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Phishing is a malicious attempt to obtain personally identifiable information of a victim. The first thing to keep in mind about phishing is the goal of the attackers. In the first post of this series, we have explained how to recognize a phishing campaign. Today,…
Sucuri’s focus has always been on educating website owners about the latest threats and vulnerabilities — and much of that depends on our industry-leading research team. As the holiday season…
Read More about Website Security Tips for Black Friday & Cyber Monday
With the end of November comes the height of the holiday shopping season — specifically Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, which typically span the last calendar days of November…
Read More about Black Friday/Cyber Monday Ecommerce Security Threats
Phishing attacks and campaigns have always been a hot topic in online security. With many posts tagged as “phishing” on our blog — the first one being over nine years…
While we deal with a lot of phishing cases, we rarely see mobile applications used as part of a phishing campaign—these apps add a layer of complexity to the process…
Read More about Malicious Android Application Used in Phishing Scam
Single sign-on (SSO) allows users to sign into a single account (e.g Google) and access other services like YouTube or Gmail without authenticating with a separate username and password. This…
Read More about Fake SSO Used In Multi-Email Provider Phishing
Across various social media platforms there are verification checkmark symbols that appear near the name of the account’s page we view. For example, this verified account indicator seen from our…
The most effective phishing and malware campaigns usually employ one of the following two age-old social engineering techniques: Impersonation These online phishing campaigns impersonate a popular brand or product through…
Read More about Hackers Use Fake Google reCAPTCHA to Cloak Banking Malware
We recently investigated a suspicious link received by one of my colleagues on WhatsApp. The message (in Portuguese) states that Volkswagen is offering 20 free cars until the end of…
Read More about Fake Volkswagen Campaign Spreads Through Social Networks
Phishing is a serious threat to any industry. We have seen this topic appear in the news more each day. You might have already received a fraudulent email from what seemed…
Every year we see an increase in website attacks during the holidays. While business owners see their sales go up due to promotional Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaigns, hackers…
Read More about A Scam-Free Cyber Monday for Online Businesses
