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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 ...

What Microsoft’s Latest Email Benchmark Proves About Defense-in-Depth

Let’s face it: inertia is often the most common yet most dangerous adversary when it comes to acquiring new technology, especially in cybersecurity.

Warning: New Phishing Kit Targets Sales Teams

Threat actors are using a new phishing kit called “GhostCode” to target sales teams with phony business inquiries, according to researchers at eSentire. The threat actors begin the attack ...

AI-Generated Phishing Pages Are Impersonating Antivirus Services

Scammers are using AI to generate phishing pages that impersonate antivirus products, according to Malwarebytes.

Sophisticated Phishing Operation Continues to Thrive Following FBI Takedown

China-based cybercriminals are using a sophisticated phishing-as-a-service platform called the “Outsider Phishing Kit” to launch massive phishing campaigns around the world, according to ...

Are Your AI Assistants the Next Attack Surface?

Lead Analysts: Shikhar Dalela, Maddhav Grandy and Jeewan Singh Jalal

AI-Assisted Phishing Campaign Sent Over A Million Personalized Emails

Researchers at Microsoft are tracking an AI-assisted phishing campaign that sent over a million emails attempting to conduct payment diversion scams.

Quantum Readiness Day: How to Prepare for Post-Quantum Security

Quantum Readiness Day on September 24 is a useful reminder that the security work we do today is not only about preventing breaches tomorrow. It is about protecting data and digital trust ...

Millions of Phishing Emails Use ASCII Smuggling to Bypass Security Filters

A massive phishing campaign is using invisible Unicode tag characters to evade security filters, according to researchers at Microsoft. This technique, known as “ASCII smuggling,” has ...