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Machine Identities, Human Identities, and the Risks They Pose

Security Boulevard

Machine Identities, Human Identities, and the Risks They Pose. According to Help Net Security , the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) detected 260,642 phishing attacks in July 2021. That’s the highest volume of attempts spotted in a single month since APWG first initiated its reporting program back in 2004. brooke.crothers.

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NEW TECH: CyCognito employs offensive bot network to put companies a step a head of attackers

The Last Watchdog

Threat actors simply seek out the endless fresh attack vectors arising as an unintended consequence of digital transformation. I first wrote about criminal botnets at USA TODAY in 2004. ” Shadow risks Another thing about bots, they do what they’re told — for as long as they’re told to do it.