spear-phishing
Today’s cybersecurity health checks must identify AI based threats. Does yours?
Barry Strauss | | AI, artificial intellignece, bec, business email compromise, ChatGPT, credential stealing, Email Protection, FBI, generative AI, human, Malware, Microsoft Outlook, Mobile Phishing, observability, Phishing, smishing, SMS, social engineering, spear-phishing, Threat Intelligence, vishing
Your organization will most likely face AI based threats in cybersecurity at some point this year. And as such, you can’t rely on outdated risk assessment methodologies that struggle to keep pace ...
When Will the First ChatGPT-Based Cyberattacks Launch?
It’s evident that many cybersecurity and IT professionals have mixed feelings about AI in general and ChatGPT in particular. According to a recent study from BlackBerry, while eight in ten decision makers ...
Security Boulevard
Spear Phishing: A Highly Targeted Phishing Attempt
We live in a time where you have to be paranoid if you have any sensitive or valuable information. Yes, because nowadays, your web property is more likely to get hacked due ...
Exposing FBI’s Most Wanted Iran’s Mabna Hackers – An OSINT Analysis
Dancho Danchev | | cybercrime, Iran, Iran Mabna Hackers, Phishing, security, social engineering, spear-phishing
Dear blog readers,In this post I've decided to share actionable intelligence on the online infrastructure of FBI's Most Wanted Iran's Mabna Hackers for the purpose of assisting everyone in their cyber attack ...
Profiling Russia’s U.S Election Interference 2016 – An OSINT Analysis
Dancho Danchev | | Malware, Phishing, Russia, security, social engineering, spear-phishing, U.S. elections
Note: This OSINT analysis has been originally published at my current employer's Web site - https://whoisxmlapi.com where I'm currently acting as a DNS Threat Researcher since January, 2021. We’ve decided to take a closer look at ...
What Are the Most Common Attack Vectors for Ransomware?
Cybereason Security Team | | Anti-Ransomware, Cybereason Anti-Ransomware Solution, Cybersecurity, EDR, Endpoint Controls, endpoint detection and response, Endpoint Protection Platform, Exploits, Infosec, Microsoft RDP, Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol, Multi-Stage Ransomware, Phishing, RansomOps, Ransomware, ransomware as a service, Ransomware-as-s-Service, security, spear-phishing, Unified Endpoint Security, Vulnerabilities, vulnerability
There’s been record growth of ransomware attacks in 2021. A recent report documented 304.7 million attack attempts in the first six months of the year, as reported by Threatpost. That’s 100,000 more ...
Social Engineering Threats Rose 270% in 2021 – Indicating a Shift to Multi-Channel Phishing Attacks as Apps and Browsers Move to the Cloud
Lisa O'Reilly | | breaches, Endpoint security, Mobile, multi-channel phishing, Ransomware, smishing, social engineering, spear-phishing
Humans are the most vulnerable cybersecurity entry points into an organization. By moving completely to the cloud, apps and browsers are all humans need to communicate with work, family, and friends. In ...
Spear Phishing from Trusted Sites Bypassing SEGs 65% of the Time
The rise of well-crafted spear phishing is the leading factor in the success of phishing attacks in 2021. In an environment where cybercriminals use automation and AI to increase the likelihood of ...
Russian Spear Phishing Campaign Hits Ukraine
Rishi Khemani | | Cyber awareness, Cyber Security, Cyber Threats, News Shots, spear phishing attacks, spear phishing awareness, spear-phishing
Ukrainian cyber security agencies have warned that their government and private organizations are being targeted by a massive spear phishing campaign launched by Russian threat actors. The Ukrainian secret service has called ...
BYOD Trends for Remote Workers -Finding the balance between security and privacy
The BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device) age has been around now for some time. The megatrends of remote work brought on by the pandemic have forced security professionals to sacrifice securing the endpoint with productivity ...