Easy money pandemic: Welfare as bait
As governments worldwide implement support measures for pandemic-hit citizens and businesses, online scammers strive to cash in.
How to deal with internal BEC
BEC attacks that use compromised mailboxes are especially dangerous. Here’s how we learned to identify them.
Fake deliveries in an age of lockdown
How scammers are exploiting delivery problems during the epidemic — and how not to fall for their tricks.
COVID-19 survival guide for your digital life
With everyone stuck at home to avoid COVID-19 exposure, working, socializing, and even homeschooling online, cybercriminals see a smorgasbord of ways to exploit the situation.
Coronavirus as a hook
We tell how the coronavirus scare is being exploited by phishers to attack companies and install malware.
Protecting health care
Health-care facilities are struggling with the current coronavirus epidemic, so we must help them with cyberprotection. We are offering free six-month licenses for our core solutions.
How to deal with BEC attacks
Companies worldwide regularly fall victim to business e-mail compromise attacks. We explain the danger and how to minimize it.
Faking e-mails: Why it is even possible
Phishing and business e-mail compromise attacks rely on fake e-mails. But why is it so easy for attackers to make them so convincing?
Web-threat protection and targeted attacks
Web threats are actively used in targeted attacks, so their neutralization should be an integral part of APT defense strategy.
Phishing psychology: The prevalence effect
One explanation of phishing success lies in a known psychological effect.
Corporate phishing under the guise of performance appraisals
Scammers prod employees to take performance appraisals but in reality siphon off their work account passwords.
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf-in-the-Middle
Folk tales are a fount of wisdom, but not many would use them to teach children the basics of information security. Well, you could!
How phishers steal e-mail accounts
To this day, e-mail is one of the most important Internet services, which makes it a highly attractive target for theft.
How my iPhone got double-stolen, episode 2
A new scam aims to unlink a stolen iPhone from the victim’s Apple ID so it will fetch a higher price.
Selfie hunting: Think twice before confirming your identity
Scammers are interested in your photos with ID cards. We explain why and how to stay protected.
How spammers use Google services
Scammers are using Google Calendar, Photos, Drive, and other services to distribute spam. Here’s how it works.
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.
Dear YouTubers, phishers are after your accounts
This phishing campaign is so convincing that even savvy YouTubers may be duped into giving crooks control of their accounts.
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.
The Gaza cybergang and its SneakyPastes campaign
A cybergang that specializes in cyberespionage, with its campaign mostly limited to the Middle East and countries in central Asia.
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