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Top Free Crucial Tools for Maintaining Privacy In Online Reviews

Your online reputation matters, right? With everyone sharing opinions about everything, keeping your privacy intact while dealing with reviews is crucial. Think about it - do you really want all your personal data floating around with every click? There are tools out there that help keep things under wraps. You might be surprised at what's available. Let's explore the five must-have tools to ensure you stay private while still hearing what people have to say about their experiences.

Google App Scripts Become the Latest Way to Establish Credibility and Automate Phishing Attacks

Cybercriminals have found a new way of leveraging legitimate web services for malicious purposes, this time with the benefit of added automation of campaign actions. Security researchers at CheckPoint have discovered a new phishing campaign that uses Google App Scripts – a scripting platform developed by Google that lets you integrate with and automate tasks across Google products – as the destination in malicious links.

The Mobile Phishing Boom and How to Avoid It

As mobile technology becomes integral to day-to-day life, fraudsters are refining phishing techniques to exploit vulnerabilities in mobile browsing. According to Zimperium’s 2024 zLabs Global Mobile Threat report, 82% of phishing sites specifically targeted mobile devices in 2023. To protect customer data, enterprises need to counter-adapt.

Why Scammers Love the Holidays, and How to Stop Holiday Phishing Risks

For phishing scammers, the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year – or so holiday phishing trends would suggest. Cyberint research shows that phishing alerts surged by 46 percent last December compared to the monthly average observed throughout the year. Similarly, an Akamai study found a 150 percent increase in phishing victims between mid-October and late November 2021.

Free Phishing Platform Has Created More than 140,000 Spoofed Websites

A free phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named Sniper Dz has assisted in the creation of more than 140,000 phishing sites over the past year, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks. The service allows unskilled criminals to spin up sophisticated phishing sites that steal credentials or deliver malware.

Cybercriminal Gang Targeting SMBs Using Business Email Compromise

Researchers at Todyl have published a report on a major cybercriminal group that’s conducting business email compromise (BEC) attacks against small and medium-sized businesses. Todyl describes three separate BEC attacks launched by this threat actor. In one case, the attackers compromised a Microsoft 365 account belonging to an individual working at a small non-profit.

Dick's Sporting Goods Cyber Attack Underscores Importance of Email Security and Internal Controls

The recent cyber attack on Dick's Sporting Goods makes it clear that email played a critical role and emphasizes the need for better security controls. Dick’s Sporting Goods is a $12 billion company with more than 800 stores across the United States. That measure of success made the retailer the target of a recent cyber attack. A filing with the U.S.

Smishing vs. Phishing: 5 Examples of Each

In social engineering attacks like smishing and phishing, the mind is the real target. How often do we quickly glance at a text or email and click without a second thought about its origins? Scammers know this, so they prey on the urgency conveyed in the convincing messages sent to your valued customers and unprepared coworkers. Opportunistic scammers send 3.4 billion spam emails daily.