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AI-Powered Invoice Fraud: How This Latest Scam Hijacks Your Business Transactions

Resecurity is tracking a cybercriminal gang called “GXC Team” that develops and sells tools to facilitate online banking theft and social engineering attacks.
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[Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing

Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.
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Lockbit 3.0 Ransomware Disrupts Emergency Care at Multiple German Hospitals

Hitting three hospitals within a Germany-based hospital network, the extent of the damage in this confirmed ransomware attack remains undetermined but has stopped parts of operations.
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New Research: Phishing Attacks Stole $295 Million In Crypto In 2023

Researchers at Scam Sniffers have found that phishing attacks stole nearly $295 million worth of cryptocurrency from 324,000 victims in 2023, CryptoSlate reports. The cryptocurrency is ...
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A Dream Team Security Awareness Training Program?

Every person and organization is different and requires slightly different methods and ways of learning. But every person and organization can benefit by more frequent security awareness ...
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[Security Masterminds] Beyond the Technical: Cultivating Empathy in Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity exists to protect people and their information. In our recent discussion on Security Masterminds, Julie provided unique insights on putting people at the center of ...
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AI Breaks Free: New Insights into the Latest Chatbot Jailbreak Hack

Fascinating article at TechXplore, December 28, 2023. Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have managed to compromise multiple artificial ...
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AI in 2024: The Top 10 Cutting Edge Social Engineering Threats

The year 2024 is shaping up to be a pivotal moment in the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in the realm of social engineering. As AI capabilities grow ...
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Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from December 2023

Check out the 36 new pieces of training content added in December, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, events and new features.
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Impersonation Attack Data Breaches Predicted to Increase in 2024

With so much of an attack riding on a cybercriminals ability to gain access to systems, applications and data, experts predict the trend of rising impersonation is only going to get worse.
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U.K. Government 'Ill-Prepared' to Deal With High Risk of Catastrophic Ransomware Attacks

A new report from the U.K. government’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) outlines both just how likely an attack on critical national infrastructure is and where ...
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[Heads Up] SMTP Smuggling - How It Easily Circumvents Your Email Defenses

A newly-discovered technique misusing SMTP commands allows cybercriminals to pass SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks, allowing impersonated emails to reach their intended victim.
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We Do What We Are Trained To Do

When I was young, I was an oceanfront lifeguard, firefighter and EMT paramedic. All disciplines involved frequent education and training.
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Ransomware Attacks Rise 85% Compared to the Previous Year

With November demonstrating multiple increases when compared to various previous time periods, new data signals that we may be in for a bumpy ride in 2024.
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Cyber Scammers Beef Up the Number of Fake Delivery Websites Just in Time for Christmas

Cybersecurity researchers at Group-IB have identified a single scam campaign leveraging over 1500 websites impersonating postal carriers and shippers leading up to Christmas this year.
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Nice! I Made it in The Top 25 Cybersecurity CEOs to Watch in 2024

The CyberExpress is a VC-backed cyber security news mag that provides the latest news and analysis about the information security industry. They published an article December 20, 2023 ...
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The AI Threat: How America's 2024 Election Could Be Compromised

I found an interesting article at THE HILL that discusses the rising concerns about how AI might influence the upcoming U.S. 2024 elections.
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SC Mag: "Attacks on critical infrastructure are harbingers of war: Are we prepared?"

I just found a great post by Morgan Wright, chief security advisor of SentinelOne. Here is a quick summary and a link to the full article is at the bottom. The recent attacks on water ...
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