Marika Samarati Archive
This blog has been updated to reflect industry developments. Originally published Mar 27, 2017 Phishing attacks are a persistent threat to businesses. A staggering 90% of breaches involve phishing, according to Verizon’s Data Breach Digest. And these attacks are on …
You probably know what phishing is. It’s been around almost as long as the Internet, and everyone from your employer to Facebook provides warnings about how to identify and report such scams. But are you aware of how extensive phishing …
Action Fraud has warned BT customers about a malicious email supposedly sent by BT. It has the subject line “New BT Bill” and contains a link that automatically downloads the Dridex banking malware when clicked. The malware downloads in a …
Earlier this month, South Korean web hosting company Nayana was badly hit by a ransomware attack – 153 of its Linux servers were put out of order, making over 3,400 clients’ websites unavailable. The infection It seems that the company …
On Wednesday last week, a ransomware attack hit the University College London (UCL). The university released a statement shortly after the attack: “Currently it appears that the initial attack was through a phishing email although this needs to be confirmed. …
Even the best technological security measures can be subverted by end users, which is why cyber criminals tend to exploit the weakest link of the security chain: humans. In fact, according to The Human Factor, a June 2017 report by …
Despite daily news about cyber attacks targeting staff to get through companies’ boundaries, many office workers seem to be oblivious of the reality and how their actions impact their employers’ security. According to a survey of around 2,000 UK and …
A series of Freedom of Information (FoI) requests filed with universities by Duo Security has revealed that 72% of the universities that responded have fallen victim to phishing attacks in the last 12 months – 7 of these have been …
In 2016, companies in the financial services sector were attacked 65% more often than those in any other industry, as reported by IBM X-Force Research. Over 200 million records were breached – a 937% increase compared to 2015. Source of …
You may or may not remember that in March this year a Lithuanian cyber criminal was arrested for a phishing scam that targeted two US-based tech companies, the names of which were not disclosed at the time. Google and Facebook …
