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SANS Releases Guide to Address Rise in Attacks on Manufacturing and Industrial Control Systems

Increased ransomware attacks on industrial control systems (ICS), mixed with general ICS insecurity found across the manufacturing sector, has given rise to a guide specifically ...

CyberheistNews Vol 14 #38 [CODE RED] A Must-See New Webinar: How To Block North Korean Infiltrators

Phishing Attack Takes a Two-Step Approach to Leverage Legitimate Sites and Evade Detection. [4-Minute Survey] Share Your Thoughts on AI in InfoSec With Me? Email not displaying? | View ...

[Cybersecurity Awareness Month] Prepare for All Manner of Cyber Threats Like the Heroes of ‘The Inside Man’

Mark Shepherd, the Inside Man, is on a mission.

New Ransomware Threat Group, RansomHub, is so Effective, the NSA is Already Warning You About Them

The latest evolution of the ransomware service model, RansomHub, has only been around since February of this year, but its affiliates are already successfully exfiltrating data.

BEC Scams Have Caused $55 Billion in Losses Over the Past Ten Years

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have caused more than $55 billion in losses between 2013 and 2023, according to an advisory from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

[4-Minute Survey] Share Your Thoughts on AI in InfoSec With Me?

Can you help me with your input? I'd love your thoughts about AI in InfoSec. This is a super short survey that asks about any AI tools you use or would like, how you feel about AI ...

Authorized Push Payment Fraud Responsible for Over Half of U.K. Frauds and Scams

Research from The Financial Ombudsman Service, a U.K. based organization dedicated to helping citizens with free financial advice, has found an increase in Authorized Pushed Payment (APP) ...

Attackers Using HTTP Response Headers to Redirect Victims to Phishing Pages

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warn that attackers are using refresh entries in HTTP response headers to automatically redirect users to phishing pages without user ...

Your Lawyers Are Increasingly Targeted by Phishing Attacks, Ransomware

Researchers at Bitdefender warn that law firms are high-value targets for ransomware gangs and other criminal threat actors. Attackers frequently use phishing to gain initial access to an ...

Forget the Talent Gap – It’s an Experience Gap

South Africa’s cybersecurity workforce shortage mirrors global trends, but also faces local factors like underinvestment in basic education, underserved communities, digital literacy gaps ...