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Cybernews warns that threat actors will likely take advantage of the recent AWS outage to launch phishing attacks against affected users.
A new survey found that 50% of UK residents aged 16 to 34 cite deepfake nudes as their top worry related to AI technology, SecurityBrief reports.
Ransomware is the gift that keeps on giving… and taking.
Phishing was the initial access vector for 60% of cyberattacks across Europe between July 2024 and June 2025, according to the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).
I have been writing about the need to better train our programmers in secure coding practices for decades, most recently here and here.
Google’s Mandiant has published guidance on defending against an ongoing wave of social engineering attacks targeting organizations’ Salesforce instances.
The financial services industry operates in one of the most heavily regulated environments in the business world. With sensitive client data flowing through every transaction and ...
A new report warns of a significant spike in SMS phishing (smishing) scams targeting younger Americans between 18 and 29 years old.
Job-related scams surged by more than one thousand percent between May and July 2025, according to new research from McAfee.
Deepfakes are easier to create than ever and are being used to attack organizations, families and individuals.
We’ve come a long way. We’ve deconstructed the problem, explored the complexity of humans, and laid out a strategic framework and a practical map—all of which can be explored in more ...
North Korea’s fraudulent IT worker schemes have expanded to target nearly every industry that hires remote employees, according to researchers at Okta.
The conversation about AI in cybersecurity is missing the point. While the industry has been focused on the emergence of AI-generated phishing emails, perhaps a far more profound shift ...
OpenAI, the people behind ChatGPT, have launched an updated AI video- and audio-generation system with fascinating, and terrifying, implications for the spread of deepfakes.
Fighting voice-based phishing needs to be a big part of your human risk management (HRM) plan.
Employees who multitask are significantly more vulnerable to phishing attacks, according to a study from the University at Albany published in the European Journal of Information Systems.
The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing its most dramatic transformation since the dawn of the internet.
If you’re wondering what keeps business leaders up at night, the latest Aon Global Risk Management Survey has a clear answer: cyber attacks and data breaches. Once again, they top the ...
