Cybercriminal Group Octo Tempest and Its Menacing Phishbait

Oct 31, 2023 10:07:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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.

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

Oct 25, 2023 2:29:42 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

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, ...

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

Oct 24, 2023 4:37:22 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

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 ...

A Brief History of Phishing, and Other Forms of Social Engineering

Oct 23, 2023 10:23:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Social engineering attacks have a very long history, though the Internet has made it easier to launch these attacks en masse, according to Sean McNee at DomainTools. McNee points to an ...

Summit Sabotage: Malicious Phishing Campaign Hits Female Political Leaders Using Social Engineering

Oct 17, 2023 2:40:52 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A threat actor dubbed “Void Rabisu” used social engineering to target attendees of the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Summit that was held in Brussels from June 7 to 8, 2023, Trend Micro ...

9 in 10 CISOs Report at Least One Disruptive Cyberattack in the Last Year

Oct 13, 2023 4:52:41 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new report sheds light on whether CISOs have been the victim of a cyber attacks, if they're every paid a ransom, their greatest cyber concerns, and much more.

60% of Organizations are Very Concerned About the Potential Impact of Ransomware Attacks

Oct 13, 2023 4:52:35 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As the number of reported ransomware attacks increases, new data provides a fresh look at how ready organizations are for ransomware attacks.

53% of Organizations Experienced Cyber Attacks

Oct 13, 2023 4:52:30 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As increasing percentages of businesses experience cyberattacks, new data provides details on where the most organizational risk lies.

Should You Use Controversial Simulated Phishing Test Emails?

Oct 13, 2023 1:34:39 PM By Roger Grimes

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about using highly-emotionally charged, “controversial”, subjects in simulated phishing tests. Controversial topic examples include ...

New Research: Phishing Remains the Most Popular Technique for Bad Actors

Oct 12, 2023 12:11:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A report from Trustwave notes that phishing remains one of the most popular and effective techniques for attackers to gain access to organizations.

Beware of Bogus Roborock Retailers: The Perils of Misleading URLs in E-Commerce

Oct 12, 2023 12:11:22 PM By Martin Kraemer

Roborock's online storefronts have been used for cybercrime schemes in the past, and it seems attackers are continuing to create fake online shops. After all, the Chinese-originated robot ...

Harvested Credentials Are Put Up for Sale Monthly on the Dark Web at a Rate of 10,000 a Month

Oct 12, 2023 8:01:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Credential harvesting has become a business in and of itself within the cybercrime economy. New insight from Microsoft details the types of attacks your organization should watch out for.

New Cyber Attack Techniques Will Not Replace Old-School Social Engineering

Oct 12, 2023 8:01:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Even though there are new attack types for cybercriminals, they are still leveraging old-school attack vectors. Why? Because they still work.

Business Email Compromise Attempts Skyrocket in the Last Year

Oct 12, 2023 8:01:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Threat actors launched 156,000 business email compromise (BEC) attempts per day between April 2022 and April 2023, according to Microsoft’s latest Digital Defense Report. While most of ...

[INFOGRAPHIC] KnowBe4’s SecurityCoach: Top 10 Integrations

Oct 12, 2023 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Real-time security coaching helps improve your organization’s security culture by enabling real-time coaching of your users in response to risky security behaviors.

Smishing Triad Threat Actor Sets Its Sights on the UAE

Oct 10, 2023 4:05:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Resecurity warns that the Smishing Triad threat actor has “vastly expanded its attack footprint” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Stay a Step Ahead of your #1 Downtime Threat - Business Email Compromise

Oct 9, 2023 5:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new report from Secureworks has found that business email compromise (BEC) remains “one of the most financially damaging online crimes overall for orgs” in 2023. The security firm’s ...

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

Oct 3, 2023 10:43:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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

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

Sep 28, 2023 4:20:04 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

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.

Threat Group UNC3944 Continues to See Success Using Text-Based Social Engineering

Sep 28, 2023 4:19:51 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new update on UNC3944 group's activities shows how they are evolving their focus squarely on SMiShing credential harvesting attacks that result in data theft/extortion attacks.

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