Targeted email scams are getting bolder and more convincing. Here's how they work, and the smartest ways to defend yourself.

North Korean state-backed hackers, the Lazarus Group, primarily employed spear phishing attacks to steal funds over the last ...

Spear phishing is an email that appears to be from an individual or business you know. Phishing attacks are broad and target everyone, spear phishing attacks are targeted and specific, making them ...

Spear phishing has become an endemic scourge: 95% of US and 83% of UK respondents in a recent Cloudmark survey said that they have experienced spear phishing attacks (91% combined). Spear phishing is ...

You already know about Phishing: putting in some bait and waiting for someone to divulge their personal information. Phishing comes in many flavors like Spear Phishing, Tabnabbing, Whaling, Tabjacking ...

According to Symantec, the real estate industry is one of the top three targeted for spear-phishing attacks, and real estate executives are the catch of the day. The real estate industry is getting ...

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Editor’s note: Tom Chapman is a former Navy intelligence officer who now serves as director of cyber operations at cybersecurity firm Edgewave. If terrorists ever orchestrate a cyberattack against the ...

Just when you thought you had seen it all regarding online phishing scams, along comes a new round of deceptive emails, phones calls, instant messages and even traditional printouts from your fax ...

Regular phishing attacks flood our inboxes and social networks, lurking within the waves of spam we’re used to receiving and targeting indiscriminately. It’s as though the attackers are throwing out a ...

When it comes to cybersecurity, email remains a prime attack vector for criminals. A full 90% of respondents in a recent survey whose organization experienced a spear phishing attack within the past ...