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The Threat Within: Understanding the Role of Malicious Insiders in Cyberattacks

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The Threat Within: Understanding the Role of Malicious Insiders in Cyberattacks 2025-02-13 at 20:33 By Understanding Insider Threats: Learn how insider threats in the financial sector have evolved, driven by malicious insiders and cybercriminals leveraging employee access for harmful purposes. Factors Driving Malicious Behavior: Discover the key motivations behind insider threats, from financial gain to personal grievances […]

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Trustwave SpiderLabs: Examining How New Ransomware Groups Emerge

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Trustwave SpiderLabs: Examining How New Ransomware Groups Emerge 2025-02-04 at 22:48 By Two newcomers have made their way onto the ransomware threat group stage, becoming the biggest threat to the energy and utilities sector in 2025. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Beyond the Chatbot: Meta Phishing with Fake Live Support

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Beyond the Chatbot: Meta Phishing with Fake Live Support 2025-02-04 at 16:03 By Mike Casayuran and John Kevin Adriano In a previous Trustwave SpiderLabs’ blog, we explored how cybercriminals exploit Facebook Messenger chatbots to execute social engineering attacks, deceiving users into falling victim to scams and phishing schemes. These attacks often rely on the perceived legitimacy

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Inside APT34 (OilRig): Tools, Techniques, and Global Cyber Threats

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Inside APT34 (OilRig): Tools, Techniques, and Global Cyber Threats 2025-01-29 at 20:49 By This blog is the latest in a series that delves into the deep research conducted daily by the Trustwave SpiderLabs team on major threat actor groups currently operating globally. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to

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Ransomware’s Evolution: Key Threat Groups Targeting the Energy and Utilities Sector in 2025

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Ransomware’s Evolution: Key Threat Groups Targeting the Energy and Utilities Sector in 2025 2025-01-24 at 16:02 By Ransomware has a long history, first established in 1989 with the introduction of the AIDS Trojan, of use by criminals to force organizations and regular people to hand over money. Trustwave SpiderLabs follows the continuously changing history of ransomware and those

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Trustwave SpiderLabs: The Ransomware Trends Confronting the Energy and Utilities Sector

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Trustwave SpiderLabs: The Ransomware Trends Confronting the Energy and Utilities Sector 2025-01-23 at 16:18 By Increasing frequency, new threat groups emerging, the rise of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) attack model, and third-party attacks are just a few of the dangerous trends Trustwave SpiderLabs details in Energy and Utilities Sector Deep Dive: Ransomware Trends. This article is an excerpt

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Trustwave SpiderLabs: Ransomware Attacks Against the Energy and Utilities Sector Up 80%

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Trustwave SpiderLabs: Ransomware Attacks Against the Energy and Utilities Sector Up 80% 2025-01-22 at 16:15 By The energy sector is a cornerstone of national security, ensuring the delivery of critical infrastructure services and supporting transportation systems. Recognizing the importance of protecting this vital industry, Trustwave SpiderLabs has released the comprehensive 2025 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Energy

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Trustwave SpiderLabs 2025 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Energy and Utilities Sector

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Trustwave SpiderLabs 2025 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Energy and Utilities Sector 2025-01-22 at 16:15 By The energy sector plays a crucial role in national security by ensuring the delivery of essential infrastructure services and supporting transportation systems. Acknowledging the need to safeguard this vital industry, Trustwave SpiderLabs has published the highly detailed 2025 Trustwave Risk Radar

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The New Face of Ransomware: Key Players and Emerging Tactics of 2024

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The New Face of Ransomware: Key Players and Emerging Tactics of 2024 2025-01-21 at 16:03 By Serhii Melnyk As we step into 2025, the high-impact, financially motivated ransomware landscape continues to evolve, shaped by a combination of law enforcement actions, shifting affiliate dynamics, advancements in defensive approaches, and broader economic and geopolitical influences. This article

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How Generative AI is Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity: Key Insights for CISOs and Enterprises

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How Generative AI is Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity: Key Insights for CISOs and Enterprises 2025-01-15 at 23:19 By The increasing adoption of generative artificial intelligence platforms by threat actors, cyber defenders, and the average organization will present enterprises with an unprecedented number of cybersecurity issues in the coming years, according to a new Gartner®

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The Database Slayer: Deep Dive and Simulation of the Xbash Malware

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The Database Slayer: Deep Dive and Simulation of the Xbash Malware 2025-01-14 at 18:49 By Karl Biron In the world of malware, common ransomware schemes aim to take the data within databases (considered the “gold” in the vault of any organization) and hold them hostage, promising data recovery upon ransom payment. This article is an

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The State of Magecart: A Persistent Threat to E-Commerce Security

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The State of Magecart: A Persistent Threat to E-Commerce Security 2025-01-09 at 16:04 By Phil Hay, Rodel Mendrez Trustwave SpiderLabs first blogged about Magecart back in 2019; fast forward five years and it is still here going strong. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Trustwave’s 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions: The Era of End-to-End AI Cyberattacks is Here

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Trustwave’s 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions: The Era of End-to-End AI Cyberattacks is Here 2025-01-07 at 21:48 By Craig Searle As 2024 has wrapped up, 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. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave

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From Retail Rampages to 2FA Fails: Trustwave’s Wild Ride Through the 2024 Cybersecurity Circus

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From Retail Rampages to 2FA Fails: Trustwave’s Wild Ride Through the 2024 Cybersecurity Circus 2024-12-30 at 18:18 By As always in cybersecurity, hardly a dull day went by in 2024. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Email Bombing: Why You Need to be Concerned

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Email Bombing: Why You Need to be Concerned 2024-12-18 at 16:03 By Phil Hay Over the last few months, the topic of email bombing has been brought to our attention multiple times, mostly queries from customers that go something like this: This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source React to this

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Trustwave’s 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions: AI-Powered Attacks, Critical Infrastructure Risks, and Regulatory Challenges

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Trustwave’s 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions: AI-Powered Attacks, Critical Infrastructure Risks, and Regulatory Challenges 2024-12-17 at 17:39 By Kevin Kerr 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. Here is the latest installment. This

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Analyzing Salt Typhoon: Telecom Attacker

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Analyzing Salt Typhoon: Telecom Attacker 2024-12-12 at 23:34 By Unveiling Salt Typhoon: A New Wave in Cyber EspionageDiscover how this advanced Chinese-speaking threat actor targets telecom giants, using sophisticated tools like SparrowDoor and Demodex to breach and exfiltrate sensitive data. The Who, What, and Why of Salt Typhoon’s AttacksGain insights into Salt Typhoon’s history, tactics,

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Trustwave’s 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions: The Rise of Generative AI Data Breaches, Quantum Computing, and Cyber Warfare

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Trustwave’s 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions: The Rise of Generative AI Data Breaches, Quantum Computing, and Cyber Warfare 2024-12-11 at 16:18 By Jesse Emerson As we look ahead to 2025, the cybersecurity landscape is poised for significant shifts and challenges. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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‘Tis the Season for Artificial Intelligence-Generated Fraud Messages

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‘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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When User Input Lines Are Blurred: Indirect Prompt Injection Attack Vulnerabilities in AI LLMs

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When User Input Lines Are Blurred: Indirect Prompt Injection Attack Vulnerabilities in AI LLMs 2024-12-10 at 16:19 By Tom Neaves It was a cold and wet Thursday morning, sometime in early 2006. There I was sitting at the very top back row of an awe-inspiring lecture theatre inside Royal Holloway’s Founder’s Building in Egham, Surrey (UK) while

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