New insight from blockchain analysis company, Chainalysis, shows that activity involving known ransomware crypto addresses has grown over the last 18 months, despite a downfall of other malicious activity. When I cover reports, there’s an understanding that the accuracy of…
A new scam aimed at stealing your credit card and banking information has reared its’ ugly head as a completely legitimate ad that is likely to be clicked based on the corresponding search term. If you type in “USPS Tracking”…
PoisonGPT works completely normally, until you ask it who the first person to walk on the moon was. A team of researchers has developed a proof-of-concept AI model called "PoisonGPT" that can spread targeted disinformation by masquerading as a legitimate…
Researchers at Check Point outline various forms of tailgating attacks. These attacks can allow threat actors to bypass physical security measures via social engineering. “Tailgating is a common form of social engineering attack,” the researchers write. “Social engineering attacks use…
As the rate of ransomware attacks steadily increased over time, there are clear indicators as to how these attacks are starting and, therefore, what can be done to stop them. With the exception of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report,…
Using a new twist to bypass detection from security solutions, cyber attacks are now employing what will be construed as a benign image whose malicious intent can’t be traced. Threat actors need some means of getting a user to engage…
