Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2023

The post Voice-Clone AI Scams — it’s NOT ME on the Phone, Grandma appeared first on Security Boulevard. Voice AI tech being misused by scammers: Scrotes fake your voice and call your grandparents. Then “you” beg them for money.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

Social engineering – specifically malicious cyber campaigns delivered via email – remain the primary source of an organization’s vulnerability to attack. Social engineering is a profitable business for hackers – according to estimates, around 3.4 billion phishing e-mails get delivered every day.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2023

Their opening keynote, "AI vs. AI: The Future of Cybersecurity in the ChatGPT World," is available to watch on demand. If you hadn't heard already, ChatGPT, launched in November 2022 by OpenAI, is a chatbot that uses what's known as generative artificial intelligence (AI).

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

When the pandemic struck, online bad actors took it as an opportunity to double-down on their attacks through ransomware, malware, and social engineering. Now, cybersecurity may just be the most important aspect of financial technology (fintech) in the modern world. AI fraud detection. . Regulatory technologies (Regtech). .

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SecureWorld News

MAY 31, 2023

The featured speakers are: Rachel Tobac, white hat hacker and CEO, SocialProof Security Rachel is a white hat hacker and the CEO of SocialProof Security, where she helps people and companies keep their data safe by training and pentesting them on social engineering risks.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged as critical tools for dealing with the ever-growing volume and complexity of cybersecurity threats. For years, attackers have manually collected information about their target to send them scams (e.g., AI Joins the Cybersecurity Arms Race.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

How to protect your organization from a social engineering attack. This tactic is called social engineering and is one of the key methods used in attacks that result in data breaches. One important and often overlooked element is social engineering education. dollars to remediate per incident.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

While voice fraud isn’t new, this is the first reported example of an audio deepfake scam, and although some doubt the veracity of this story , it highlights the potentially massive threat that deepfakes pose to businesses. Faced with more advanced scams, employees will find it even more difficult to tell what’s real from what’s fake.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Here is commentary from cybersecurity experts at vendor solution companies: Timothy Morris, Chief Security Advisor at Tanium: "Using generative AI to create better BEC, phishing, and spear phishing emails was inevitable. Urgency is a key emotion that social engineers prey upon to induce actions."

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

This method involves using emails, social media, instant messaging, and other platforms to manipulate users into revealing personal information or performing actions that can lead to network compromise, data loss, or financial harm. social engineering tactics and strange sender behaviors), they also use artificial intelligence algorithms.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 20, 2022

A seemingly simple term that appears in pitches sent to me several times a day by cybersecurity product and services vendors that are seeking media exposure. Zero Trust. And, in many (if not most cases), the term is being misused – even by the very vendors who claim to be the ones delivering zero trust to the world.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As 2023 draws to an end and cybersecurity budgeting is nearly complete, it helps to consider the year’s events and try to predict next year’s trends. After receiving input from industry experts and doing my own analysis of the year’s driving forces, I identified five major cybersecurity trends. Bottom line: Prepare now based on risk.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

The social engineering aspect around phishing works because humans want to be helpful, informed, paid well, get stuff for free sometimes, and generally not end up on the wrong side of management. Unfortunately, aspects of really good social engineering prey on one or more of these human traits (or faults). Figure 2: Spam.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

billion signifies a 28% increase over 2020 and an average loss of $25 million, according to Craig Temple of Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity company that protects organizations' greatest assets and biggest risks: their people. They target and fool individuals through impersonation, hijacking real accounts and using social engineering.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

Coupled with the current pandemic and the cybersecurity threats that have been very prevalent and growing in recent years such as ransomware, there are many different cyber risk types n 2020 that your business needs to prepare for. However, let’s dive deeper into the classification of security threats and common cybersecurity risks.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

While the “prediction season” gains momentum, it's pivotal to reflect on the high impact of the 2023 cybersecurity landscape. This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. The solution?

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The threat landscape of cybersecurity changes daily, with hackers and cybersecurity professionals in a perpetual cat-and-mouse chase; hackers discover new ways to infiltrate and exploit their targets, and the cybersecurity industry looks for vulnerabilities, tries to anticipate new threats and responds when cyber security issues arise.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 26, 2023

As all these marketplaces are exit scammed frequently, it can be assumed that the threat actor had decided to start a Telegram Channel to offer his services seamlessly, without the issues of Dark Web marketplace exit scams." Enterprises should continue to do what they should already be doing.

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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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Security Boulevard

JUNE 8, 2023

Fake Pr0n Hint: Sextortionists stealing your innocent pictures to make AI nudes. The post Pics AND it Didn’t Happen: Sex Deepfake FBI Alert appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Enter the age of the deepfake, where artificial intelligence becomes a weapon of misinformation, and celebrities like Taylor Swift are just pixels away from a digital doppelganger nightmare. Social engineering: Deepfakes can impersonate celebrities, extract sensitive information from fans, or manipulate public opinion.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

The lure of artificial intelligence (AI) captures everyone’s imagination with its potential to improve different areas of people’s lives. And yes, AI offers great promise for cybersecurity. Benign uses of AI in cybersecurity. User:Postdlf CreativeCommons CC BY-SA 3.0. The genie is out of the bottle, and he’s here to stay.

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