Humans are still better than AI at crafting phishing emails, but for how long?

Humans are still better at crafting phishing emails compared to AI, but not by far and likely not for long, according to research conducted by IBM X-Force Red. Creating phishing emails: Humans vs. AI The researchers wanted to see whether ChatGPT is as … Continue reading Humans are still better than AI at crafting phishing emails, but for how long?

Protecting your organizations against BEC and other email attacks

No matter who you talk to or work with, they probably use email as a primary means of communication. Most of us spend about 5 hours a day checking email, sometimes refreshing our inboxes even while in meetings or during meals. Email is integrated into … Continue reading Protecting your organizations against BEC and other email attacks

IBM launches new and enhanced services to simplify hybrid cloud security

IBM Security announced new and enhanced services designed to help organizations manage their cloud security strategy, policies and controls across hybrid cloud environments. The services bring together cloud-native, IBM and third-party technologies alo… Continue reading IBM launches new and enhanced services to simplify hybrid cloud security

Warshipping: Attackers can access corporate networks through the mailroom

Most infosecurity professionals have heard of wardialing and wardriving, but what about warshipping? The expression has been coined by IBM X-Force Red researchers to describe a new attack vector, which consists of covertly delivering to the target&#821… Continue reading Warshipping: Attackers can access corporate networks through the mailroom

ATM attackers strike again: Are you at risk?

The United States National ATM Council recently released information about a series of ATM attacks using rogue network devices. The criminals opened the upper half of the ATM and installed the device, most likely into the Ethernet switch. The device th… Continue reading ATM attackers strike again: Are you at risk?

Smart cities are exposed to old-school threats

Spurred by the false alarm that made Hawaii residents fear for their lives earlier this year, IBM X-Force Red and Threatcare researchers have decided to test several smart city devices and ultimately found 17 zero-day vulnerabilities, some of which cou… Continue reading Smart cities are exposed to old-school threats

Qualys and IBM X-Force Red help orgs identify, fix most critical vulnerabilities

Qualys announced that IBM X-Force Red will leverage the Qualys Cloud Platform as part of its X-Force Red Vulnerability Management Services (VMS). As part of an expanded relationship, X-Force Red will deploy the Qualys Cloud Agent and Qualys Cloud Apps … Continue reading Qualys and IBM X-Force Red help orgs identify, fix most critical vulnerabilities