Building Effective Defense with the Phishing Kill Chain
Many people have heard of the cyber kill chain, but what about the phishing kill chain? Like the cyber kill chain, this model of phishing attacks can be used...
Phishing
What is a phishing filter? Plus, how to set one up!
It is estimated that 14.5 billion phishing emails are sent every single day. Because the volume is so high, phishers need only a few people to click to be successful....
10 steps to take after clicking a phishing scam
We all make mistakes. Even clicking on a phishing link can happen to the best of us – sometimes we are in a hurry, or sometimes the phishers are exceptionally...
Tabnabbing
As described by Aza Raskin, tabnabbing goes like this: when a simple JavaScript detects that the user has moved to another browser tab or has been inactive...
Spam vs. phishing: Definitions, overview & examples
Spam is usually defined as unsolicited commercial e-mail, often from someone trying to sell something. Spammers are not generally trying to get sensitive information...
Can you spot the phishing scams in 3 of our most popular templates?
In a Webroot study of 600 IT decision makers, phishing attacks leapfrog from the number three spot in 2017 to the number one breach concern among organizations....
Five techniques to bypass Office 365 protections used in real phishing campaigns
In the last couple of years, crooks devised several techniques to bypass anti-phishing filters, let's analyze them to understand the way threat actors used...
Gmail Phishing Scams You Need to Know About
Google Account Security Checkup by Wesley Fryer via Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0
While Google has set up a war room to investigate and put measures...
How to Identify and Detect a Phishing Email – 10 Tips
Better than the average phsishing attempt by Rick Turoczy via Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0
A perennial favorite with cybercriminals because it is practically...
GDPR Provides Scammers with a New Golden Opportunity
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has arrived, and crooks are ready to exploit the media attention on the new law to launch cyber-attacks...