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New Phishing Campaign Uses Hyperlinked Images for Fake Gift Cards and Promotions

A phishing campaign is using hyperlinked images in order to trick users into visiting malicious sites, according to Jeremy Fuchs at Avanan. The emails contain images that offer gift cards ...

Be a Certified Security Awareness and Culture Professional (SACP)™

All, I thought it was necessary to have an independent, vendor-neutral Cert so we would have a real Certified Security Awareness and Culture Professional (SACP)™. I funded the effort ...

Warning: Sharing Data with ChatGPT Can Be Misused Outside Your Organization

A new study found that ChatGPT can accurately recall any sensitive information fed to it as part of a query at a later date without controls in place to protect who can retrieve it.

Verification and Deepfake Fraud Trends in North America

Forced verification fraud and deepfake fraud are on the rise in the US and Canada, according to researchers at Sumsub. Pavel Goldman-Kalaydin, Sumsub’s Head of AI & ML, explains that ...

Protecting Patient Data: The Importance of Cybersecurity in Healthcare

As digital transformation continues to shape the healthcare industry, it is crucial for healthcare organizations to prioritize cybersecurity. These organizations are entrusted with ...

[Wake-Up Call] It's Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing

Fighting spear phishing attacks is the single best thing you can do to prevent breaches.

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 | May 31st, 2023 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks With attackers knowing financial fraud-based phishing ...

Spear Phishing Trends in 2023

50% of organizations surveyed were victims of spear phishing attacks in the last twelve months, according to a new report from Barracuda. The report also found that, on average, ...

Russian Ransomware Cybercriminal Behind $200 Million in Damages is Sanctioned by the U.S. Government

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has identified and designated Mikhail Matveev for his role in ransomware attacks back 2021.

AI Voice-Based Scams Rise as One-Third of Victims Can’t Tell if the Voice is Real or Not

As audio deepfake technology continues to go mainstream as part of the evolution in AI-based tools, new data shows there are plenty of victims and they aren’t prepared for such an attack.