There is no doubt that more pervasive deepfake and AI technologies will make for more realistic, sophisticated, phishing attacks, and add to an already huge problem.
Czech and Ukrainian police have arrested six individuals responsible for a call center-based vishing scam designed to trick victims into thinking they were already victims of fraud.
Researchers at Sophos have found that the criminal market for malicious generative AI tools is still disorganized and contentious.
This is a cautionary tale of both how your data can legally end up in the hands of an organization you never intended and how victims can be largely left in the dark post-breach.
There’s been a “precipitous rise” in QR code phishing campaigns in 2023, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO.
With organizations heavily focusing on protecting the corporate endpoint, cybercriminals are switching focus onto mobile devices where users are more prone to fall for their social ...
Researchers at ESET describe various types of scams launched by users of Telekopye, a telegram bot that assists in crafting social engineering attacks.
New data sheds light on just how active the Initial Access Broker (IAB) business is, and the growth uncovered doesn’t bode well for potential victim organizations.
Huntress has released a report finding that business email compromise (BEC) attacks have risen in the third quarter of 2023.
Scammers used an outdated link found in an X (formerly Twitter) account belonging to Bloomberg Crypto to send users to a phishing site designed to steal Discord credentials, ...
I recently wrote about how 1 in 34 organizations globally has experienced an attempted ransomware attack. But that statistic doesn’t provide enough context around the impact felt by the ...
If increases in cyberattacks this year are any indication of what to expect in the next six weeks of holiday shopping, we should expect a massive uptick in holiday-related scams.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory describing the Scattered Spider cybercriminal gang’s activities.
Travel influencer Johnny Jet has disclosed that he fell victim to a scam that caused him to lose access to his Facebook account, which has tens of thousands of followers. The scammers ...
The massive uptick in QR Code phishing is an indicator that scammers are seeing success in taking victims from the initial attack medium to one under the attacker’s control.
New findings show that the overwhelming majority of people have to sort through scam messages and texts.
Researchers at SlowMist describe a phishing campaign that’s distributing a phony version of Skype in order to steal cryptocurrency, Cointelegraph reports. The malicious app was likely ...
With organizations globally experiencing an increase in attempted ransomware attacks year over year, new data shows how the global average isn’t even the worst news.
Cybersecurity threats continue to put European organisations of all sizes at risk. Infosec leaders face multi-pronged challenges, from mitigating the threats themselves to managing the ...
As ransom payments reach an all-time high, it’s time to look at attacks from a data perspective and find the greatest opportunities to stop these attacks.
