Cybersecurity Expert: AI Lends Phishing Plausibility for Bad Actors

Cybersecurity experts expect to see threat actors increasingly make use of AI tools to craft convincing, highly targeted and sophisticated social engineering attacks, according to Eric ...

November 2, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Small Businesses are Experiencing More Cyber Attacks

As large organizations realize the likelihood of cyber attacks and improve their cyber readiness, small businesses are seeing increases not experienced by their larger counterparts.

November 2, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Investigate User-Reported Emails with Ease Through the Powerful Combination of CrowdStrike Falcon Sandbox and KnowBe4 PhishER Plus

The never-ending deluge of phishing emails, malware and ransomware threats can leave incident response and security operation teams (SOC) looking for faster ways to analyze user-reported ...

October 31, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

September Sees a 32% Increase in the Number of Ransomware Attacks in Just One Month

Continued analysis of ransomware attacks shows an upward trend in the number of attacks, with September resulting in the highest number of assaults so far this year.

October 31, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminal Group Octo Tempest and Its Menacing Phishbait

Microsoft is tracking a cybercriminal group called “Octo Tempest” that uses threats of violence as part of its social engineering and data theft extortion campaigns.

October 30, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Exposed: Scam Artists Mimicking PepsiCo in Phishing Schemes

Researchers at INKY warn that a phishing campaign is attempting to distribute malware by impersonating PepsiCo.

October 26, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Human-Crafted Phishing Emails Only Three Percent More Successful Than AI-Generated Ones, According To IBM

Red teamers at IBM X-Force warn that AI-generated phishing emails are nearly as convincing as human-crafted ones, and can be created in a fraction of the time. The researchers tricked ...

October 25, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

FBI Warns of North Korean Social Engineering Tactics and Recruitment/Hiring of IT Workers

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have issued an advisory offering guidance to “the international community, the private sector, ...

October 24, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Leadership Less Involved in Cyber-Preparedness Despite a Majority of Orgs Thinking Data Loss from a Cyber Attack Likely in the Next 12 Months

You probably expect executive leadership to not just support cybersecurity efforts, but to be involved. New data shows organizations have a way to go until this is a reality.

October 24, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Most Organizations Believe Malicious Use of AI is Close to Evading Detection

As organizations continue to believe the malicious use of artificial intelligence (AI) will outpace its defensive use, new data focused on the future of AI in cyber attacks and defenses ...

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