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Spear Phishing

Pretexting: 5 Examples of Social Engineering Tactics

By Adrien Gendre, on June 04, 2020

Pretexting is a form of social engineering used to manipulate victims into divulging sensitive information. Hackers...

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Phishing

Facebook Phishing: Why Social Media is a New Phishers' Favorite

By Adrien Gendre, on May 28, 2020

For the second straight quarter, Facebook was the second most impersonated brand in phishing attacks in our quarterly ...

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Email Security

Multiphase Attacks: One Email Ignites Chaos in Microsoft 365

By Adrien Gendre, on May 14, 2020

A multiphase attack combines phishing with spear phishing and insider attack techniques. Difficult to detect and...

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Phisher's Favorites

Phishers’ Favorites: File phishing spreads; banks targeted

By Adrien Gendre, on May 07, 2020
Today, we published our Phishers’ Favorites report for Q1 2020. Now in its eighth edition, Phishers’ Favorites ranks...
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Email Security

How Teleworking Is Fueling Social Engineering

By Adrien Gendre, on April 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every phase of life. Businesses were forced to scramble to create optimal...

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Email Security

The Evolution of Sextortion Emails

By Adrien Gendre, on April 23, 2020

Image Credit: Dado Ruvic, Reuters

There were 43,101 reports of digital extortion in the US alone in 2019, resulting in...

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Phishing

Bank of America Leads List of Most Spoofed Banks in Phishing Attacks

By Adrien Gendre, on April 16, 2020

According to our Phishers’ Favorites 2019 Year in Review Report, Bank of America phishing jumped 34 percent in 2019....

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