House staff and First Family posing as the President’s son-in-law and advisor, Jared Kushner. One victim was Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert: “Tom, we are […]
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According to Wikipedia, Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing attacks are typically delivered via email and often direct recipients to enter personal information at a fake website. […]
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A group of U.S. defense contractors have been targeted by a hacking group known as Fancy Bear, which is believed to be a cyber espionage group associated with the Russian military intelligence agency GRU. These defense contractors are both small and large and the individuals targeted work on classified programs for militarized drones, missiles, rockets, […]
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