Scam of The Week

It is Thanksgiving week in the United States, which in turn, means Black Friday and Cyber Monday are finally here. Cybercriminals have wasted no time in creating record numbers of fake, malicious online stores to try and trick unsuspecting shoppers.      

The majority of email clients have filters in place to catch suspicious looking emails. Unfortunately, cybercriminals are always searching and finding new ways to bypass these filters.

Spear phishing is a phishing attack that targets a specific person and is made to look like it comes from a trusted source. Social media has fast become the easiest way for cybercriminals to find a specific target.

A new discovery with job postings on LinkedIn are not as secure, or professional, as you might expect. Anyone with a LinkedIn profile can anonymously create a posting for a job for small or medium-sized organizations.