AI Tools Have Increased the Sophistication of Social Engineering Attacks

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has warned that threat actors are increasingly using AI to enhance phishing and other social engineering attacks, Channel News Asia reports.

August 6, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

New Malvertising Campaign Impersonates Google Authenticator

Researchers at Malwarebytes spotted a malvertising campaign that abused Google Ads to target people searching for Google Authenticator.

August 5, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Brand Impersonation of Microsoft Increases 50% in One Quarter

The use of the Microsoft brand in phishing attacks demonstrates both its widespread credibility as well as the continued success of attacks leveraging it.

August 2, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Your Users Still Fall For Phishing Attacks Because of URL Shorteners

Analysis of current phishing attacks by security researchers have uncovered an increase in the use of trusted shortlink services.

August 2, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

New Research: Smaller Companies Receiving Higher Rates Of Phishing Emails

Researchers at Barracuda have found that smaller companies tend to receive a higher rate of phishing attacks spread across the organization, according to a report looking at the phishing ...

July 31, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Half of Travel-Themed Spam Emails Are Scams

Researchers at Bitdefender have found that half of all travel-themed spam emails contain scams.

July 31, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

The First Half of 2024 Results in More Than 1 Billion Data Breach Victims

New data shows that cyber attacks have resulted in double the number of data breaches in 2024 than throughout all of 2023.

July 30, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

New Phishing Kit Uses Voice Call Generator to Impersonate Spanish Banks

A new cybercriminal group is selling “a sophisticated AI-powered phishing-as-a-service platform” that targets 36 Spanish banks, according to researchers at Group-IB.

July 29, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers Exploit Interest in Generative AI Tools

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42 are tracking phishing attacks exploiting interest in generative AI tools. The researchers observed spikes in suspicious domain registrations ...

July 29, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

QR Code Phishing is Still on the Rise. The SEG is Dead.

Organizations need to be aware of the threat posed by QR code phishing (quishing), according to researchers at Trend Micro.

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