Phishers have found a way of moving the malicious URLs in their emails past Office 365's protections. The security company Avanan says they've observed criminals using a <base> tag in the HTML header used with the URL. The hack works because newer email clients are equipped to handle the <base> tag, and they render the split URL as a link. Office 365's Advanced Threat Protection includes...
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Earlier this year, Spiceworks posted a story about the city of Atlanta spending $2.7M to clean up after a devastating SamSam ransomware attack in March that crippled city networks for weeks. At the time, we knew that affected services included online bill payments and the municipal court system. In a June 6 Atlanta budget meeting, more details about the ransomware incident came to light. It turns out that...
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A new report on malware says that the majority of companies globally have been victims of ransomware in the last 12 months. 52% Have Lost Faith in Antivirus and 44% Agree AV Is Dead A new report says that ransomware attacks are the new normal for IT. There are a lot of numbers to chew on in the report, but the sheer enormity of the problem may...
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This is a wonderful article that appeared in CyberHeistNews but one of our clients recently fell victim to this Phishing attack. "Over the past few months, we have been hit with increasing frequency with an attack that follows this 5-step pattern; A known vendor or customer falls victim to a phishing attack. Their email credentials are compromised, and the “bad guy” gets access to their email...
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Apple iOS 11.1 was hacked just one day after its release which surprised the security world, considering Apple’s reputation in the past. During a contest in Tokyo conducted by Trend Micro, named as “Pwn2Own”, researchers successfully exploited two critical vulnerabilities in iOS 11.1. Read More and watch the video in the article. Contact AOR-Information Technology Services and ask us how Cisco Umbrella can protect one computer or an entire network. Contact...
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