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‘Tis the Season for Artificial Intelligence-Generated Fraud Messages

‘Tis the Season for Artificial Intelligence-Generated Fraud Messages 2024-12-10 at 16:19 By The FBI issued an advisory on December 3rd warning the public of how threat actors use generative AI to more quickly and efficiently create messaging to defraud their victims, echoing earlier warnings issued by Trustwave SpiderLabs. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog

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Businesses plagued by constant stream of malicious emails

Businesses plagued by constant stream of malicious emails 2024-12-09 at 06:03 By Help Net Security 36.9% of all emails received by businesses (20.5 billion) in 2024 were unwanted, according to Hornetsecurity’s analysis of 55.6+ billion emails processed through their security services between November 1, 2023 and October 31, 2024 – and 2.3% of those contained

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The Role of AI in Cybersecurity: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Threats

The Role of AI in Cybersecurity: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Threats 2024-12-04 at 16:04 By Ziv Mador As 2024 comes to a close, we went around the room and asked some of Trustwave’s top executives what cybersecurity issues and technology they saw playing a prominent role in 2025. Over the next several weeks their thoughts

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Phishers send corrupted documents to bypass email security

Phishers send corrupted documents to bypass email security 2024-12-03 at 14:18 By Zeljka Zorz Phishers have come up with a new trick for bypassing email security systems: corrupted MS Office documents. The spam campaign Malware hunting service Any.Run has warned last week about email campaigns luring users with promises of payments, benefits and end-of-the-year bonuses.

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Rockstar 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS): Noteworthy Email Campaigns

Rockstar 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS): Noteworthy Email Campaigns 2024-11-27 at 16:03 By Diana Solomon and John Kevin Adriano Welcome to the second part of our investigation into the Rockstar kit, please check out part one here. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source

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Rockstar 2FA: A Driving Force in Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS)

Rockstar 2FA: A Driving Force in Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) 2024-11-26 at 18:33 By Diana Solomon and John Kevin Adriano Trustwave SpiderLabs has been actively monitoring the rise of Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) platforms, which are increasingly popular among threat actors. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source

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Black Friday Cybersecurity Checklist: Safeguard Your Store and Customer Data

Black Friday Cybersecurity Checklist: Safeguard Your Store and Customer Data 2024-11-21 at 16:03 By The holiday season starts on Black Friday and is the busiest time of year for retailers, but it’s also a peak period for cybercriminals who look to exploit vulnerabilities in business of all sizes. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave

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10 Tips to Help Holiday Shoppers to Stay Safe from Scams and Cyberattacks

10 Tips to Help Holiday Shoppers to Stay Safe from Scams and Cyberattacks 2024-11-20 at 19:03 By The holiday season is here, and with it comes the thrill of Black Friday deals and holiday shopping sprees. But it’s not just shoppers who are gearing up – cybercriminals are ready to take advantage of the holiday

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Why AI alone can’t protect you from sophisticated email threats

Why AI alone can’t protect you from sophisticated email threats 2024-11-19 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Riaz Lakhani, CISO at Barracuda Networks, discusses the effectiveness of AI-based behavioural analysis in combating sophisticated email threats like BEC and VEC. Lakhani also explains how AI tools help detect malicious email activity

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Threat actors are stepping up their tactics to bypass email protections

Threat actors are stepping up their tactics to bypass email protections 2024-11-01 at 06:33 By Help Net Security Although most organizations use emails with built-in security features that filter out suspicious messages, criminals always find a way to bypass these systems. With the development of AI technology, phishing is becoming increasingly difficult to recognize, allowing

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Trustwave SpiderLabs 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Defining the Cyber Assault on the Retail Sector

Trustwave SpiderLabs 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Defining the Cyber Assault on the Retail Sector 2024-10-29 at 15:17 By The holiday shopping season is almost here, and according to the 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Retail Sector, threat actors have honed their skills and are prepared to use ransomware and phishing attacks that leverage well-known online brands

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2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Cyber Threats to the Retail Sector

2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Cyber Threats to the Retail Sector 2024-10-29 at 15:17 By As the holiday shopping season approaches, the 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Retail Sector reveals that cybercriminals have sharpened their tactics, utilizing ransomware and phishing attacks that exploit well-known online brands to target retailers and consumers directly. This article is an

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Hooked by the Call: A Deep Dive into The Tricks Used in Callback Phishing Emails

Hooked by the Call: A Deep Dive into The Tricks Used in Callback Phishing Emails 2024-10-21 at 17:33 By Katrina Udquin Introduction Previously, Trustwave SpiderLabs covered a massive fake order spam scheme that impersonated a tech support company and propagated via Google Groups. Since then, we have observed more spam campaigns using this hybrid form of cyberattack

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Combating Misinformation and Cyber Threats to Secure the 2024 US Election

Combating Misinformation and Cyber Threats to Secure the 2024 US Election 2024-10-15 at 16:01 By Karl Sigler As we near the 2024 election, safeguarding the integrity of our democratic process is of paramount importance. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source

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Strengthening Email Security: DOJ Disrupts Russian Spear-Phishing Campaign

Strengthening Email Security: DOJ Disrupts Russian Spear-Phishing Campaign 2024-10-09 at 16:02 By The need for an iron-clad email security solution is once again making headlines. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source

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Protecting the US Election by Adopting Basic Cybersecurity Protocols

Protecting the US Election by Adopting Basic Cybersecurity Protocols 2024-10-04 at 18:31 By In a joint advisory issued on September 18, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported that Iranian actors have increased their activity attempting to influence the 2024

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Critical Zimbra Vulnerability Exploited One Day After PoC Release

Critical Zimbra Vulnerability Exploited One Day After PoC Release 2024-10-02 at 13:31 By Ionut Arghire A critical-severity vulnerability in Zimbra has been exploited in the wild to deploy a web shell on vulnerable servers. The post Critical Zimbra Vulnerability Exploited One Day After PoC Release appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Trustwave Adds a Twist to Cybersecurity Awareness Month: More Security!

Trustwave Adds a Twist to Cybersecurity Awareness Month: More Security! 2024-09-30 at 16:01 By October 1 marks the start of Cybersecurity Awareness Month and traditionally Trustwave has discussed the general security concepts highlighted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA). However, this year Trustwave will take a slightly different approach. In the same

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2024 Election Threats: Misinformation, Deepfakes, and Cybersecurity

2024 Election Threats: Misinformation, Deepfakes, and Cybersecurity 2024-09-27 at 16:01 By Karl Sigler As the intensity of a critical election year builds, the greatest threat isn’t necessarily the security of ballot machines. Instead, it lies in misinformation, amplified by social media, biased algorithms, and the spread of fake news. During the 2020 U.S. presidential election,

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