Identity IQ

JANUARY 11, 2024

New AI Scams to Look Out For in 2024 IdentityIQ Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly reshaped many aspects of everyday life. These sophisticated scams exploit our inherent trust in familiar faces and voices, making them dangerous tools for fake news, celebrity endorsements, and social engineering scams.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 21, 2023

IoT Security: Examine the vulnerabilities and challenges associated with securing the Internet of Things (IoT) devices and networks. Investigate topics such as privacy-preserving data mining, secure data sharing, and the impact of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and big data analytics on individual privacy.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

The good news is that OneSpan and other security vendors are innovating to bring machine learning, data analytics and artificial intelligence to the front lines. Artificial intelligence really does a great job of analyzing the potential fraud across channels. Key takeaways: Shifting risks. Talk more soon.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

From advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) to the continued evolution of ransomware and cyberattacks, the coming year is sure to bring significant developments in the world of cybersecurity. Artificial Intelligence will be crucial. I t will be crucial for everyone to stay informed and prepared.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We’ve arrived at a critical juncture: to enable the full potential of the Internet of Everything, attack surface expansion must be slowed and ultimately reversed. Kapczynski Erin: Could you share your thoughts on the role of artificial intelligence, machine learning and the growth of IoT devices in both cyber defense and cyberattacks?

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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. Financial institutions like MasterCard are adopting artificial intelligence and machine learning processes to predict and prevent fraud. Article by Beau Peters.

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SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

That could restructure education, with the focus shifting from memorization of facts to training children to use data retrieved from the internet. With advances in artificial intelligence, disinformation become full conversations, and information could become a pervasive threat requiring training or even evaluation tools to evade.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spreading really faster as compared to other technologies around us because it can do everything within seconds that a normal human may take hours to do. AI can be very helpful to business owners, content creators, developers, etc. to make their work easier and faster than ever before.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Businesses most at risk are aerospace and defense contractors, as well as critical infrastructure operators (utilities such as water, electricity, and Internet, but also hospitals and operators of large cyber-physical systems such as dams). Stefan Soesanto, Senior Cyber Defense Researcher, The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 10, 2024

TechRepublic consolidated expert advice on how businesses can defend themselves against the most common cyberthreats, including zero-days, ransomware and deepfakes.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 16, 2023

With the potential to be as game-changing as the internet, smartphones and cloud computing, the emergence of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub CoPilot will undoubtedly open up new possibilities and challenges for companies.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

Third-party security, ransomware , artificial intelligence (AI) and decentralized finance (DeFi) are some of the threats you can expect to see more of this year – with the potential for far worse results than we’ve seen in the past. “A near-future event could cause a massive depopulation of internet-connected devices.

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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. malicious links) by email or social media messages using techniques like spoofing and social engineering. ML can automate the whole process.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Hackers aren’t only coders — they’re also social engineers. But hackers can target any device that connects to the internet — including your smartphone. But professional services companies should pay the closest attention to these five trends. Employee Training on Phishing and Digital Security.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 8, 2021

The severity of the security situation can be assessed from a fact reported by Cybint, a leading international cybersecurity educator, stating that as much as 62% of businesses faced phishing and social engineering attacks in the year 2018. . However, there are some factors that will hinder the growth of the market.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This is followed by AI, IoT, and big data and how they can be impacted by a cyber incident or cyberattack: In providing services and solutions to clients, we often manage, utilize and store sensitive or confidential client or Accenture data, including personal data and proprietary information, and we expect these activities to increase, including through (..)

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 20, 2022

The post Zero Trust: What These Overused Cybersecurity Buzz Words Actually Mean – And Do Not Mean appeared first on Joseph Steinberg: CyberSecurity, Privacy, & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisor.

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Jane Frankland

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Cyberattacks and data breaches will continue to arise because of credential theft, social engineering (phishing, smishing, vishing etc), vulnerabilities in third party software and supply chain processes, forged or stolen machine identities, and misconfigured cloud computing. Here are my predictions for 2023. Types of attacks.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

If an adversary has sufficiently developed social engineering and marketing skills, they can even get unwitting investors to buy coins for “cryptocurrencies” that don’t even have a blockchain. They may use mass-mailing software to send millions of spam emails and may pay for advertising space on every corner of the Internet.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 13, 2022

Additionally, keep in mind that while Lockdown Mode may make it more difficult for attackers to exploit social engineering in order to compromise devices, until Apple more strictly controls what apps it allows in its app store , potential government spying remains a major problem. Is that really true?

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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).

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McAfee

AUGUST 26, 2020

As the internet evolved with access to more compute devices and online payment capabilities so did the attackers playing field. Criminals got clever with social engineering by masquerading the ransomware as a law enforcement agency (perhaps the FBI) and making accusations that illegal files are on the system.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Threat Intelligence (TI) representation across different levels There is a lot of information on cyberattacks on the internet, and, as a rule, the most helpful information is contained in cyber threat reports ( Threat Intelligence Reports ). Embracing automation and artificial intelligence. The solution?

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The stats are alarming: In 2021, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received nearly 20,000 Business Email Compromise (BEC)/Email Account Compromise (EAC) complaints with adjusted losses at nearly $2.4 They target and fool individuals through impersonation, hijacking real accounts and using social engineering.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

Generative AI becomes the double-edged tool we have been waiting for and dreading The Generative Artificial Intelligence arms race has begun, as innovation and adoption swell to record-breaking levels, becoming a threat to digital security, privacy, and safety while also providing tremendously helpful capabilities to cybersecurity defenders.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Bringing automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to the workplace as part of digital transformation has many benefits. Ransomware is a threat that changes and evolves constantly, and this summer is seeing an increase in the volume of social engineering lures.

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SecureList

JANUARY 25, 2024

We expected organizations to try to reduce the impact of the human factor on data security, so as to bring down the number of insider threats and social engineering attacks. Australia has also unveiled a national strategy for digital identity resilience, aiming for mainstream use in 2024.

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Security Through Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Tech Support Calls Tech Support calls usually involve scammers posing as representatives from reputable companies, such as internet service providers or software providers. By leveraging artificial intelligence technology, scammers are able to manipulate human-like voices to deceive unsuspecting individuals.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 4, 2021

Devices in the field including the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) have become new targets, resulting in malicious actors shifting their focus from corporate networks to the OT edge. Ransomware leverages social engineering attacks, preying on fears as a way to execute malicious code on devices.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Networks connect devices to each other so that users can access assets such as applications, data, or even other networks such as the internet. Some applications, cloud infrastructure, networking equipment, or Internet of Things (IoT) devices may require more sophisticated ITAM or additional tools to detect them.

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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. Phishing attacks are a type of social engineering attack where attackers play upon human nature to open an email or other type of message.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Last year, we witnessed the fast-evolving nature of social engineering attacks, and this evolution poses greater challenges for detection and defense.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. A deepfake is a combination of Artificial Intelligence “deep learning” and that watchword of the 2010s: “fake.”. It is harder to dupe informed people.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

However, hacking did not always involve computers or networks, and its history is much older than the internet era. The virus was created by Bob Thomas, a programmer at BBN Technologies, and it spread through the ARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet. In 1971, the first computer virus, known as the Creeper virus , was released.

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SecureList

MARCH 7, 2024

During signup, the scammers additionally offered the victim a “free consultation”, during which they likely used social engineering to persuade the victim to hand over money. Naturally, professional scammers, not Microsoft engineers, were waiting at the other end of the line.

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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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