BEC (business email compromise) scams are a type of phishing attack in which fraudsters trick people into handing over money or corporate data. Unlike most phishing attacks, they are highly targeted. The scammer will take the time to compromise or replicate the email address of an organisation’s CEO or another high-level executive, and then email an employee with their request. For example, if the attack was designed to steal money, the fraudster would email the…

A Russian-speaking ransomware ‘group’ which called on rival entities to join forces in targeting the US government may have been a social engineering experiment designed to toy with Western media, it has emerged. The so-called “Groove” collective published a post on October 22, exhorting its “business brothers” to “stop competing, unite and begin to destroy the US public sector,” according to threat intelligence firm, Flashpoint. “In its October 22 post, Groove called for a fight…

Now you can leverage your advanced IT experience to switch to an exciting new career in cybersecurity, by starting with a narrow specialization and advancing from there. Image: Anawat Sudchanham/EyeEm/Getty Images The new year is coming up fast. So if one of your resolutions is to switch to a better career, you should start training now. Cybersecurity is a lucrative field, and you don’t have to spend years learning all the various aspects of it….

A notorious Israeli spyware company has been added to a US export blacklist designed to prevent it from buying components from American companies. NSO Group develops malware which it insists is used only for legitimate purposes by law enforcement agencies and governments.  However, it was taken to court by WhatsApp in 2019 after the Facebook company claimed it was responsible for attacks on 1400 of its users which involved the company’s Pegasus spyware. There have also been reports that…

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