August 10, 2023

Attacker combines phone, email lures into believable, complex attack chain

A social engineering phone call lends authenticity to the attacker's malicious email

Threat Research

February 21, 2023

Coinbase breached by social engineers, employee data stolen

Another day, another "sophisticated" attack. This time, the company has handily included some useful advice along with its mea culpa...

Naked Security

June 20, 2022

Interpol busts 2000 suspects in phone scamming takedown

Friends don't let friends get scammed. Not everyone knows how typical scams unfold, so here are some real-world examples...

Naked Security

November 24, 2021

US government securities watchdog spoofed by investment scammers – don’t fall for it!

Those numbers that show up on your phone to tell you who's calling? Treat them as SUGGESTIONS, never as PROOF.

Naked Security

October 01, 2021

Gift card fraud: four suspects hit with money laundering charges

Gift card fraud may sound like small beer against ransomware - but it's personal, it hurts, and it's still a multi-million dollar problem.

Naked Security

April 08, 2021

S3 Ep27: Census scammers, beg bounties and data breach fines [Podcast]

New episode - listen now!

Naked Security

December 24, 2020

S3 Ep12: A chat with social engineering hacker Rachel Tobac [Podcast]

Lastest episode - listen now! (And please leave us a review if you like what you hear.)

Naked Security

November 16, 2020

How to do cybersecurity – join us online for the Sophos Evolve event

Join us this week or next week for a free online event to learn how cybersecurity is evolving, and why.

Naked Security

October 16, 2019

Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud

Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what's a good security tool.

Naked Security