Category: CyberSecurity

Threat actors are impersonating personal-finance apps to fool people into giving up their private information It’s tax season, and just like every year, it’s rife with scams. Usually we see…

A new credential harvesting email scam has emerged, this time impersonating Instagram tech support, threatening to shut down your account for sharing “fake content.  This latest scam was discovered last…

The new Electron Bot backdoor malware can take over you social-media accounts – including Facebook, Google and Soundcloud and has infiltrated Microsoft’s official store by cloning popular games such as…

This week scammers began targeting unsuspecting users via phishing webpages, forum posts, and email links enticing users to “help Ukraine” by donating The development follows Ukraine’s successful effort of raising…

Cyber criminals are targeting Microsoft Teams users, planting malicious documents into chat, allowing them to take over computers Microsoft Teams has had surge in use over the COVID-19 pandemic, especially…

This week Google released an urgent update for their Chrome browser, patching a zero-day exploit that was being jumped on by attackers in the wild Google has stated that the…

Just in time for Valentine’s Day – a new report released yesterday by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that it measured a sharp increase in losses linked to romance scams…

A barrage of cybercriminal activity is already underway this tax season with a phishing campaign impersonating Intuit, the popular accounting and tax-filing software. Just this week Intuit posted 2 critical…

QR codes have become the new normal for contactless transactions during the pandemic and the FBI is now warning the public that cybercriminals are capitalizing on this technology’s lax security…

A new phishing campaign is targeting federal contractors with an invitation to bid on various fake federal projects with the U.S. Department of Labor Emails branded to look like legitimate…

This January’s Patch Tuesday release is nearly double the average, including 97 security vulnerabilities and 6 zero-day exploits If your company machines are protected by our Total Security service, your…

The FBI is receiving a tsunami of reports of malicious Google Voice scams So, here’s how the scam works: Let’s say that your your fur baby, Mr. Pickles goes missing.…

The FBI and Better Business Bureau are warning folks that the Grinch has come to your town for the holiday season and he’s taking advantage of the pandemic out to…

Earlier this week we were interviewed by Dallis Ontiveros from the KHON2 news crew about the latest cyber attacks on Hawaii critical infrastructure and how companies should best protect themselves…

HONOLULU(KHON2) — Oahu Transit Services (OTS), which runs TheBus and TheHandi-Van, has fallen victim to a cyberattack. Officials are looking into whether passengers’ sensitive information is at risk. The FBI…

Good morning my friend, Did you know that between October of 2020 and July of this year, the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) seized over $2.5 billion in counterfeit…

Did you know that between October of 2020 and July of this year, the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) seized over $2.5 billion in counterfeit goods? The math comes…

Proofpoint researchers have identified an increase in email threats targeting mostly North American universities attempting to steal university login credentials. The threats typically leverage COVID-19 themes including testing information and…

A persuasive and ongoing series of phishing attacks are using fake Office 365 notifications asking the recipients to review blocked spam messages, with the end goal of stealing their Microsoft credentials.…

Cybercriminals are honing their malware droppers, phishing lures, and fake sites while shoppers prepare to open their wallets. As researchers at Kaspersky point out, scammers are already targeting people with…