Over 709 million attempts to access phishing and scam websites in 2023, have been thwarted by Kaspersky’s anti-phishing system, marking a 40% increase compared to the previous year’s figures. Messaging apps, artificial intelligence platforms, social media services, and cryptocurrency exchangesRead More…

PhishRod has been named by the IDC as an innovator in phishing readiness and security awareness in their recent report – ‘IDC Innovators: Phishing Platform Provider — Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, 2023’. Document number: META51250923Read More…

Criminal activities surged in the first half of the year, with Check Point Research (CPR) reporting an 8% increase in global weekly cyberattacks in the second quarter, marking the highest volume in two years. Familiar threats such as ransomware and hacktivism have evolved, with criminal gangs modifying their methods andRead More…

Kaspersky experts have outlined top four email scam themes and tactics currently prevalent in the Middle East, Türkiye, Africa region (META). These scams highlight different social engineering techniques used by cybercriminals, however the objective remains the same, which is to entice unsuspecting victims and steal their personal and financial information.Read More…

ESET researchers have uncovered a mass-spreading phishing campaign aimed at collecting Zimbra account users’ credentials. The campaign has been active since at least April 2023 and is still ongoing. Zimbra Collaboration is an open-core collaborative software platform, a popular alternative to enterprise email solutions. The campaign’s targets are a varietyRead More…

Cloudflare has released its inaugural 2023 Phishing Threats Report. The findings highlight that phishing remains the most dominant and fastest growing Internet crime, largely due to the ubiquity of email and the ceaseless issue of human error that is preyed upon by today’s threat actors. While business email compromise (BEC) lossesRead More…

Scammers are now targeting various websites lacking reliable protection as they seek an easier and more effective way to distribute phishing pages. Due to the lack of support and maintenance on these old sites, they have become vulnerable to hacking through well-known exploits, paving the way for phishing attacks. KasperskyRead More…