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Security Roundup April 2025

BH Consulting

Exploitation of vulnerabilities surged by 34 per cent, and now account for 20 per cent of breaches. CSO Online marked the progress as 66 per cent done. Diving into e-commerce scams MORE How threat actors used Zooms remote control feature for a crypto scam. MORE US consumers lost $470 million through phone scams in 2024.

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Cybercriminals target SVB customers with BEC and cryptocurrency scams

CSO Magazine

Cybercriminals have started taking advantage of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) downfall to carrying out scams that can steal money, and bank account information, or infect customers’ systems with malware. This means these customers will receive notifications including the new bank account numbers from their new bank.

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Darwinium upgrades its payment fraud protection platform

CSO Magazine

Use cases for the Darwinium platform include account security, scam detection, account takeover, fraudulent new accounts, synthetic identities, and bot intelligence. The company claims that the update ensures customers remain in control of users’ data while also preventing Darwinian from becoming a target of cybercrime.

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Cybersecurity First: #BeCyberSmart at Work and Home

Security Through Education

Expert Chris Hadnagy advises us, “Unless you’re in the security business or law enforcement, you won’t be familiar with every new scam that pops up. It speaks to reason that, to #BeCyberSmart at home, we’d need to account for this increase in connectivity by applying basic security practices to all connected devices.

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Cybercriminals are increasingly using info-stealing malware to target victims

CSO Magazine

Cybercriminals are increasingly shifting from automated scam-as-a-service to more advanced info stealer malware distributors as the competition for resources increases, and they look for new way to make profits, according to a report by Group-IB. This data is then sold or used for fraud on the dark web.

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Fake LinkedIn CISO Profiles Target Top Companies

SecureWorld News

LinkedIn reached out to KrebsOnSecurity, providing this statement: "We do have strong human and automated systems in place, and we're continually improving, as fake account activity becomes more sophisticated. of spam and scam.".

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Warns of Global Spear-Phishing Threat, While OWASP Releases AI Security Resources

Security Boulevard

For more information about protecting your organization against deepfakes: “ How to prevent deepfakes in the era of generative AI ” (TechTarget) “ Deepfake scams escalate, hitting more than half of businesses ” (Cybersecurity Dive) “ The AI Threat: Deepfake or Deep Fake? critical infrastructure Boost the integrated cyber defenses of the U.S.