The , conducted by UC San Diego Health and Censys researchers, found that phishing-related cybersecurity training programs had no effect on whether or not employees were duped by phishing emails. After analyzing the results of 10 different phishing email campaigns sent to over 19,500 employees at UC San Diego Health over eight months, the researchers found "no significant relationship between whether users had recently completed an annual, mandated cybersecurity training and the likelihood of falling for phishing emails."
Investigators from Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) have disrupted the network behind the dangerous RaccoonO365 infostealer malware that targeted the usernames and credentials of Office 365 users after being granted a court order in the Southern District of New York. The operation saw a total of 338 websites linked to the popular malware seized and its technical infrastructure disrupted, severing RaccoonO365 users' access to their victims.
Tax calculations can be, well, taxing, so a message from HMRC saying that there's been a mistake may not ring too many alarm bells. Some bring good news: you have overpaid and are owed a refund, but others claim you owe money. In both cases there's an imminent deadline to act sometimes with the threat of legal action, or penalties if you don't. Scammers are taking advantage of people's fears over bills to steal personal and banking information.
These forms can be created in minutes, with clean and clear formatting, official-looking images and video, and-most importantly of all-a genuine Google Docs URL that your web browser will see no problem with. Scammers can then use these authentic-looking forms to ask for payment details or login information. It's a type of scam that continues to spread, with Google itself issuing a warning about the issue in February.
"Like a real-world virus variant, this new 'ClickFix' strain quickly outpaced and ultimately wiped out the infamous fake browser update scam that plagued the web just last year."
In a newly discovered supply chain attack, attackers last week targeted a range of npm-hosted JavaScript type testing utilities, several of which were successfully compromised to distribute malware.
