Smishing Triad Threat Actor Sets Its Sights on the UAE
Resecurity warns that the Smishing Triad threat actor has “vastly expanded its attack footprint” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Cybersecurity pros predict rise of malicious AI
76% of cybersecurity professionals believe the world is very close to encountering malicious AI that can bypass most known cybersecurity measures, according to Enea. 26% see this happening within the next year, and 50% in the next 5 years. Worries abou…
Stay a Step Ahead of your #1 Downtime Threat – Business Email Compromise
A new report from Secureworks has found that business email compromise (BEC) remains “one of the most financially damaging online crimes overall for orgs” in 2023. The security firm’s 2023 State of the Threat report says BEC “exceeds even rans…
LLMs lower the barrier for entry into cybercrime
Cybercriminals employ evolving attack methodologies designed to breach traditional perimeter security, including secure email gateways, according to Egress. “Without a doubt chatbots or large language models (LLM) lower the barrier for entry to cybercr…
Generative AI and the Automation of Social Engineering Increasingly Used By Threat Actors
Threat actors continue to use generative AI tools to craft convincing social engineering attacks, according to Glory Kaburu at Cryptopolitan.
It’s Official – Generative AI Has Made Phishing Emails Foolproof
The most basic use of tools like ChatGPT to script out professional-looking emails has all but eliminated improperly written content as an indicator of a potential phishing scam.
Threat Group UNC3944 Continues to See Success Using Text-Based Social Engineering
A new update on UNC3944 group’s activities shows how they are evolving their focus squarely on SMiShing credential harvesting attacks that result in data theft/extortion attacks.
Pharma Industry Seeing Reduction in Data Breach Costs, But Still Have Much to Do
Insights from IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report on the Pharmaceutical Industry shows that while the overall cost has improved, there are clear areas of risk that need to be addressed.
[Cybersecurity Awareness Month] Frankenphisher – The Monster of Social Engineering Artificial Intelligence
Imagine an artificial intelligence (AI) system developed by a mad scientist to leverage the full capabilities of Large-Language-Models (LLM).
Why BJ Fogg and Daniel Kahneman Are Must-Knows for Every Network Security Pro
You’re no stranger to the complexities of safeguarding your organization’s digital assets. But have you considered the human element in your security equation? Behavioral economics, particularly the work of BJ Fogg and Daniel Kahneman, offers …