Monday, 3 August 2020

FBI sees rise in online shopping scams

The FBI says that an increasing number of victims are being directed to fraudulent websites via social media platforms and popular online search engines.



from Cyber Security News https://ift.tt/3fq4HOg

Phone spear phishing allowed hackers to gain Twitter employee credentials

Twitter has released additional information on their investigation into the compromise that occurred on July 15, 2020.  The attack, says the company, started with a spear phishing attack on a select group of employees that "relied on a significant and concerted attempt to mislead certain employees and exploit human vulnerabilities to gain access to [Twitter's] internal systems." 

from Cyber Security News https://ift.tt/31cTED3