10 common reasons why we believe in scams

Although in many cases, clicking on sound lists on the web can mean falling for a little scam, this time, we’re going to list 10 real risks that can often lead you into much more severe traps. The turning point came in 2008 when cybercrime in the US brought in more money for organized criminals than drug trafficking. This amounted to $105 billion at the time. Since then, experts have …

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Microsoft Teams on the radar of hackers

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration tool that was introduced in 2016. Microsoft Teams offers teamwork and communication features such as chat, video conferencing, screen sharing, email, documents, and calendars. However, there have been reports of targeted spear-phishing attacks on Microsoft Teams users’ emails recently. This type of phishing attack is similar to instant message spam. The sender fools the recipient into thinking they are sending an important email or attachment …

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Banks say phishing attacks are increasingly dangerous

Phishing attacks are on the rise, according to a recent study by security provider SecureAuth. One in five of all phishing emails in 2016 were business-to-business (B2B) phishing attacks. The most significant percentage of these attacks came from the financial sector – with one example coming from a fake email purporting to be from the CEO’s assistant requesting money for an urgent project and another from a fake invoice supposedly …

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