Phishing

A recent Trend Micro study found 20 percent of IT leaders believe cyberespionage will be the top threat of 2017.

A United States Air Force officer mistakenly exposed not only the personally identifiable information (PII) of many service members, but also the records of on-going criminal investigations and instructions for recovering encryption keys for military documents.

Fake HSBC emails are being spread, asking users to install a malicious version of Rapport, a legitimate security program designed to protect online bank accounts from fraud.

There was some good news reported in Mandiant's M-Trends 2017 report, but this was heavily outweighed by many negative points.

Australians need be aware of a phishing campaign utilizing that nation's myGov website as the hook to have its targets unknowingly give up an absolute treasure trove of personal information.