Danny Palmer reports: An Iranian hacking operation has expanded a global phishing campaign that targets universities in an attempt to steal usernames and passwords. Dubbed Colbalt Dickens, the campaign was initially detailed in August last year, with researchers at Secureworks blaming cyberattacks targeting universities in 14 countries on a hacking group linked to the Iranian…
Category: Phishing
WI: Email hack sends strange message to students at Marquette University
Natallie St. Onge reports: Marquette students were puzzled Tuesday afternoon when a new message appeared in their inboxes. The sender was another Marquette student, claiming their aunt recently moved to the area. The aunt was offering $350 weekly for students interested in pet sitting her dogs. Read more on Marquette Wire.
Operation reWired: Worldwide Sweep Targets Business Email Compromise
The FBI and federal partners today announced scores of arrests in the United States and overseas in a coordinated law enforcement sweep targeting perpetrators of an insidious scam that tricks businesses and individuals into wiring money to criminals. Operation reWired, a months-long, multi-agency effort to disrupt and dismantle international business email compromise (BEC) schemes, resulted…
Unalaska recovers $2.3M after phishing email scam
Hope McKenney reports: More than $2.3 million dollars has been returned to the City of Unalaska, after a nearly two-month federal investigation into a fraudulent financial request. Between May 15 and July 9, the city paid out $2,985,406.10 to a fraudulent bank account as a result of a phishing email scam. The sender of the…
OH: UC Health to Notify Patients of Phishing Incident
On September 4, UC Health in Cincinnati disclosed that it is investigating a recent email phishing incident that may have involved patient information. In a press release posted on their site, they report that on July 6, they learned of a phishing attack that led to unauthorized access to “a limited number of UC Health…
BEC overtakes ransomware and data breaches in cyber-insurance claims
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Business email compromise (BEC) has overtaken ransomware and data breaches as the main reason companies filed a cyber-insurance claim in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Asia) region last year, said insurance giant AIG. According to statistics published in July, AIG said that BEC-related insurance filings accounted for nearly a quarter…