Week in review 19 September 2014 There was something of a focus on phishing this week, whether it was a University using “fake” phishing emails, or more domains being available for phishing sites. Mobile security continues to be an issue, and Apple launched iOS 8, fixing many security holes in the process. Finally, we all…
Week in review 12 September 2014 Most of the daily news updates this week revolved around either phishing attempts or the aftermath of phishing. If ever you wanted proof that phishing is effective, this week’s news provided it. The one deviation on the phishing theme was the release of the new Apple Pay this week.…
Week in review 5 September 2014 Most of this week was dominated by the publishing of photos of Jennifer Lawrence on the web; indeed, two of our updates this week related to this. Elsewhere, the Cryptowall malware has become a million dollar business. Chase bank attempts to undo the good work of many security personnel,…
Week in review 29 August 2014 Two big items dominated this week. The first was the continuing issue of the Backoff malware. The second big item was the data breach at JP Morgan, and possibly other financial institutions. There were also some other interesting pieces of news. Blue coat revealed that 470 million websites exist…
Week in review 22 August 2014 This week, MailShark made an announcement about our latest customer. You can read the full text of the announcement in our news section. Security news This week we saw a little of the mindset of hackers, along with how the Ebola virus is leading to more phishing campaigns. Also…
MailShark Announcement – Netherlands Clients 20 August 2014 The Team at MailShark would like to thank our new clients in the Netherlands for signing up with us, and for allowing us to “Safeguard” their business emails. Now our clients have the peace of mind and security their business and partners deserve, when sending and receiving…
Week in review 15 August 2014 This week CSO covered the risk of Spear Phishing attacks and some ways to defend against such attacks. A large data breach affecting a food company was uncovered in the US; it looks like it may have been caused by Point of Sale software infected with malware. Google announced…
Week in review 8 August 2014 This week we saw parcel phishing emails, a new disturbingly stealthy form of malware, and a Trojan that appears to have been undetected since 2012. Android users have been affected by a Remote Access Technology (RAT) exploit, and there is yet another Facebook phishing campaign underway. Getting a parcel…
Week in review 1 August 2014 This week saw the darker side of cloud, a sophisticated banking phishing scheme and a lack of proper encryption. We also saw a simple but effective scam using bluff, and a new malware that is (as yet) undetectable for many antivirus programs. To kick off the week, we saw…
Week in review 28 July 2014 This week we learned of the dangers of going on holiday from Kaspersky Labs; specifically, email attachments that appear to be from booking agents actually contain a trojan that can disable your firewall services. Help Net security published a post talking about the psychology of phishing. One of the…
