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Popular phishing tactics using the Microsoft brand used email campaigns to steal credentials of Microsoft accounts, luring victims to click on malicious links which redirect them to a fraudulent Microsoft login page. More

Coronavirus-related email subjects remain the biggest threat in phishing scams, a new study has found.More

Many SMEs are on a knife-edge right now and the smallest thing will put them out of business for good. Even a small cyber attack can be cataclysmic, writes Wontok head of technology Mick Esber.More

“The success of Operation Genmaicha has prevented further Australians from seeing their hard-earned savings siphoned off to criminal entities.”More

More than 80% of IT leaders believe their company is at a greater risk of cyber attacks when their staff are working from home, according to new research. More

As employees travel back and forth between home and the workplace, are they walking through the door with cyber threats sitting on their devices?More

The solution is an integration of data protection and cybersecurity which provides customers with effective endpoint protection in a landscape where the pointlessness of perimeter security is becoming more pronounced.More

Sophos researchers say that the attackers take a slightly different approach to the standard ‘fake login’ phishing email.More

Many organisations steer towards relying upon external threat intelligence feeds, though this has limitations because even if you subscribe to every single threat intelligence feed, gaps still remain, as many attacks are customised to bypass traditional security controls. More

In this case, the attacks were launched through a phishing document sent via LinkedIn to employees at the targeted organisation. This phishing document was styled to look like a job advertisement for a role in a blockchain company.More

“The increase on reporting and reduction in financial loss could mean that New Zealanders are developing a heightened awareness of cybersecurity threats as we’ve become more dependent on digital services.” More

The Graphus solution uses AI technology to defend Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite inboxes from a variety of threats delivered via email.More

According to new research from Check Point, the primary attack delivery method is email, constituting 82% of all attack vectors for malicious files in the last month.More

Google and Amazon were the most imitated brands in phishing attempts for the second quarter of 2020, according to Check Point. More

Even with the best perimeter defences in place, malicious actors can still gain access to a network and resources connected to it. But a new technique has made it significantly easier to spot these cyber-attackers.More

New research from SMX has revealed neither private companies nor government agencies have done enough to stamp out phishing and spoofing campaigns throughout Australia and New Zealand.More

As the crisis continues to play out, the onus is on the rest of us to remain on high alert, to ensure our systems and data aren’t infected with another kind of virus.More

Techday spoke to Mimecast Australia principal technical consultant Garrett O’Hara, who walks through why security experts are becoming increasingly pessimistic about email-borne attacks.More

The study, conducted with VirusTotal and WHOIS XML, analysed more than 600,000 domains to accurately track malicious activity throughout the pandemic. More

The campaign used seemingly credible web domain names to lure its victims and bypass security filters, including from Oxford University, Adobe and Samsung.More

Cyber attackers live by the motto ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’, and COVID-19 delivers a perfect storm of opportunity for them.More

Mimecast has released its latest State of Email Security report, which surveyed over 1,000 IT decision-makers on their view of the current state of cybersecurity.More

It comes as resume or CV-themed scams have doubled in the past two months, with one out of every 450 malicious files reported involving CVs.More

A new report from Barracuda released today shows 100,000 attacks impersonating reputable brands, with 65% of this figure using Google as a masquerade.More