Cyber News

Scammers just found a new phishing lure to play with: Google Drive. A flaw in the Drive is being exploited to send out seemingly legitimate emails and push notifications from Google that, if opened, could land people on malicious websites. The scam itself is nothing new – messages asking you to click on dodgy links are as old as the internet itself – but could catch a lot of people off guard. WESTprotect recommends you pay close attention to any request to download files. Read more >>>

An increasing number of victims are being directed to fraudulent websites via social media platforms and popular online search engines. Read more >>>

Phishing attacks are on the rise and are more widespread — and successful — than ever before. They’ve gone way beyond mocked-up bank emails littered with malicious links (although those are still around, too). Today’s hackers now target mobile users across multiple vectors, such as text and SMS messages, social-media platforms, and almost any mobile app that enables link-sharing. Thanks to the fact that so much of our personal information is now online, hackers can customize these attacks to mak Read more >>>

As states deal with re-opening and in some cases, re-closing, the reality is that for many organizations, remote work will play a significant role in business through 2020 and beyond. And so will increased cybercriminal activity, as demonstrated by a 131 percent increase in viruses and about 600 new phishing attacks a day when the pandemic started. Read more >>>

The shift to remote working spurred Microsoft and Amazon to the top of the heap for cybercriminals to use as lures in the third quarter. Read more >>>