Tagged: spear phishing

Heartbleed has taken Canada by storm - Find out what you need to know and how to audit your systems from Claudiu Popa
Heartbleed's 'worst case scenario' may not be the theft of encryption keys after all.

How to stop Heartbleed: 7-step checklist to fix OpenSSL security bug

Claudiu Popa

Published: April 8th, 2014

2013 year of the ‘mega breach’: Symantec

Cyber-criminals are getting better at using targeted attack methods and strategic planning to break into the digital data vaults held by major corporations, according to Symantec Corp. Last year set a record both

Published on: April 8th, 2014 Brian Jackson

Bell customer data leak may lead to more phishing attacks

Bell Canada has suffered a breach of security. According to a company press release that blames an unspecified third party supplier in Ottawa, 22,421 user names and passwords and five valid credit card

Published on: February 3rd, 2014 Claudiu Popa

Trend Micro’s 5 predictions for cybersecurity in 2014

Mobile banking heists, exploited vulnerabilities, and data breaches – these could be the cybersecurity hallmarks of 2014, according to a new report from security software provider Trend Micro Inc. In a report released

Published on: January 2nd, 2014 Candice So

Spear phishing so effective its scary [infographic]

If Moby Dick were written today, Ishmael might be a social engineering-hacker instead of a sailor and Moby Dick might be a corporate CEO instead of a sperm whale. That's because spear phishing

Published on: May 23rd, 2013 Brian Jackson
Sophisticated ‘Elderwood’ hackers targeting defence industry, Symantec warns

Sophisticated ‘Elderwood’ hackers targeting defence industry, Symantec warns

A group of highly skilled and organized attackers, likely backed by some serious computing power, have been conducting targeted attacks against North America’s defence industry supply chain for the past three years, according

Published on: September 7th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Hackers sharpen ‘spear phishing’ attacks for high profile targets

Hackers sharpen ‘spear phishing’ attacks for high profile targets

Recent break-ins at high-profile targets like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) demonstrate just how proficient hackers have become at "spear phishing," researchers said today."Today's spear phishing is not only more prevalent but also

Published on: June 14th, 2011 Gregg Keizer
Chinese government refutes Google accusations over Gmail attacks

Chinese government refutes Google accusations over Gmail attacks

A Chinese official today denied accusations that the government was responsible for attacks that accessed hundreds of Google Gmail accounts. "The so-called allegations that the Chinese government supports hacking is completely fabricated with

Published on: June 3rd, 2011 Gregg Keizer
Scammers use data on social networks to launch targeted attacks

Scammers use data on social networks to launch targeted attacks

New tools capable of quickly finding, gathering and correlating information about individuals from social networking sites and other public sources are giving online scammers a powerful new weapon, say security researchers. The tools

Published on: December 2nd, 2009 Jaikumar Vijayan