phishing
Canada’s Coast Capital Savings becomes a victim of Cyber Attack
Surrey-based Coast Capital Savings was subjected to a cyber attack recently and news is out that the hackers managed to siphon thousands of dollars from accounts of more than 140 members in between November and December last year. Though the total amount stolen is yet to be known, highly placed sources say that each member […]
Most Google trended Cybersecurity keywords in 2018
As Donald Trump and the word ‘Idiot’ are currently trending the most on Google search engine, Cybersecurity Insiders brings to you the most searched keywords related to Cybersecurity which trended on Google in 2018. Cyptojacking- The word started to lead the trending list from May 2018 and is still said to be buzzing on the […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
Topeka Utilities Department has suffered a cyber attack recently in which data of more than 10,000 Topekans got exposed. A statement released on Monday says that the data breach occurred between Oct 31 and Dec 7 impacting all the users who used the city’s website for payment of utility bills via Central Square. Molly Hadfield, […]
Massachusetts Community College loses $800,000 Via Phishing Email Cyber Attack
A Community College in Massachusetts is said to lose $807,130 due to a cyber attack say sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders. Cape Cod Community College is the educational institution in discussion and the incident is said to have occurred last month due to a phishing email. As said in the earlier paragraph, the cyber attack […]
The Best Gmail Phishing Scam Ever!
If you use Gmail, pay attention! Security experts have announced that there is a very effective phishing scam out there, and you are a target. This scam, which has only been growing over the past couple of months, is also hitting other email providers, too. However, it’s quite difficult to detect. According to researchers at […]
Hackers launch cyber attacks on Gmail Accounts
Just a couple of hours ago Internet Juggernaut Google has issued a warning against a notorious cyber attack targeting Gmail Accounts. The web services giant said that a malicious email campaign was spreading through the internet like wildfire in the disguise of an invitation to Google Doc and was mainly targeting school staff and students […]
Top 3 Social Engineering Scams
Think about hackers breaking into accounts. If you think they need top-notch computer skills, you would be wrong. These days, instead of requiring skills behind a keyboard, hackers generally rely on strategy…specifically a strategy called social engineering. This means that hackers don’t have to be technical, but they DO have to be clever and crafty […]
