Scam of the Week: Last-Minute Holiday Shipping Scams
Scam of the Week: Last-Minute Holiday Shipping Scams The holiday season is a time for love, joy, togetherness—and last-minute online orders! We’ve all been there: anxiously awaiting a package and hoping you didn’t forget anyone on your shopping list. The holidays have a way of creeping up on us, so expect scammers to be creeping […]
Scam of the Week: Top 10 Cybersecurity Tips for Holiday Shopping
Scam of the Week: Top 10 Cybersecurity Tips for Holiday Shopping For most of us, the holiday season is about friends, family, food—and shopping! Black Friday and Cyber Monday fall just after Thanksgiving in the U.S., but internationally, they are two of the busiest shopping days of the year. Unfortunately, while you’re looking for holiday […]
Scam of the Week: Smishing Gains Popularity with Bad Guys
Scam of the Week: Smishing Gains Popularity with Bad Guys Many services, from grocery pickup to credit score updates, offer notifications via text messages or short message service (SMS). Typically, these notifications are short, vague, and include a link—which makes them great for spoofing! Bad guys use fake notification messages for SMS Phishing, or Smishing […]
Scam of the Week: Exploiting the Coronavirus: “New Approved Vaccines” Infect Your System with Malware
Scam of the Week: Exploiting the Coronavirus: “New Approved Vaccines” Infect Your System with Malware The COVID19 pandemic has led to many creative phishing attacks such as phony offers for free testing, claims that you have come in contact with an infected person, and even accusations that you have violated health and safety protocols. Scammers […]
Scam of the Week: Exploiting the Coronavirus: Financial Relief Scam Targeting Organizations
Scam of the Week: Exploiting the Coronavirus: Financial Relief Scam Targeting Organizations The coronavirus pandemic continues to impact organizations across the globe. This hardship gives cyber-criminals the perfect bait: a promise of financial relief. Currently, cyber-criminals are impersonating the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) with a very convincing phishing email. While this specific scam […]