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The BISO Secret Weapon: Enhancing Collaboration for Cybersecurity and Business Growth with Nicole Dove

Do you want to bridge the gap between IT, cybersecurity, and the business to enhance collaboration and integration? Are you seeking a solution to align cybersecurity efforts with business ...

91% of Cybersecurity Professionals Have Experienced Cyber Attacks that Use AI

A new report takes an exhaustive look at how cybersecurity professionals see the current and future state of attacks, and how well vendors are keeping up.

New Phishing Attack Uses Social Engineering to Impersonate the National Danish Police

A malwareless and linkless phishing attack uses sextortion and the threat of legal action to get the attention of potential victims and get them to respond.

Hacker Deepfakes Employee's Voice in Phone Call to Breach IT Company

Last month, Retool, a business software development company, fell victim to a sophisticated cyberattack that compromised 27 of its cloud customers.

New Scam Impersonates QuickBooks to Steal Credentials, Extract Money

Establishing urgency through a false need to “upgrade” or lose services, this new attack takes advantage of the widespread use of the popular accounting app to attract victims.

Microsoft (Once Again) Tops the List of Most Impersonated Brands in 2023

Out of the over 350 brands regularly impersonated in phishing attacks, Microsoft continues to stand out because they provide attackers with one unique advantage over other brands.

Board Members' Lack of Security Awareness Puts Businesses at Risk of Cyber Attacks, Finds Savanti Report

A report from cybersecurity consultancy Savanti reveals that board members are facing challenges in understanding cyber risks, and this has important implications for businesses.

No Dice for MGM Las Vegas as It Battles Fallout from Ransomware Attack After a 10-minute Vishing Scam

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MGM Suffers Ransomware Attack that Started with a Simple Helpdesk Call

As the aftermath unfolds, the details around the recent attack on MGM Resorts provides crucial insight into the attacks impact, who’s responsible, and how it started.

Can Someone Guess My Password From the Wi-Fi Signal On My Phone?

Cybercriminals can't ascertain your phone password just from a Wi-Fi signal, but they can come close according to a method described in a recent research paper. Researchers have ...

Can You Guess Common Phishing Themes in Southeast Asia?

Researchers at Cyfirma outline trends in phishing campaigns around the world, finding that Singapore is disproportionately targeted by phishing attacks.

AP Stylebook Data Breach Compromises Customer Personal Information

The Associated Press (AP) has disclosed a data breach affecting the legacy AP Stylebook website that led to phishing attacks against impacted customers, BleepingComputer reports.

Phishing Scammers are Using Artificial Intelligence To Create Perfect Emails

Phishing attacks have always been detected through broken English, but now generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are eliminating all those red flags. OpenAI ChatGPT, for instance, ...

Cybercriminals Selling "Golden Tickets" to Phish Microsoft 365... $500,000 in Sales in 10 Months

In the movie, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," kids unwrap chocolate bars in hopes of winning a golden ticket, giving the holder an inside tour of the sugar factory. The W3LL ...

Microsoft Teams Phishing Campaign Distributes DarkGate Malware

Researchers at Truesec are tracking a phishing campaign that’s distributing the DarkGate Loader malware via external Microsoft Teams messages.

[dot]US Domain Exploited for Phishing

The Interisle Consulting Group has published a paper looking at the phishing landscape in 2023, KrebsOnSecurity reports. Notably, Interisle found that the .us top-level domain is being ...

Organizations Tie Executive Pay to Cybersecurity Performance Hoping To Enhance Protection Against Hackers

Organizations have started to recognize the importance of tying executive pay to cybersecurity metrics. This practice is gaining traction among the largest U.S. companies, with nine ...

New Telekopye Phishing Toolkit Uses Telegram-Based Bots To Turn Novice Scammers into Experts

The Telekopye toolkit allows scammers to create phishing websites, send fraudulent SMS messages and emails, and target popular Russian and non-Russian online marketplaces.

Brand Impersonation Hits a New High with as Many as 73 Lookalike Domains Per Brand

The use of lookalike domains has reached critical mass with not just one counterfeit website, but many.