Walmart Jumps to Top of the List of the Worlds Most Impersonated Brands Used in Phishing Attacks
Walmart’s rise to become the brand most likely to be impersonated in Q1 of this year is a real problem.
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ChatGPT and other AI-themed lures used to deliver malicious software
“Since the beginning of 2023 until the end of April, out of 13,296 new domains created related to ChatGPT or OpenAI, 1 out of every 25 new domains were either malicious or potentially malicious,” Check Point researchers have shared on Tuesd…
Malicious content lurks all over the web
Attackers are finding new ways to evade detection and blend in with normal network traffic using HTTP and HTTPS to deliver malware, according to Netskope. On average, five out of every 1,000 enterprise users attempted to download malware in Q1 2023, an…
At RSA, Akamai put focus on fake sites, API vulnerabilities
At the RSA Conference Akamai launched a new security platform for fake websites and touted its focus on protecting application protocol interfaces, or APIs.
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Phishing Attack Frequency Rises Nearly 50% as Some Sectors Increase by as Much as 576%
New data provides a multi-faceted look at the changing face of phishing attacks. This data includes who’s being targeted, the tactics being used, and why phishing attacks continue to work.
Automate Reporting for Security Awareness Training Events and Suspicious Email Remediation Management with Cortex XSOAR and KnowBe4
Security teams face unique challenges in today’s rapidly-changing landscape of phishing, malware, and other social engineering and cybersecurity threats. Collaboration across disparate teams and siloed tools adds additional layers of complexit…
What does ChatGPT know about phishing?
Kaspersky research on ChatGPT capabilities to tell a phishing link from a legitimate one by analyzing the URL, as well as extract target organization name.
Russia-linked APT28 uses fake Windows Update instructions to target Ukraine govt bodies
CERT-UA warns of a spear-phishing campaign conducted by APT28 group targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides. Russia-linked APT28 group is targeting Ukrainian government bodies with fake ‘Windows Update’ guides, Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns. The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, and STRONTIUM) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, […]
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Latest QBot Attacks Use a Mixture of PDF Attachments and Windows Scripting Host Files to Infect Victims
QBot malware seems to be outliving its competitors through innovative new ways to socially engineer victims into helping install it.
Scammers Impersonate Zelle via the Lure of “Getting Paid” to Get Paid Themselves
A new impersonation scam targets users of the popular pay platform under the guise of the victim having money coming to them and with the goal to obtain Zelle credentials.