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95% believe LLMs making phishing detection more challenging

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95% believe LLMs making phishing detection more challenging 2024-03-04 at 07:32 By Help Net Security More than 95% of responding IT and security professionals believe social engineering attacks have become more sophisticated in the last year, according to LastPass. Recent AI advancements, particularly generative AI, have empowered cybercriminals to coordinate social engineering assaults with unprecedented […]

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Discount Retail Giant Pepco Loses €15 Million to Cybercriminals

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Discount Retail Giant Pepco Loses €15 Million to Cybercriminals 2024-02-29 at 17:46 By Eduard Kovacs European discount retailer Pepco has lost €15.5 million as a result of what it described as a phishing attack. The post Discount Retail Giant Pepco Loses €15 Million to Cybercriminals appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Vishing, smishing, and phishing attacks skyrocket 1,265% post-ChatGPT

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Vishing, smishing, and phishing attacks skyrocket 1,265% post-ChatGPT 2024-02-29 at 06:02 By Help Net Security 76% of enterprises lack sufficient voice and messaging fraud protection as AI-powered vishing and smishing skyrocket following the launch of ChatGPT, according to Enea. Enterprises report significant losses from mobile fraud 61% of enterprises still suffer significant losses to mobile

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European retailer Pepco loses €15.5 million in phishing (possibly BEC?) attack

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European retailer Pepco loses €15.5 million in phishing (possibly BEC?) attack 2024-02-28 at 16:34 By Zeljka Zorz Pepco Group has confirmed that its Hungarian business has been hit by a “sophisticated fraudulent phishing attack.” The European company, which operates shops under the Pepco, Poundland and Dealz brands, said that the company lost approximately €15.5 million

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Understanding employees’ motivations behind risky actions

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Understanding employees’ motivations behind risky actions 2024-02-28 at 07:31 By Help Net Security More 68% of employees knowingly put their organizations at risk, potentially leading to ransomware or malware infections, data breaches, or financial loss, according to Proofpoint. Perception on security responsibility And while the incidence of successful phishing attacks has slightly declined (71% of

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Pikabot returns with new tricks up its sleeve

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Pikabot returns with new tricks up its sleeve 2024-02-26 at 15:32 By Helga Labus After a short hiatus, Pikabot is back, with significant updates to its capabilities and components and a new delivery campaign. About the Pikabot loader Pikabot is a loader – a type of malware whose primary function is to serve as a

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Ongoing Phishing Campaign Targets Healthcare and Cryptocurrency Users via ScreenConnect 

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Ongoing Phishing Campaign Targets Healthcare and Cryptocurrency Users via ScreenConnect  2024-02-26 at 13:18 By neetha871ad236bd CRIL investigates a recent phishing scheme targeting Healthcare and cryptocurrency users to deploy Connectwise ScreenConnect. The post Ongoing Phishing Campaign Targets Healthcare and Cryptocurrency Users via ScreenConnect  appeared first on Cyble. This article is an excerpt from Cyble View Original

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Secure email gateways struggle to keep pace with sophisticated phishing campaigns

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Secure email gateways struggle to keep pace with sophisticated phishing campaigns 2024-02-23 at 07:02 By Help Net Security In 2023, malicious email threats bypassing secure email gateways (SEGs) increased by more than 100%, according to Cofense. In just two years, Cofense identified over 1.5 million malicious emails bypassing their customers’ SEGs, signaling a 37% increase

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Clean links and sophisticated scams mark new era in email attacks

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Clean links and sophisticated scams mark new era in email attacks 2024-02-20 at 06:05 By Help Net Security Analysis of 7 billion emails shows clean links are duping users, malicious EML attachments increased 10-fold in Q4, and social engineering attacks are at all-time highs, according to VIPRE Security. The rise of the EML file attachments

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Corporate users getting tricked into downloading AnyDesk

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Corporate users getting tricked into downloading AnyDesk 2024-02-14 at 11:16 By Helga Labus Hackers are leveraging the AnyDesk remote desktop application in a phishing campaign targeting employees, Malwarebytes warns. The AnyDesk phishing campaign In a phishing campaign recently discovered by Malwarebytes researchers, attackers targeted potential victims via email or SMS, personalized to match their roles

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Protecting against AI-enhanced email threats

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Protecting against AI-enhanced email threats 2024-02-13 at 07:31 By Helga Labus Generative AI based on large language models (LLMs) has become a valuable tool for individuals and businesses, but also cybercriminals. Its ability to process large amounts of data and quickly generate results has contributed to its widespread adoption. AI in the hands of cybercriminals

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Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Rise of Dead Cookies Restoration

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Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Rise of Dead Cookies Restoration 2024-01-25 at 15:01 By neetha871ad236bd CRIL analyzes an ongoing phishing campaign spreading an updated version of Atomic Stealer targeting Mac users. The post Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Rise of Dead Cookies Restoration appeared first on Cyble. The post Uncovering Atomic

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Protected: Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Cookie Resurgence Trend 

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Protected: Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Cookie Resurgence Trend  2024-01-25 at 13:16 By neetha871ad236bd There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Cookie Resurgence Trend  appeared first on Cyble. The post Protected: Uncovering Atomic Stealer (AMOS) Strikes and the Cookie Resurgence

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Top cybersecurity concerns for the upcoming elections

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Top cybersecurity concerns for the upcoming elections 2024-01-23 at 07:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Adam Marrè, CISO at Arctic Wolf, explains how state and local governments must focus on cybersecurity as the 2024 election approaches in the United States. State and local IT and cybersecurity teams usually have few

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Organizations need to switch gears in their approach to email security

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Organizations need to switch gears in their approach to email security 2024-01-23 at 06:02 By Help Net Security Email security risks remain high with 94% of organizations experiencing incidents in the past 12 months, according to Egress. Inbound email incidents primarily took the form of malicious URLs, attacks sent from a compromised account, and malware

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Out with the old and in with the improved: MFA needs a revamp

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Out with the old and in with the improved: MFA needs a revamp 2024-01-19 at 08:02 By Help Net Security From AI to ZTA (zero-trust architecture), the technology responsible for protecting your company’s data has evolved immensely. Despite the advances, cybercriminals repeatedly find new and creative ways to gain access to sensitive information. This can

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The right strategy for effective cybersecurity awareness

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The right strategy for effective cybersecurity awareness 2024-01-17 at 07:31 By Helga Labus Employees play a significant role in safeguarding organizational assets. With a constantly evolving threat landscape, cybersecurity awareness training is an essential component in creating a good security culture. Why cybersecurity awareness training? 81% of organizations were hit by malware, phishing, and password

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Flipping the BEC funnel: Phishing in the age of GenAI

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Flipping the BEC funnel: Phishing in the age of GenAI 2024-01-15 at 08:02 By Help Net Security For years, phishing was just a numbers game: A malicious actor would slap together an extremely generic (and usually poorly-written) email and fire it out to thousands of recipients in the hope that a few might take the

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The growing challenge of cyber risk in the age of synthetic media

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The growing challenge of cyber risk in the age of synthetic media 2024-01-09 at 07:01 By Help Net Security As AI tools become more widespread, impersonation and deception have become easier. However, organizations are combating this issue with policies and technological solutions. In this Help Net Security video, Mike Bechtel, Chief Futurist at Deloitte, discusses

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Social engineer reveals effective tricks for real-world intrusions

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Social engineer reveals effective tricks for real-world intrusions 2024-01-08 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Jayson E. Street, Chief Adversarial Officer at Secure Yeti, discusses intriguing aspects of social engineering and unconventional methods for gathering target information. Street explores the overlooked threat of physical security and the human tendency to

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