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More than 1-in-10 Ransomware Attacks Involve Threat of Releasing Consumer or Client Data
Turning ransomware attacks into data breaches if the ransom isn’t paid, what’s being called exfiltration+encryption attacks, can be...
Fraud Practice
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Nearly Nine-in-Ten Organizations Experienced Spear Phishing Attacks; Over Half Fell Victim in 2019
According to a survey of over 600 IT security professionals across seven countries, 88 percent of organizations saw spear phishing...
Fraud Practice
Nov 5, 20213 min read
Government Agencies in Puerto Rico Fall Prey to Pair of Spear Phishing Attacks
After compromising the email account of a government official at one agency, targeted phishing attacks were sent from this trusted...
Fraud Practice
Nov 5, 20212 min read
Germany Issues First GDPR Fine Following Data Breach at Social Media Company
Nearly 2 million username and password combinations along with 330,000 email and password combinations were exposed in a data breach...
Fraud Practice
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Germany Issues First GDPR Fine Following Data Breach at Social Media Company
Nearly 2 million username and password combinations along with 330,000 email and password combinations were exposed in a data breach...
Fraud Practice
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Facebook Data Breach Affecting 30 Million Users Makes Victims More Susceptible to Account Takeover
While nearly 30 million Facebook users had their names and basic contact information stolen, about 14 million of these data breach...
Fraud Practice
Nov 5, 20212 min read
About Social Engineering: A Case Study and How it Relates to Spear Phishing
What is social engineering? Social engineering is a fraud technique used to deceive individuals or businesses into unknowingly providing...
Fraud Practice
Nov 5, 20213 min read
Mobile Malware Targets Android
Cybercriminals target the vulnerable and popular Android mobile platform through banking Trojans. 98% of mobile malware batters Android...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
The Fraud Practice Releases White Paper on Behavioral Monitoring and CNP Fraud Detection
Sarasota, FL, February 13, 2014 / By: The Fraud Practice LLC Identifying who sits behind the keyboard is a daunting challenge for...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Analyzing user behavior to detect fraud
While companies and banks do their best to keep customer information secure, any system can only be as strong as its weakest link, and...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Over Half of Malware Analysts Have Investigated Enterprise Data Breaches That Were Not Disclosed
According to a survey conducted by ThreatTrack Security, there may be considerably more data breaches occurring than the public hears...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20211 min read
SMiShing Scams Target U.S. Area Codes Utilizing Location-Specific Information
Phishing scams carried out via SMS text messages, known as SMiShing, continue to grow and target mobile users in the United States....
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Fraudsters Used Spear Phishing Tactics to Initiate Attacks Against New York Times and Other Websites
In a high profile attack led by the Syrian Electronic Army against the New York Times and other websites, users accessing the affected...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
More Brands Targeted with Phishing Attacks so far in 2013
During the first six months of 2013 720 different brands were targeted by phishing attacks, an increase of 18 percent from the last six...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Press Release: Many Businesses Are Unprepared for the Growing Risk of Account Takeover
We are starting to see more and more fraudsters focusing larger efforts on using account takeover (ATO) to perpetrate fraud. Most likely...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20215 min read
LivingSocial Data Breach Comprises Information of 50 Million Users
Daily deal website LivingSocial suffered a data breach compromising emails, passwords and more information for most of the site’s users...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Study Finds Facebook ‘Likes’ Can be Used to Determine Demographic and Personal Information
While many social media users have become more aware of privacy issues and have made their profiles private, a recent academic study has...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Fraudsters Target New Zealand Auction Site to Recruit Money Mules
Fraud rings have been trying to increase their membership as they have targeted users of the New Zealand auction website Trade Me with a...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Fraudsters Copy Legitimate Microsoft Email Days Later in Phishing Scam
Phishing scams can often be convincing, and a recent case of a phishing campaign emulating a legitimate Microsoft email about changes to...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Study Shows Phishing Could Evolve to Target Brainwave Activity
Advancements in technology over recent years have made EEG headsets, which read and interpret brain activity into controlling software...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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