90% of threats are social engineering

In this Help Net Security video, Jakub Kroustek, Malware Research Director at Gen, discusses the Avast Q1 2024 Threat Report. The report highlights significant trends and incidents in cybersecurity. Key findings include: Surge in social engineering att… Continue reading 90% of threats are social engineering

Cisco Talos: LilacSquid Threat Actor Targets Multiple Sectors Worldwide With PurpleInk Malware

Find out how the cyberespionage threat actor LilacSquid operates, and then learn how to protect your business from this security risk. Continue reading Cisco Talos: LilacSquid Threat Actor Targets Multiple Sectors Worldwide With PurpleInk Malware

Paris Olympics 2024: Cyber Attackers are Targeting Companies Associated With Games, Report Finds

The authors of the report also say that attendees will “almost certainly” be targeted with Olympics-related phishing schemes. Continue reading Paris Olympics 2024: Cyber Attackers are Targeting Companies Associated With Games, Report Finds

Davis County high school students are hacking the hackers behind phishing schemes

Don Brinkerhoff reports: A group of high school juniors in Davis County are hacking the hackers to protect phishing victims. “All my friends and peers around me got hacked,” said Charles Mortensen a Davis County student. Mortensen said in one case, a f… Continue reading Davis County high school students are hacking the hackers behind phishing schemes

AI Will Increase the Quantity—and Quality—of Phishing Scams

A piece I coauthored with Fredrik Heiding and Arun Vishwanath in the Harvard Business Review:

Summary. Gen AI tools are rapidly making these emails more advanced, harder to spot, and significantly more dangerous. Recent research showed that 60% of participants fell victim to artificial intelligence (AI)-automated phishing, which is comparable to the success rates of non-AI-phishing messages created by human experts. Companies need to: 1) understand the asymmetrical capabilities of AI-enhanced phishing, 2) determine the company or division’s phishing threat severity level, and 3) confirm their current phishing awareness routines…

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New V3B Phishing Kit Steals Logins and OTPs from EU Banking Users

By Deeba Ahmed
New phishing kit targets European bank users! Protect yourself from V3B attacks designed to steal your logins and…
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Smashing Security podcast #374: Microsoft’s Recall controversy, and the North Korean insider threat

Microsoft gets itself into a pickle with a privacy-popping new feature on its CoPilot+ PCs, the FTC warns of impersonated companies, and has your company hiring North Korean IT workers?

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Surge in Discord Malware Attacks as 50,000 Malicious Links Uncovered

By Waqas
Cybersecurity researchers at Bitdefender have found a surge in malware and phishing attacks on Discord, noting 50,000 malicious…
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