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New Phishing Campaign Uses Claude-Themed Lures

A phishing campaign is targeting Google accounts with lures that promise free subscriptions to Anthropic’s Claude Max AI model, Malwarebytes warns.

Warning: Tech Support Scams Are Abusing Google Ads

Researchers at Netskope are tracking a phishing kit that hijacks users’ browser windows to display fake security alerts. The malicious websites are distributed via Google Ads, and pose as ...

The Price of a Deal: How Scammers are Hijacking Amazon Prime Day

Lead Analysts: Lucy Gee and Emily Hanlon As millions of shoppers prepare their wishlists and await discounts for Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days starting October 6, cybercriminals are ...

Remove the Language Barrier from Your Training Program’s Global Rollout

At any given moment, there’s an employee somewhere in the world tuning out of a phishing training module that was translated from another language. Every word is rendered correctly, yet ...

Threat Actors Abuse Trusted Accounts and Internal Tools to Launch Convincing BEC Attacks

Attackers are continually finding new ways to refine business email compromise (BEC) attacks, according to Douglas McKee, Director of Vulnerability Intelligence at Rapid7. When attackers ...

[Cybersecurity Awareness Month] Cyber Espionage: When the Attacker’s Best Asset Is You

Spies have always relied on technology, disguises, secret communications and clever gadgets, at least if the movies are to be believed. But some of the most effective tools in the ...

Report: Social Engineering Attacks Are Increasingly Using Audio and Video Deepfakes

41% of CISOs said an audio deepfake targeted their organization within the last 12 months, according to a new survey by Gartner. Additionally, 36% of respondents said employees were ...

Govern Claude AI with KnowBe4’s Agent Risk Manager

Agent Risk Manager, KnowBe4’s AI agent security product in the KnowBe4 Platform, integrates with the Claude Compliance API to help organizations monitor Claude activity and detect risks ...

FBI Alert: Phishing Attacks Are Impersonating Law Enforcement

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert warning that widespread fraud campaigns are impersonating law enforcement or government officials to trick users into ...