Spear Phishing Trends in 2023

50% of organizations surveyed were victims of spear phishing attacks in the last twelve months, according to a new report from Barracuda. The report also found that, on average, ...

Recently Exposed North Korean Threat Actor APT43 Targeting Organizations With Spear Phishing

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has published a report describing the activities of “ARCHIPELAGO,” a subset of the North Korean state-sponsored threat actor APT43. ARCHIPELAGO’s ...

[HEADS UP] Russian Hacker Group Launches New Spear Phishing Campaign with Targets in US and Europe

The Russian-based hacking group Seaborgium is at it again with increased spear phishing attacks targeting US and European countries in the last year.

Reddit is the Latest Victim of a Spear Phishing Attack Resulting in a Data Breach

There is a lot to learn from Reddit's recent data breach, which was the result of an employee falling for a “sophisticated and highly-targeted” spear phishing attack.

Spear Phishing Attacks Increase 127% as Use of Impersonation Skyrockets

Impersonation of users, domains, and brands is on the rise, as is the use of malicious links, in response to security vendors improving their ability to detect malicious attachments.

Russian and Iranian Spear Phishing Campaigns are Running Rampant in the UK

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has described two separate spear phishing campaigns launched by Russia’s SEABORGIUM threat actor and Iran’s TA453 (also known as Charming ...

Spear Phishing Campaign Targets Southeast Asia

Researchers at Group-IB are tracking a previously unknown threat actor dubbed “Dark Pink” that’s using spear phishing attacks to target government, military, and religious organizations. ...

Using AI Large Language Models to Craft Phishing Campaigns

Researchers at Check Point have shown that Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT can be used to generate entire infection chains, beginning with a spear phishing email. The ...

[Heads Up] Giant LastPass Breach Can Supercharge Spear Phishing Attacks

By Roger A. Grimes. KnowBe4 recommends that everyone use a password manager to create and use strong passwords as a part of their password policy ...

Spear Phishing Campaign Targets Japanese Political Organizations

Researchers at ESET warn that a Chinese-speaking threat actor dubbed “MirrorFace” targeted Japanese political organizations with spear phishing emails in the run-up to the Japanese House ...