March saw a huge jump in ransomware compared to January and February, signifying that organizations should expect to see a lot more of these attacks this year. With security solutions getting good at spotting and stopping malware on endpoints and servers,…
The most common route for malware infections remains social engineering in its various forms: phishing, vishing, etc. Such approaches take advantage of users’ deliberately cultivated willingness to trust communications they receive and to follow the instructions and links such malicious…
Bloomberg's Brad Stone wrote an op-ed covering this topic. In the past month, a chatbot called "My AI" or "Sage" has appeared as a new friend for several hundred million Snapchat users. The chatbot utilizes OpenAI's advanced artificial intelligence tool,…
Compromised websites (legitimate sites that have been successfully compromised to support social engineering) are serving visitors fake Google Chrome update error messages. “Google Chrome users who use the browser regularly should be wary of a new attack campaign that distributes…
Phishing is a familiar criminal tactic. It’s also used by intelligence services for cyber espionage campaigns. On Friday, April 28th, 2023, CERT-UA, Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team, reported that Russian operators are sending phishing emails that misrepresent themselves as sending…
New data provides a multi-faceted look at the changing face of phishing attacks. This data includes who’s being targeted, the tactics being used, and why phishing attacks continue to work. If 2022 is any indication of what the remainder of…
