Text Message Scams: A Growing Trend
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now Anyone who owns a cellphone has likely received an unexpected text message from a number they don’t recognize containing a link …
LinkedIn Phishing Slink Attack
Secure your business with CyberHoot Today!!! Sign Up Now Hackers have found a new way to trick unsuspecting users into clicking on phishing links. Attackers use a marketing feature on …
‘Tis The Season To Be Smished
The holiday shopping season means big business for retailers around the world, but it unfortunately also means big business for hackers. The reasoning is, people tend to be on the …
Smishing & Vishing – Day 8 of Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Today is Day Eight of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, each day, we will be publishing a video outlining necessary topics to help improve people’s cybersecurity hygiene. Keep checking CyberHoot’s VLOG and …
BazarCaller – Vishing Gang
BazarCaller is a new cybercrime gang that uses Vishing to trick its victims into handing over information or access to a device. Vishing is the malicious practice of making phone …
UK Census Smishing Attack
As many know, the United States had its decennial (every ten years) census in 2020, helping determine and record population statistics all over our country; questions around race, sex, and …
PayPal Smishing Attack
A PayPal text message phishing campaign was discovered that attempts to steal your account credentials and other sensitive information. This form of phishing attack, through text messages, is called Smishing. Hackers …
Vishing, A Threat You Haven’t Thought About
During COVID19 Hackers have upped their attacks to even circumvent two-factor authentication measures. Learn how they are using Vishing to by-pass your best VPN security measures and steal and ransom your data.
Smishing, The New Phishing
Many people know about Phishing, a form of social engineering to deceive individuals into doing a hacker’s bidding. Hackers convince users to click on malicious links in an email resulting …
Smishing
Smishing is another form of phishing, where a hacker sends a malicious text or SMS message trying to trick someone into giving them sensitive information. Smishing can be more dangerous …
