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There’s little doubt that Netflix is a major competitor in the video streaming industry by a wide margin. It should also come as no surprise that cybercriminals view their customers as prime targets for phishing campaigns. With the recently announced Netflix service fee hike, the ever-adaptable spammers has found an opportunity to exploit the video-on-demand company. At AppRiver, their security research team has been monitoring a Netflix phishing blast. The campaign attempts to impersonate a Netflix account verification email. The email...

Citizens rely on government to keep their data safe, wherever it’s held and whatever technology they use, however, a recent survey into Central Government, Local Authorities and the Blue Light & Justice sector reveals that citizen data is handled precariously with a disturbing lack of confidence in exactly how (or if) it is protected when using cloud models. GovNewsDirect conducted Your Data in The Cloud: Manage, Move & Protect 2016 public sector survey  alongside NetApp, which has...

As the biggest sporting event of the summer begins, IT and security leaders need to make sure they refocus their cyber security efforts, to assess the risks associated, and their ability to respond if needed. Vigilance should be at the forefront for business leaders globally. Cybercriminals are aware that users will be looking for convenient ways to keep up-to-date with the sporting action. This is forcing organisations to roll out revised policies that ensure the...

Join the experts from AppRiver as they run thourgh some of the details of the MySpace and LinkedIn breaches of late, which saw millions of account details compromised. Also worth considering is how these braches can impact peoples' lives, given what we've seen in the past with some large-scale breaches. With compromised details, consumers become highly susceptible to fraud and other kinds of crime - luckily AppRiver are able to offer some advice on what...

A new global research initiative conducted by BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in secure mobile communications, finds that despite extensive resources dedicated to mobile security, many IT decision-makers remain concerned about the level of vulnerabilities that persist. The study surveyed 1,000 executives from seven countries across a wide range of vertical industries, including financial services, government and healthcare. The survey reveals that 73 percent of organisations have a mobile security strategy...

Research from Corero Network Security has found that 80% of European IT security professionals expect DDoS ransom attacks to target their business within the next 12 months. A poll of experts at the InfoSecurity Europe conference made evident the fears of cyber extortion attempts in the UK and Europe. Furthermore, warnings were issued by the City of London Police in May this year following risks identified from warnings by Lizard Squad, who were threatening charges...

Eskenzi PR have once again decided to run Security Serious Week from 3rd TO 7th OCTOBER to encourage UK Plc to take security more seriously. The whole ethos of Security Serious Week is to garner the cyber-security community to give something back and encourage others to take security more seriously in the hope that together we can create a more secure environment to do business and ultimately act as an enabler to make UK PLC...

How would you like to make over $1100 DAILY using a system with a  97%+ proven success rate, 24/7 support and all while sitting back and letting the money earn itself? Sound too good to be true? Logic dictates that it probably is. This is what one email campaign is promoting and is our spotlight spam in this week's Threat Thursday series. The AppRiver security research team has spotted the "Get Rich" campaign a few days ago. Stock trading spam isn't...

Not long ago, the Guru received news from MWR InfoSecurity that they were hosting an elite cybersecurity event in the South of England. We sent Dulcie down to see what was happening, as challenges kicked off and 100 experts were tasked with defusing 5 nuclear bombs within 48 hours. To learn more about MWR InfoSecurity, visit: https://www.mwrinfosecurity.com Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mwrinfosecurity For more information on HackFu, including entry for next year and how to...

News from SentinelOne today has announced a new variation of the CryptXXX Ransomware, which they've clocked earning over $50,000 in Bitcoin payouts for its proponents thus far. As with other popular ransomware strains that have been improving with each iteration, the new CryptXXX is unbreakable by decryption tools and has already proven to be very successful in forcing ransom payments. Encryption flaws from old versions have been fixed, and the malware is now better at...