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Ransomware,
Phishing,
2022

Ransomware Gangs: 0ktapus

By Ian Thomas
on September 15, 2022
In 2022, a large-scale phishing campaign successfully compromised IT resources at over 130 organizations, many of which were high-profile companies. Code-named 0ktapus, the threat group behind this ...
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Ransomware,
Phishing,
Email Security,
2022

Ransomware Gangs: Evil Corp

By Ian Thomas
on September 01, 2022
Evil Corp is a cybercrime gang notorious for its prolific malware-based hacking schemes leading to payments exceeding $100 million from various financial institutions and other businesses. The ...
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Ransomware,
Phishing,
2022

Ransomware Gangs: Cuba

By Ian Thomas
on August 02, 2022
While several high-profile ransomware gangs saw a steep rise and an equally sharp decline over the last couple of years, Cuba ransomware somewhat slipped under the radar. With the gang behind Cuba ...
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Phishing,
2022

A SEG By Any Other Name Is Still A SEG

By Ian Thomas
on July 21, 2022
The email security market is full of vendors offering a wide array of features and capabilities. To make sense of the chaos and to bring clarity to companies seeking the right solution for their ...
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Phishing,
2022

Vishing Attacks Explained

By Ian Thomas
on July 15, 2022
Vishing is a social engineering attack delivered through phone calls or voicemails that attempts to fool people into revealing sensitive information. The caller usually masquerades as someone from a ...
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Ransomware,
Phishing,
2022

Crypto Phishing Scam

By Ian Thomas
on July 12, 2022
Cryptocurrency is a digital medium of exchange that is not associated with traditional currency-issuing institutions like national banks. Instead, cryptocurrency is managed using blockchain ...
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Ransomware Gangs: Black Basta

By Ian Thomas
on July 07, 2022
After a cull that saw several high-profile ransomware gangs disbanded in late 2021 a new set of groups emerged in their place. One gang with a particularly rapid rise over the last few months in ...
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Phishing,
Smishing

Smishing Attacks Explained

By Ian Thomas
on June 30, 2022
What Is Smishing? Smishing is a type of social engineering scam that uses mobile texting rather than emails to deliver nefarious messages that dupe people into taking specific actions. The term is a ...
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Phishing,
Whaling,
2022

Whaling Attacks Explained

By Ian Thomas
on June 22, 2022
What is Whaling? Whaling is a type of spear phishing in which threat actors directly target c-level executives at an organization. This type of social engineering attack sends fraudulent messages to ...
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Phishing,
BEC,
2022

Business Email Compromise (BEC) Explained

By Ian Thomas
on June 14, 2022
What is Business Email Compromise? Business email compromise (BEC) is a type of targeted phishing (spear phishing) in which a threat actor either accesses or mimics a genuine business email account ...
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