AI-Enhanced Cyber Attacks Tops the List of Data Security Threats

AI is quickly becoming the basis for more cyber attacks, leading organizations to realize the risk it presents. A new report now shows that AI-enhanced cyber attacks are now the top ...

October 16, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Chinese Threat Actor Targets OpenAI With Spear-Phishing Attacks

OpenAI has disclosed that its employees were targeted by spear-phishing attacks launched by a suspected Chinese state-sponsored threat actor.

October 16, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

The Number of Malicious Emails Reaching Inboxes Is Declining

New research shows that less malicious emails are getting past security scanners to the inbox, but also provides details about how phishing emails are becoming increasingly dangerous.

October 14, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

"Operation Kaerb" Takes Down Sophisticated Phishing-as-a-Service Platform “iServer”

A partnering of European and Latin American law enforcement agencies took down the group behind the mobile phone credential theft of 483,000 victims.

October 14, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Sextortion Scammers Attempt to Hit “Close to Home”

We live in a world where, despite the sharing of information online, we feel like those interactions will never reach home. But a new scam – covered on WTSP Tampa Bay’s Channel 10 news – ...

October 11, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Google App Scripts Become the Latest Way to Establish Credibility and Automate Phishing Attacks

Cybercriminals have found a new way of leveraging legitimate web services for malicious purposes, this time with the benefit of added automation of campaign actions.

October 8, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Attackers Abuse URL Rewriting to Evade Security Filters

Attackers continue to exploit URL rewriting to hide their phishing links from email security filters, according to researchers at Abnormal Security.

October 7, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Free Phishing Platform Has Created More than 140,000 Spoofed Websites

A free phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named Sniper Dz has assisted in the creation of more than 140,000 phishing sites over the past year, according to researchers at Palo Alto ...

October 4, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Financial Services Industry Experiences a Massive Increase in Brand Abuse

Industry analysis of the domains used behind phishing and brand impersonation attacks show financial institutions are being leveraged at an alarming rate.

October 3, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

New VPN Credential Attack Goes to Great Lengths to Obtain Access

A new “so-phish-ticated” attack uses phone calls, social engineering, lookalike domains, and impersonated company VPN sites to gain initial access to a victim network.

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