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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 ...

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 ...