Spear Phishing Becomes Most Common Attack Technique in Q3 2023
Spear phishing was the most common attack technique in the third quarter of 2023, according to researchers at ReliaQuest.
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Cybersecurity Expert: AI Lends Phishing Plausibility for Bad Actors
Cybersecurity experts expect to see threat actors increasingly make use of AI tools to craft convincing social engineering attacks, according to Eric Geller at the Messenger.
Small Businesses are Experiencing More Cyber Attacks
As large organizations realize the likelihood of cyber attacks and improve their cyber readiness, small businesses are seeing increases not experienced by their larger counterparts.
September Sees a 32% Increase in the Number of Ransomware Attacks in Just One Month
Continued analysis of ransomware attacks shows an upward trend in the number of attacks, with September resulting in the highest number of assaults so far this year.
Cybercriminal Group Octo Tempest and Its Menacing Phishbait
Microsoft is tracking a cybercriminal group called “Octo Tempest” that uses threats of violence as part of its social engineering and data theft extortion campaigns.
Microsoft Exposes Octo Tempest, One of the Most Dangerous Financial Threat Actors to Date
Microsoft exposes Octo Tempest, an English-speaking threat actor that runs extortion, encryption and destruction campaigns at a wide variety of industries. Protect your company from Octo Tempest with these tips.
FBI Warns of North Korean Social Engineering Tactics and Recruitment/Hiring of IT Workers
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have issued an advisory offering guidance to “the international community, the private sector, and the public to better understand and guard against t…
Most Organizations Believe Malicious Use of AI is Close to Evading Detection
As organizations continue to believe the malicious use of artificial intelligence (AI) will outpace its defensive use, new data focused on the future of AI in cyber attacks and defenses should leave you very worried.
A Brief History of Phishing, and Other Forms of Social Engineering
Social engineering attacks have a very long history, though the Internet has made it easier to launch these attacks en masse, according to Sean McNee at DomainTools. McNee points to an advance-fee scam from 1924, in which a crook sent a letter…
Summit Sabotage: Malicious Phishing Campaign Hits Female Political Leaders Using Social Engineering
A threat actor dubbed “Void Rabisu” used social engineering to target attendees of the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Summit that was held in Brussels from June 7 to 8, 2023, Trend Micro has found.