Tag: phish

Phishers Impersonating Police Arrested in Multi-Million Euro Scam

December 10, 2024

A joint operation by Belgian and Dutch authorities, supported by Europol, dismantled a massive phishing scam that caused millions of euros in damages across at least 10 European countries. According to Hackread*, the scammers, mainly based in the Netherlands, posed as police or bank staff to target elderly victims through various tactics, including online data … More Phishers Impersonating Police Arrested in Multi-Million Euro Scam

New tool helps companies assess why employees click on phishing emails

September 23, 2020

NIST’s tool can help organizations improve the testing of their employees’ phish-spotting prowess. Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised a new method that could be used to accurately assess why employees click on certain phishing emails. The tool, dubbed Phish Scale, uses real data to evaluate the complexity and … More New tool helps companies assess why employees click on phishing emails

Can you spot the phish? Take Google’s test

January 28, 2019

Everybody loves quizzes. So why not take this one and hone your phish-spotting prowess? Google’s technology incubator Jigsaw has revealed a quiz that tests users’ abilities to identify phishing attacks. In asking you to distinguish legitimate emails from phishing scams, the test reveals some of the most common scenarios that fraudsters use with a view to … More Can you spot the phish? Take Google’s test