phishingPhishing tricks with Microsoft Office
If an incoming message asks you to sign in to your MS Office account, here’s what to do.
Phishing through e-mail marketing services
To bypass antiphishing technologies, malefactors can use legitimate e-mail service providers, or ESPs — but dangerous letters aren’t unstoppable.
How to fight delayed phishing
Phishing links in e-mails to company employees often become active after initial scanning. But they still can and must be caught.
Phishing psychology: The prevalence effect
One explanation of phishing success lies in a known psychological effect.
spamCorporate phishing under the guise of performance appraisals
Scammers prod employees to take performance appraisals but in reality siphon off their work account passwords.
Learn how to spot travel phishing
No matter how good malefactors are at pretending to be the real deal, you can still spot travel phishing if you know these three simple rules.
Phishing without borders, or why you need to update your router
Cybercriminals are hijacking routers to steal people’s credentials for online banking and services.
fraudGot a direct message from a top YouTuber? Chances are, it’s phishing
Scammers are sending tons of YouTube direct messages pretending to be from top YouTubers. They’re phishing. Here’s how the scheme works.
How cybercriminals harvest information for spear phishing
Using only publicly available sources, how much can you find out about someone?
human factor
Holiday shopping and holiday phishing
The winter sales season is the hottest time of the year for shoppers and financial phishers. Be careful!
bitcoinPhishing for cryptocurrencies: How bitcoins are stolen
If someone offers cryptocurrency for nothing, remember the only free cheese is in a mousetrap. Here’s what’s really going on.
Snapchat caught in phishing campaign
Over the weekend, Snapchat was compromised via a phishing email pretending to be from company CEO.
What is “whaling”, and what’s the difference from phishing
Late in December, the term “whaling” mildly spiked in cybersecurity-related media outlets. The term isn’t exactly new, but it isn’t encountered as often as “phishing”.
Spam and Phishing in Q3: Dirty Summer Tricks
There are some interesting findings in our Q3 spam report.
How to protect yourself from phishing: 10 tips
Sometimes even cybercriminals go fishing. They hunt for a special goldfish — our personal data. So, what can you do to protect yourself from phishing?
AV-ComparativesAV-Comparatives awards Kaspersky Lab’s Anti-phishing technology
We received more accolades from AV-Comparatives in late August, and we would like to take a moment to share them.
Spam and phishing in Q2: spam percentage stopped decreasing
Kaspersky Lab’s Q2 report on spam and phishing has arrived, and brought little surprises.
Spam and phishing in Q1, 2015: banks and banking Trojans
In Q1 of 2015, the amount of spam in the world’s email traffic is less than it was a few years ago, but still too high. Junk mail goes from annoying to dangerous when infected by cybercriminals.