Despite a lot of focus on phishing and remote access as initial access vectors, new data shows the use of vulnerabilities is not only on the rise, but simply isn’t being properly addressed. The report, Ransomware 2023, put out jointly…
Vade has released a report looking at phishing trends in 2022. The researchers say the top three most-impersonated brands last year were Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. “For the second consecutive year, Facebook was the top impersonated brand, edging out Microsoft,”…
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot created by OpenAI, has risen in popularity since its release last year. Now, cybercriminals are using ChatGPT’s popularity to lure you into phishing scams. In one of these scams, cybercriminals try to trick you…
As credential theft-focused phishing attacks continue to assist initial access brokers, new data shows banking fraud continues to be a material threat to individuals and businesses alike. Behind every cyberattack is the motive to monetize the attack as quickly as…
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI last week issued a joint advisory on Royal ransomware. Royal is noteworthy for its ability to disable various anti-virus tools in the course of exfiltrating data in its double-extortion…
New data shows just how impactful these attacks are, with 98% of victim organizations reporting some form of impact from email-based cyber attacks. We all know a successful cyber attack will result in some degree of damage. But quantifying that…
