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Today, IT in Canada published an article featuring Websense on the latest email scam. Creative as always, these fraudsters are taking advantage of the Canadian tax refund season to try to phish financial information from unsuspecting users.
In the article, Patrik Runald explains that these sneaky cybercriminals have been sending rogue emails that appear as if they were sent from the Canadian Revenue Agency. In these emails are links to phony websites that look like the websites of major Canadian financial institutions like BMO, RBC, TD Canada Trust. Upon visiting the fake sites, visitors are prompted to enter their financial information – the Websense Security Labs have discovered more than 450 phishing emails related to the scam.
“Once again, the bad guys are taking advantage of Canada’s trust and good will. Hackers are sending out hundreds of phishing lures under the guise of major financial institutions during the height of tax refund season. Canadian citizens need to be extra wary of any emails asking for their online banking credentials.” -- Patrik Runald, senior manager of security research, Websense.
Websense Canadian Country Manager Fiaaz Walji is also quoted in the article. Walji warns consumers about the dangerous nature of these scams, how they’re increasing and how we can learn how to protect ourselves.
“Blended and data stealing attacks are on the rise. The recent Canadian tax refund scam is just one example of the many data stealing attacks targeting Canadian citizens. “It’s important for consumers to take the extra steps to ensure that a link coming through an email is safe. If it looks suspicious, call your bank to report the scam and ensure the legitimacy of the email.” -- Fiaaz Walji, Websense Canadian Country Manager.
Surprised to find out that malware in Canada is continuously rising? Read about it here.
Read more about how to protect your organization from data loss here.
The Canadian Press just published a new article highlighting a recent Websense® report on cyber security in Canada. According to the report, Canada has become a hotbed for cybercrime as hackers move away from servers in China and Eastern Europe. Canada is now second on the list of countries hosting the most phishing sites, in addition to becoming sixth worst on Websense’s overall list for hosting all cybercrime attacks (as opposed to 13th from last year).
"That doesn't mean the bad guys are in Canada, it doesn't mean the affected users are in Canada, but it means the Canadian infrastructure is being used to attack against someone in the world.” –Patrik Runald, Websense senior manager of security research
Basic precautions cannot prevent the harmful effects of attacks on this scale: most of the time network administrators can’t even tell that there’s malicious content hiding on their servers. The Canadian Press article calls attention to the Websense Security Labs™2010 Threat Report, which reports that almost 80% of cybercrime scams are on compromised legitimate web servers.
"The attacks we're tracking today are so advanced they're really hard to find unless you know exactly what you're looking for."—Patrik Runald
These findings raise an important issue: older, more traditional forms of web security do not stand a chance against such modern, blended threats. Learn about advanced ways to protect your organization here.
The National Post just released an article highlighting a Websense® report on a surge in criminal activity on Canadian servers. In the past year, the number of .ca servers hosting phishing sites increased by 319% in addition to a 53% increase in automated hacking networks. Websense turned its attention to the state of Canadian cyber security after major attacks were made against two Canadian federal government departments back in February. The results have been a surprise to many: Canada is the world’s sixth largest source of overall cybercrime, a giant leap from 13th place back in 2010. The main reason for this sudden surge in cybercrime north of the border? Websense argues that hackers are most likely shying away from the US due to a series of big cyber crackdowns, like the recent “Coreflood” botnet shutdown by US law enforcement officials. While the trend seems ominous for Canada, Fiaaz Walji, the Canada country manager for Websense, is positive about Canada’s ability to mitigate these threats. “A country like Canada is more apt to share this information and do something about it… Compare that to other countries that sweep it under the carpet.” – Fiaaz Walji Read the Websense report here.
The National Post just released an article highlighting a Websense® report on a surge in criminal activity on Canadian servers. In the past year, the number of .ca servers hosting phishing sites increased by 319% in addition to a 53% increase in automated hacking networks. Websense turned its attention to the state of Canadian cyber security after major attacks were made against two Canadian federal government departments back in February. The results have been a surprise to many: Canada is the world’s sixth largest source of overall cybercrime, a giant leap from 13th place back in 2010.
The main reason for this sudden surge in cybercrime north of the border? Websense argues that hackers are most likely shying away from the US due to a series of big cyber crackdowns, like the recent “Coreflood” botnet shutdown by US law enforcement officials.
While the trend seems ominous for Canada, Fiaaz Walji, the Canada country manager for Websense, is positive about Canada’s ability to mitigate these threats.
“A country like Canada is more apt to share this information and do something about it… Compare that to other countries that sweep it under the carpet.” – Fiaaz Walji
Read the Websense report here.
ReadWriteWeb recently explored the launch of the Defensio 2.0 platform and the Facebook plug-in that it offers.
In the article, reporter Sarah Perez investigates why Defensio is "a Facebook application you actually need" and the business benefits associated with Defensio use.
Websense Chief Technology Officer, Dan Hubbard was featured on the CBS Evening News and CBS News.com, talking about the many Web threats and scam charities online that are exploiting the recent earthquake in Haiti.
