SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2024

The CISA warning explicitly states that its employees "will never contact you with a request to wire money, cash, cryptocurrency, or use gift cards and will never instruct you to keep the discussion secret." As artificial intelligence capabilities advance, the threat of highly convincing impersonations increases.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 19, 2023

In terms of the metaverse platform, there will likely be a wide assortment of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), sophisticated 3D graphics, high-end sensors, edge computing , blockchain payments, and so on. But in the meantime, there are still various security challenges.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 29, 2024

Consolidating security telemetry data, upgrading your organization’s cybersecurity posture, and integrating with various artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) engines are essential to combatting adversarial AI and ML models. AI-Powered Email Phishing 91% of all cyberattacks start with email phishing.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Phishing attacks are going to become even more sophisticated, since a lot of basic tactics have already been tried this year, and businesses learned to repel those. In 2023, we might see a slight decline in ransomware attacks, reflecting the slowdown of the cryptocurrency markets. Vladimir Dashchenko, Security Evangelist, Kaspersky.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This is particularly notable in the case of Lazarus APT, specifically its attacks against cryptocurrency investors in May. This is especially true for phishing attacks, as generative AI tools are now capable of composing well-written, illustrated phishing emails.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

The criminals have discovered how many people don't understand investing in cryptocurrency and have turned Investment Scams into a new money factory. . #1 Phishing/Vishing/Smishing/Pharming. The theory was that their advanced Artificial Intelligence was doing Bitcoin trading to make amazing profits. 60,577,741.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

Many organizations are starting to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to make decisions or perform intelligent analysis. The ransomware then demands a sum of money in the form of untraceable cryptocurrency to unlock the data to regain access. Both technologies rely on massive amounts of data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2022

. ” The report’s findings are gathered using CSC’s newly launched DomainSec SM platform , which makes the connections between newly registered, dropped, and existing domain names, online brands, and fraud (phishing). At CSC, we believe domain security intelligence is power.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Whether you’re a crypto-skeptic or a crypto-maximalist, it cannot be denied that the mostly unregulated cryptocurrency ecosystem is no stranger to fraud. It has links to multiple types of cyber crime, including ransomware, carding, phishing, and malware development.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

However, the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has taken these scams to a whole new level. Phishing attacks. Spear phishing attacks. Spear phishing attacks are targeted phishing attacks that focus on specific individuals or organizations. This was a 3% increase compared to the previous year.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 23, 2025

1 - Cyber agencies offer AI data security best practices With organizations gleefully deploying artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance their operations, cybersecurity teams face the critical task of securing AI data. Adopt phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication. and the U.S.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In 2025, we anticipate more vishing (voice phishing) and fake IT helpdesk scams targeting English-speaking firms. By late 2024, market analysts labelled artificial intelligence (AI) a “bubble” that might soon burst. Adversaries will use these LLMs to access data faster and exploit vulnerabilities.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In 2025, we anticipate more vishing (voice phishing) and fake IT helpdesk scams targeting English-speaking firms. By late 2024, market analysts labelled artificial intelligence (AI) a “bubble” that might soon burst. Adversaries will use these LLMs to access data faster and exploit vulnerabilities.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

This blog post survey the attacks techniques that target AI (artificial intelligence) systems and how to protect against them. A very recent example of such behavior is the rise of abusing cloud services such as Google Cloud to mine cryptocurrencies in response to the surge of bitcoin price late 2017. bitcoin prices.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Cybercriminals use various methods to profit from stolen data, including phishing and malware attacks. Cybercriminals use various methods to breach these platforms, including phishing attacks, malware distribution, and exploiting software vulnerabilities. Victims may experience identity theft, financial loss, and privacy violations.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

This blog post survey the attacks techniques that target AI (artificial intelligence) systems and how to protect against them. A very recent example of such behavior is the rise of abusing cloud services such as Google Cloud to mine cryptocurrencies in response to the surge of bitcoin price late 2017. bitcoin prices.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

SIM swapping involves phishing, tricking or bribing mobile phone company employees for credentials needed to redirect a target’s mobile phone number to a device the attackers control — allowing thieves to intercept incoming text messages and phone calls. .” banks, ISPs, and mobile phone providers.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Also known as “ Assad Faiq” and “ The Godfather ,” Iza is the 30-something founder of a cryptocurrency investment platform called Zort that advertised the ability to make smart trades based on artificial intelligence technology. cryptocurrency holdings online. In December 2022, Troy Woody Jr.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Kaspersky researchers uncovered phishing schemes targeting Hamster Kombat players, a popular Telegram-based clicker game, where attackers used fraudulent links to steal credentials and gain unauthorized access to user accounts. Just as predicted, the rise of voice deepfakes continued in 2024, fueling scams like vishing (voice phishing).

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In a SIM-swapping attack , the fraudsters will phish or purchase credentials for mobile phone company employees, and use those credentials to redirect a target’s mobile calls and text messages to a device the attackers control. .” ” Beige members were implicated in two stories published here in 2020.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

ChatGPT—the much-hyped, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that provides human-like responses from an enormous knowledge base—has been embraced practically everywhere, from private sector businesses to K–12 classrooms. As of November 2022, people can no longer ignore the artificial elephant in the room.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2021

Source: TechRadar) Cryptocurrency rewards platform Celsius Network disclosed a security breach exposing customer information that led to a phishing attack. Other cybersecurity news: An update to the Covid-19 NHS track and trace mobile app was blocked over privacy and security concerns. Source: BBC). Stay safe, everyone!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

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.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

To rush users into entering their data carelessly, on the phishing page, the scammers displayed warnings about dwindling accommodation availability and an imminent payment deadline for the booking. Potential victims were prompted to check their profile by entering their login credentials into a phishing form.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Such sites can mimic reputable organizations – from social networks to banks – to extract credentials from victims (classic phishing), or they can pretend to be stores of famous brands offering super discounts on products (which mysteriously never get delivered). Among other tools, attackers use LLMs to generate content for fake websites.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Approximately 30% of phishing web pages were related to Covid-19. In April 2020, Google reported 18 million instances per day of malware and phishing email sent via its Gmail service using Covid-related topics as a lure. Phishing emails were a prevalent mode of attack, and they have been in circulation since at least the mid-1990s.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

As long as humans are well……human, phishing attacks will lead to ransomware infecting more and more networks, and businesses, municipalities and other organizations will continue to pay whatever they must in order to regain control of their data and systems. Ransomware will continue to thrive.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

This makes Vidar capable of stealing cryptocurrencies from digital wallets. And as 2019 commences, a new iteration, referred to as “ page cache attacks ,” presents an insidious new way for attackers to bypass security systems and place phishing windows deep inside of legitimate applications.

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