Akira flaunts victims, Idaho targets orthodontist, AI granny protects

Whether you are serious about your life or not, threat actors are taking their attacking skills quite seriously. Every day, we hear unfortunate news of cyber scams left, right, and center. Digitization seems to be both a blessing and a curse. Such attacks leave us overwhelmed, and it seems that there is no way out. …

What is typosquatting, and how is it used for phishing and impersonation attacks?

The human tendency to skimp through or glance over things that look familiar is not much of a big deal until it is misused by the bad guys. This applies even in the context of cybersecurity, wherein cybercriminals try to dupe you by exploiting small mistakes or oversights—like a typo in a web address. They…

Vendor Causes Breach, Texas Supplier Hacked, Nokia Investigates Breach

Hey people! It’s a new week, and we are back with a fresh dose of cybersecurity news once again. This week, it’s all about big companies being attacked by threat actors. Now you know that no one is completely safe from cyberattacks, not even big industry names.  The sensitive data of Amazon employees was breached…

4 situations in which you should use the DMARC’s p=none policy

DMARC has three policies— none, quarantine, and reject. The ‘quarantine’ and ‘reject’ policies are strict and are used the most. However, there are cases where the ‘none’ policy is ideal. The ‘none’ policy is enforced using the p=none tag in a DMARC record. It instructs the receiving servers to take no action against unauthorized emails…