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Human beings are without doubt the single biggest cybersecurity threat to organizations. About two-thirds of breaches stem from a simple, non-malicious user action such as an interaction with a phishing email. Users can also be an organization’s strongest security asset. Not only can human intuition and critical thinking prevent attackers from infiltrating, they also help The post Phishing Simulation Training: From Strategy To Execution appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

A new phishing campaign circulating online is using a fabricated assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump to trick users into divulging personal and corporate information, according to cybersecurity experts at ESET. The attack targets corporate networks with the goal of stealing sensitive data and potentially infiltrating these systems. While two genuine assassination attempts on The post Phishing Campaign Exploits Fake Trump Assassination Story to Harvest Corporate Data appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

Since 1958, the UK government has been providing Winter Fuel Payments to pensioners and senior citizens to help keep their homes warm during the colder months. These payments, administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), are typically deposited directly into recipients’ bank accounts. However, eligibility for these payments is based on certain criteria. The post UK Senior Citizens should be cautious with SMS Scams for winter heating pay appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

Phishing campaigns relentlessly continue to evolve, utilizing innovative tricks to deceive users. ANY.RUN, the interactive malware analysis service, recently uncovered a phishing attack that takes advantage of fake CAPTCHA prompts to execute malicious scripts on victims’ systems. How the Attack Works In this phishing campaign, users are lured to a compromised website and are asked The post ANY.RUN Discovers Tricky Phishing Attack Using Fake CAPTCHA appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

iPhone users across Britain are advised to remain vigilant against ongoing phishing attacks. These scams encourage victims to click on links that falsely claim to boost iCloud storage, but actually lead to password theft. The UK’s National Fraud and Cyber Reporting Centre, known as Action Fraud, has reported nearly 1,639 complaints related to this campaign, The post iCloud Storage fake warning leading to Phishing and Malware attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

On July 29, 2024, a cyber attack targeting Locata, a housing software provider managing multiple housing portals, triggered a widespread phishing scam affecting several boroughs in Greater Manchester. The incident exposed residents to risks of personal data theft through fraudulent email links. The issue initially surfaced in one borough where residents received deceptive emails urging The post Cyber Attack Sparks Phishing Scam Across Greater Manchester appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

The 2024 U.S. elections are set for November 5th, and Microsoft, the American technology giant, has issued a warning about potential interference from state-funded actors. The company’s alert comes in response to increased online activity over recent weeks. According to Microsoft, certain Iranian groups have established fake websites over the past few months to spread The post Microsoft issues alert against email phishing attack to influence US 2024 Elections appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

According to a study made by Palo Alto Networks cyber threat arm ‘Unit 42’, a threat actor named APT28 aka BlueDelta or Fancy Bear, supposedly belonging to Russian Intelligence is seen luring diplomats with a car sales phishing link that is leading them to a repository containing a Windows Backdoor called HeadLace malware. Security analysts The post Threat Actor offers Car Selling Phishing lure appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

A couple weeks ago, an IT outage hit Microsoft Windows 10 and 11 servers shortly after CrowdStrike released a Falcon Sensors software update. Rather than resolving, the update transformed into a software bug , affecting over 8.2 million PCs and servers globally. The disruption, initially caused by the software update, has since been exploited by The post Microsoft CrowdStrike Software Update leading to Phishing Attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

As online dangers keep changing, one type of attack really tricks people’s minds: business email scams. These scams rely a lot on tricking people rather than hacking into systems. It shows how important it is to know and protect against trickery in today’s online world. Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are one type of attack The post Don’t fall for the trap: The sneaky tactics of business email scammers revealed appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.