Unit 42 explores how innocent clicks can have serious repercussions. Learn how simply visiting a malicious site can expose users to significant digital dangers. The post Myth Busting: Why "Innocent Clicks" Don't Exist in Cybersecurity appeared first on Unit 42.| Unit 42
By John Trest, Chief Learning Officer, VIPRE Impostor scams are not a new phenomenon, but they are becoming increasingly sophisticated. With the rise of powerful generative AI, cybercriminals are leveraging these tools to enhance the scale and complexity of their attacks. Let’s delve into the mechanics of impostor scams, the tactics employed by attackers, and strategies... The post Impostor Scams: What You Need to Know appeared first on Inspired eLearning.| Inspired eLearning
By John Trest, Chief Learning Officer, VIPRE Attackers today aren’t stopping at sophisticated email phishing campaigns, as successful as they may be. They are spreading their social engineering capabilities across many fronts. This means aggressively innovating their vishing and smishing capabilities to be even more effective. Thanks to AI, malicious calls and texts are more accurate,... The post Vishing & Smishing: Understanding Modern Social Scams appeared first on Inspired eLearning.| Inspired eLearning
By John Trest, Chief Learning Officer, VIPRE Phishing is no longer confined to suspicious emails. Today’s cybercriminals are launching increasingly sophisticated, multi-channel attacks that span email, text, social media, and even voice calls—a tactic known as vishing. These scams are harder to spot, more convincing, and often exploit human psychology to bypass traditional security measures.... The post Vishing Attacks: What SMB Owners Must Know appeared first on Inspired eLearning.| Inspired eLearning
by John Trest, Product Solution Analyst, VIPRE Our mobile devices are the command centers of our daily lives. From managing bank accounts and work emails to navigating traffic and streaming entertainment, these devices do far more than make calls. Unfortunately, our deep dependence on mobile technology has also made us prime targets for cybercriminals. This threat... The post SMiShing Threats: How Your Mobile Could Be an Attacker’s Gateway appeared first on Inspired eLearning.| Inspired eLearning
by John Trest, Product Solution Analyst, VIPRE A lot of attention has been poured into identifying a phishing attack when it hits your inbox, but what about when it hits your phone? A cell phone is a much more trusted, intimate way of communicating than an email, and a text message could be one of the... The post SMiShing Red Flags: How to Spot Fake Text Messages appeared first on Inspired eLearning.| Inspired eLearning
Phishing attacks have moved beyond simply sending emails with malicious links to incorporate more modern social engineering techniques, including the alarming trend of mixing in smishing (SMS phishing) and vishing (voice phishing). These techniques are a growing threat beyond email security and enhance cybercriminals’ capabilities to achieve their objectives using this new range of communication […] The post From Phishing to Vishing – Modern Social Engineering Attacks first appeared on ...| SlashNext
The Utah Division of Consumer Protection (Division) is alerting Utahns to a widespread phishing text scam. Scammers are impersonating legitimate toll authorities, including the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), by sending fraudulent text messages. These texts falsely claim you have an unpaid toll balance and threaten legal action if immediate payment isn't made. The post Don’t Fall for the “Unpaid Toll” Text Scam! appeared first on dcp.utah.gov.| dcp.utah.gov
Devil-Traff is a new bulk SMS platform enabling phishing campaigns with features like sender ID spoofing, API automation, and support for spam, facilitating large-scale cyberattacks at low cost.| SlashNext | Complete Generative AI Security for Email, Mobile, and Browser
Learn how phishing, smishing, and vishing, key components of modern social engineering and business email compromise (BEC), leverage bots and voice cloning to bypass traditional defenses and capture credentials today.| SlashNext | Complete Generative AI Security for Email, Mobile, and Browser
PhishWP creates fake payment pages that look like trusted services. It's used as a phishing trap to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, personal data, and browser metadata.| SlashNext | Complete Generative AI Security for Email, Mobile, and Browser
Scammers are increasingly taking advantage of people who are less aware of what scam actually is or have trouble identifying it. To prevent losses, it's essential to learn how to spot a potential text message scam and avoid falling victim to it.| VertexSMS Blog
