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September 29, 2025 / September 29, 2025 by Vertical Axion
What would you do if a single email compromised your entire establishment? Cybercriminals are advancing faster than ever, developing phishing scams that target unprepared organizations with terrifying precision. Learn more about them here so you can stay a step ahead. What Are Tycoon-Based Phishing Attacks? Phishing messages are a social engineering scam that poses as […]
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September 19, 2025 / September 19, 2025 by Vertical Axion
Just how safe is your establishment from online threats? A new phishing scam is making waves and targeting US-based organizations. Learn more about it here so you can bolster your defenses. What Is Phishing? Phishing is a cyberattack that tries to trick you into giving away information by posing as a legitimate entity. In this […]
April 25, 2025 / April 25, 2025 by Vertical Axion
Cybercriminals are taking advantage of your trust in a widely used file format: PDFs. According to a new report from Check Point Research, a whopping 22% of harmful email attachments are malicious PDFs. That means at least one in every five phishing emails your business receives could carry dangerous payloads hidden inside a seemingly harmless […]
February 22, 2025 / February 22, 2025 by Vertical Axion
We’ve all seen questionable ads online. Whether they claim a problem with your computer, promise amazing results for everything from weight loss to wrinkle reduction, or offer something that seems too good to be true, we all like to think we know how to avoid trouble. Unfortunately, today’s malvertising attacks are more insidious than ever. […]
February 7, 2025 / February 7, 2025 by Vertical Axion
As a business owner, you may have witnessed or even fallen victim to a phishing scam. If it makes you feel any better, you’re not alone – modern companies regularly fight off these attacks, and perpetrators are relentless! The Google Chrome Extension attack against Cyberhaven is a recent example of this exploitation. If you’d like […]
February 5, 2025 / February 5, 2025 by Vertical Axion
As businesses become savvier to phishing campaigns and develop powerful tools to combat them, cybercriminals are simultaneously finding new exploits to carry out attacks. Case in point? A new two-step phishing campaign exploits Microsoft tools in a new approach. Devious Two-Step Phishing Techniques Are a New Development in Deception Most businesses have protections to detect […]
December 2, 2024 / December 2, 2024 by Vertical Axion
Cybercriminals will stop at nothing in their quest to steal from innocent victims. AI tools have made launching successful attacks against their targets easier than ever. In a new twist on using generative AI in phishing attacks, hackers are impersonating OpenAI, the biggest name in the machine learning and AI landscape. The New OpenAI Phishing […]
November 30, 2024 / November 30, 2024 by Vertical Axion
Suppose your business focuses its phishing protection efforts on email. In that case, it’s time to reevaluate your enterprise security protocols and turn your attention to mobile devices. Hackers always target the easiest entry point, and most smartphones lack the defenses of PCs and laptops. Also, people tend to be less cautious on their phones, […]
October 23, 2024 / October 23, 2024 by Vertical Axion
In this always-evolving digital era, business owners have more to worry about than retaining customers and observing market trends. Cybercriminals regularly search for program vulnerabilities to exploit and override poor security systems. Still, these are far from the only threats. Many believe phishing isn’t as dangerous if you can pinpoint it, but identifying it is […]
September 18, 2024 / September 18, 2024 by Vertical Axion
Suppose your employees use a VPN to access your company’s network when working remotely securely. In that case, you must know the latest threat targeting enterprises. Researchers have discovered that threat actors release malware disguised as VPN services, tricking users into downloading a malicious version of a well-respected VPN program. The researchers discovered that the […]
September 16, 2024 / September 16, 2024 by Vertical Axion
Criminals continue to find ways to launch attacks using legitimate cloud platforms and services, and the latest tool to fall victim to bad actors is Microsoft Sway. Hackers are using the product to deliver malicious payloads to users via QR codes, tricking users into revealing their Microsoft 365 login credentials. QR code phishing, or “quishing,” […]
July 23, 2024 / July 23, 2024 by Vertical Axion
Business owners fulfill customer and employee demands to stay competitive and relevant in a fast-paced economy, especially with many similar companies out there. However, the demands they should never fall victim to are those that come from hackers via ransomware or other cybersecurity threats. You may think risks to small businesses aren’t as great, but […]
June 3, 2024 / June 10, 2024 by Vertical Axion
Any business owner in the modern world already knows about phishing. It has been around for decades, as criminal “conman” practices use fraudulent emails or other written items to fool readers. People believe the document derives from a legitimate source, perhaps due to a copied letterhead or a realistic email address, so they follow the […]
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