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Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) are tracking a new threat actor that’s impersonating help desks to trick users into installing malware. The threat actor, which ...
Cybercriminals are getting smarter and faster. Social engineering attacks are evolving rapidly, and AI is making them more convincing than ever. According to the 2025 Verizon Data Breach ...
Deepfake-driven fraud has caused $2.19 billion in losses globally, with $1.65 billion reported in 2025 alone, according to an analysis by Surfshark. More than half of these losses were ...
A phishing campaign is targeting senior executives with social engineering attacks conducted over Microsoft Teams, according to researchers at ReliaQuest. The researchers believe former ...
John N Just, Ed.D. - Chief Learning Officer What's New: Celebrating World Password Day and Beyond Happy May! This month, we are putting a major spotlight on World Password Day (May 7). ...
Microsoft warns that a new criminal threat actor dubbed “Storm-2755” is launching payroll-pirate attacks against Canadian users. These attacks use social engineering to compromise ...
Cyber-enabled crimes cost Americans nearly $21 billion in 2025, a 26% increase from the previous year, according to the FBI’s latest Internet Crime Report. Phishing, extortion, and ...
Threat actors are abusing agentic AI automation platforms to deliver malware and send phishing emails, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The researchers observed attackers using ...
A new phishing campaign is using WhatsApp messages to deliver malware, according to researchers at Microsoft. The attackers are attempting to trick users into installing malicious Visual ...
A new survey from LevelBlue has found that a majority of Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) believe the human-related elements of their cybersecurity strategies are falling short. These ...
By Roger A. Grimes and Matthew Duren
A new commodity phishing kit called “Venom Stealer” allows threat actors to automate ClickFix attacks, according to researchers at BlackFog. ClickFix is a social engineering technique ...
A criminal threat actor called “Silver Fox” is launching tax-themed phishing attacks against Japanese companies during the country’s tax season, according to researchers at ESET.
Public sector cybersecurity leaders are no longer measured solely on whether they stop attacks, they are measured on whether they can prove it. Across federal, state, local and education ...
AI is making phishing attacks easier to create and scale. Tasks that once required manual effort can now be automated, allowing attackers to generate realistic messages, launch campaigns, ...
Threat actors are impersonating Palo Alto Networks recruiters to target job seekers, according to researchers with Palo Alto’s Unit 42 security team. “These attacks specifically target ...