Senior Executives Beware: The Rise of EvilProxy Phishing Campaigns

Menlo Security warns that a social engineering campaign is using the EvilProxy phishing kit to target senior executives across a range of industries, including banking and financial ...

Generative AI and the Automation of Social Engineering Increasingly Used By Threat Actors

Threat actors continue to use generative AI tools to craft convincing social engineering attacks, according to Glory Kaburu at Cryptopolitan.

New SMS Phishing Campaign Impersonating The US Postal Service

DomainTools is tracking an increase in SMS phishing (or “smishing”) campaigns impersonating the US Postal Service (USPS). The text messages inform recipients that there’s a problem with ...

Security Awareness Is Dead. Long Live Security Awareness

Our actions determine outcomes, not our thoughts, our knowledge, or our intentions.

Ransomware Now Considered a “Crisis” in the Financial Services Sector

A recent panel discussion of banking CISOs and experts at the SIBOS conference focused on the current state of ransomware and what institutions should do to protect themselves.

It’s Official – Generative AI Has Made Phishing Emails Foolproof

The most basic use of tools like ChatGPT to script out professional-looking emails has all but eliminated improperly written content as an indicator of a potential phishing scam.

Pharma Industry Seeing Reduction in Data Breach Costs, But Still Have Much to Do

Insights from IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report on the Pharmaceutical Industry shows that while the overall cost has improved, there are clear areas of risk that need to be addressed.

Facebook Messenger Becomes the Delivery Mechanism for Infostealer Malware Attack

Millions of business accounts on Facebook are the target of a new malware attack, which is seeing a success rate of 1 out of 70, causing concern for the security of corporate credentials.

Cyber Insurance Claims Increased by 12% in First Half of 2023, Attacks More Frequent and Severe Than Ever

The latest cyber claims report from Coalition, a digital risk insurance provider, finds a 12% increase in cyber insurance claims in the first half of 2023 over the second half of 2022, ...

Why BJ Fogg and Daniel Kahneman Are Big Security Pro Must-Knows

You're no stranger to the complexities of safeguarding your organization's digital assets. But have you considered the human element in your security equation? Behavioral economics, ...