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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 | May 9th, 2023 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users Compromised websites (legitimate sites that have been successfully ...
Unfortunately ransomware attacks have taken another victim. The City of Dallas recently confirmed that their police department suffered a ransomware attack. This attack shutdown essential ...
The evidence is clear – there is nothing most people and organizations can do to vastly lower cybersecurity risk than to mitigate social engineering attacks. Social engineering is ...
The U.S. government created a new office to block disinformation. The new Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC) oversees efforts that span U.S. military, law enforcement, intelligence, ...
The Cyberwire reported: "Barracuda released a study this morning indicating that HTML attacks have doubled since last year.
Phishing attacks have come a long way from the spray-and-pray emails of just a few decades ago. Now they’re more targeted, more cunning and more dangerous. And this enormous security gap ...
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According to a recent EY survey, nearly 80% of business leaders are increasing their cybersecurity investment in the next six to 12 months.
The malwareless and seemingly benign nature of business email compromise emails, mixed with impersonation techniques, are difficult to spot as being malicious, making them even more ...
New data highlights just how frequently cyber attacks are attempted and organizations are impacted - and the numbers are far more surprising than you’d think.
March saw a huge jump in ransomware compared to January and February, signifying that organizations should expect to see a lot more of these attacks this year.
Walmart’s rise to become the brand most likely to be impersonated in Q1 of this year is a real problem.
The most common route for malware infections remains social engineering in its various forms: phishing, vishing, etc. Such approaches take advantage of users’ deliberately cultivated ...
It's May the 4th, a holiday that celebrates our love for a galaxy far, far, away - Star Wars! I can't help but share some cybersecurity learning lessons from one of my favorite Sci-Fi ...
It's World Password Day! This holiday is to ensure everyone always practices good password hygiene. This year, we wanted to share the best password resources with you to share with your ...
I get the WSJ Cybersecurity newsletter, which by the way is warmly recommended. Kim Nash today reported a shocker which will make everyone's insurance premiums go even further up: "Six ...
Bloomberg's Brad Stone wrote an op-ed covering this topic. In the past month, a chatbot called "My AI" or "Sage" has appeared as a new friend for several hundred million Snapchat users. ...
Compromised websites (legitimate sites that have been successfully compromised to support social engineering) are serving visitors fake Google Chrome update error messages.
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #18 | May 2nd, 2023 [Eye on AI] Does ChatGPT Have Cybersecurity Tells? Poker players and other human lie detectors look for "tells," that is, a sign by which someone ...
Since the beginning, two types of computer attacks (known as initial root cause exploits) have composed the vast majority of successful attacks: social engineering and exploiting ...
