Tag: #CyberThreats
Conventional Phishing attacks involved tricking potential victims to enter their respective usernames and passwords on fake websites which resembled the genuine websites. Once the login credentials were captured, they were used to steal business as well as personal data. A new trend that has emerged is to trick users into downloading malware that once downloaded […]
A suspicious buyer inquiry recently landed in my inbox, and at first glance, it looked like a routine business request. The sender claimed to be a purchasing manager representing a company called Techie Group Srl. They asked me to send my company’s latest product catalogs because they were interested in making a purchase. For many small […]
A new way to take over Instagram accounts has emerged lately. Hackers used VPN (Virtual Private Network) to communicate with Meta’s AI Bot to avert activation of Instagram’s security systems. Thus, the hacker appeared to be in the same geographical zone as the user of the targeted Instagram account. Hackers took over certain Instagram accounts […]