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National Cyber Security Centre Study: Generative AI May Increase Global Ransomware Threat

Tech Republic Security

See the National Cyber Security Centre's predictions for generative AI for cyber attack and defense through 2025.

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Recognising Scam Patterns and Preventing Data Loss: A Unified Approach

IT Security Guru

The predictions are on their side, as more intense and frequent cyber attacks will drive up costs by 15% per year. trillion in annual costs in 2025), operations disruptions, regulatory fines, and reputational damage. Utilise realistic phishing simulations to test their preparedness and hone their skills.

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How can small businesses ensure Cybersecurity?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Small businesses are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks since hackers view them as easy victims to target. While this may seem unlikely, statistics reveal that more than half of these businesses experienced some form of cyber-attack in 2022. They also have a limited budget to spend on effective cyber security measures.

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Proactive Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift In Cyber Defense

Security Boulevard

Protective DNS acts as a first line of defense against malware, supply-chain attacks, breaches, and phishing by blocking access to the infrastructure that commands & controls these attacks and is known to host malicious content. Phishing attacks are becoming more targeted, difficult to detect, and increasingly sophisticated.

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News alert: Beazley reports on how AI, new tech distract businesses as cyber risk intensifies

The Last Watchdog

The data shows how perceptions around cyber and technology risks, from ransomware and other cyber-attacks to the threats posed by AI, are changing the global business risk landscape. trillion by 2025, a 300% increase since 2015 1. Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing.

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Protecting your Customers and Brand in 2022: Are you doing enough?

Jane Frankland

They know that by 2025 an estimated 70% of the workforce will be working remotely at least 5-days per week and by 2030 90% of the world’s population (7.5 Then, they reported 87% of organisations worldwide were already facing a skill gap or would face a severe talent shortage by 2025. billion) is expected online.

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Cybersecurity in 2022, Predictions for digital ecosystem facing more challenges and sophisticated threats

CyberSecurity Insiders

Also, that threat actors, especially state-sponsored, and criminal enterprises would take advantage of the expanding cyber-attack surface by using their resources to employ more sophisticated means for discovering target vulnerabilities, automating phishing, and finding new deceptive paths for infiltrating malware.