[Ache In the Head] The Problems With Your Not-So-Secure Email Gateway
I have been doing some research on Secure Email Gateways. The picture is not that pretty. Below I will summarize what I found.
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[Heads Up] Phishing Attacks Are Now The Top Vector For Ransomware Delivery
Phishing attacks are now the top vector for ransomware delivery, according to researchers at Digital Defense. Phishing emails can be highly tailored to specific employees in order to trick them into downloading malicious files.
Government Workers as Phishing Targets
Government workers are prime targets for social engineering attacks, according to Kaitlyn Levinson at GCN. Attackers use different tactics to target government employees in specific roles. Levinson quotes Rita Reynolds, Chief Information Offic…
Phishing in the Service of Espionage
Reuters describes a cyberespionage campaign carried out by the hitherto little-known threat group researchers track as “Cold River.” The group is circumstantially but convincingly linked to Russian intelligence services (possibly the FSB, alth…
There is a New Trend in Social Engineering with a Disgusting Name; “Pig-butchering”
The technique began in the Chinese underworld, and it amounts to an unusually protracted form of social engineering. The analogy is with fattening up a pig, then butchering it for all it’s worth. In this case the analogy is wayward, since the …