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Web scanners analyze dozens of webpage elements to determine whether it is a phishing page, including the URL, page structure, and CSS. What many scanners are not equipped to analyze are images. 

Are you my secret admirer? That was the question millions of people were asking 20 years ago when the Love Bug virus took the world by storm. Alternatively known as the “ILOVEYOU virus” or “Love Letter for you,” this social engine[...]

COVID-19 helped drive a continuous onslaught of phishing attacks in 2020. From the World Health Organization (WHO) to your HR department, no one was safe from being spoofed. But COVID-19 wasn’t the only thing on phishers’ minds in[...]

A phishing simulation is a great way to gauge your users’ cybersecurity awareness. But what happens after the simulation? According to Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report, click rates increase and reporting rates drop[...]

Phishers are evolving and taking their attacks to new heights. While the ultimate goal of phishing remains the same, the top targets of spoofing are changing, and the methods of bypassing email filters are more sophisticated than [...]

Email spoofing is a technique for forging an email header to trick recipients into believing a sender is a familiar brand or acquaintance. It’s a critical element of both phishing and spear phishing attacks that can be extremely d[...]