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Phishing. Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information [1] or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware. Phishing attacks have become increasingly sophisticated and often transparently mirror the site being targeted, allowing the attacker to ...
June 5: The social networking website LinkedIn has been hacked and the passwords for nearly 6.5 million user accounts are stolen by cybercriminals. As a result, a United States grand jury indicted Nikulin and three unnamed co-conspirators on charges of aggravated identity theft and computer intrusion.
Shoulder surfing (computer security) In computer security, shoulder surfing is a type of social engineering technique used to obtain information such as personal identification numbers (PINs), passwords and other confidential data by looking over the victim's shoulder. Unauthorized users watch the keystrokes inputted on a device or listen to ...
Cyber criminals are getting savvier, with a trend called "spear phishing". Here’s how to tease out a legit email from a fake. Cyber criminals are getting savvier, with a trend called "spear ...
Spear phishing differs from. As if it wasn't enough to worry about plain old phishing scams, the FBI today issued a warning about a more malicious type called spear phishing. This type of scheme ...
The Library stated that the attackers probably used a phishing, spear-phishing or brute-force attack facilitated by a compromise of third-party credentials as well as a lack of use of multi-factor authentication by the library. After gaining access, Rhysida used three methods to identify and copy the 600GB of documents during the attack ...
The method is known as phishing or spear phishing: 'phishing' involves sending thousands of emails claiming, for example, that an account has been compromised; 'spear phishing' typically involves targeted and personalized emails or messages designed to deceive specific individuals or organizations into revealing sensitive information or ...
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