CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 13, 2023

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies become more prevalent in enterprise environments, chatbots like ChatGPT are gaining popularity due to their ability to assist in customer service and support functions. One of the main risks associated with ChatGPT is the potential for data breaches.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Microsoft and OpenAI warn that nation-state actors are using ChatGPT to automate some phases of their attack chains, including target reconnaissance and social engineering attacks. ” reads the report published by Microsoft. ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Spear phishing is a more targeted and effective phishing technique that attempts to exploit specific individuals or groups within an organization. While phishing uses a broader range of tactics, such as mass emailing to random recipients, spear phishing is often well-researched and tailored to high-value targets.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

, I am keeping a close eye on regulations, identity and access management (IAM), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) — and I suggest that business leaders do the same. Here are three risk mitigation imperatives that can help organizations get a better handle on these latest risks and threats.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 8, 2024

Could artificial intelligence (AI) be the key to outsmarting cyber threats in an increasingly connected world? This not only frees up valuable time for security professionals to focus on more complex tasks but also reduces the risk of human error. Is it our only hope for survival?These

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 20, 2021

Today, we are reviewing the GreatHorn Cloud Email Security Platform, an email security solution to protect organizations against phishing attacks and advanced communication threats. Phishing attacks have been growing dramatically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting massive increase in employees working from home.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 17, 2024

In earlier days of scams like these, success depended a great deal on the criminal’s skills at social engineering, but rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) mean scammers can now easily and convincingly fake the “voice” of the relative that is the supposed victim of the accident.

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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

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). Users with bad intent are capable of developing and spreading malware, creating phishing emails, conducting social engineering attacks, and generating scams in seconds.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2024

The British National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) says it expects Artificial Intelligence (AI) to heighten the global ransomware threat. The impact is expected to grow for several reasons: AI already helps cybercriminals to compose more effective phishing emails. How to avoid ransomware Block common forms of entry.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Their activities focused on using AI for reconnaissance, social engineering, scripting, and evading detection. Specifically, it said: "Charcoal Typhoon used our services to research various companies and cybersecurity tools, debug code and generate scripts, and create content likely for use in phishing campaigns."

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Security Boulevard

MAY 1, 2023

After a slow build over the past decade, new capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots are starting to make waves across a variety of industries. The post The AI Takeover: Cybersecurity Tool or Terminator?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Cyberrisk is business risk. But how should we communicate this risk to the business, to clients, or to investors? Accenture annual report: risks we face from cyberattacks. However, we were most interested in seeing how Accenture articulated a particular business risk: the risk from a cyberattack.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

In its latest research , SlashNext—a provider of multi-channel phishing and human hacking solutions—delves into the emerging use of generative AI, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, and the cybercrime tool WormGPT, in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. Research has focused on this area a great deal in the last several months.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Phishing emails. Social engineering has become a science that cybercriminals are masters at, although the Nigerian prince that keeps telling me about the blocked fortune he has waiting for me is still around. We don’t just report on threats—we remove them Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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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. Key takeaways: Shifting risks. All of these data points are logged and captured and can be used to analyze the risk associated with the transaction,” said LaSala.

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

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Whether your business has 20 or thousands of employees, vulnerability scanning is a fundamental necessity to help drive out risk. The holidays can bring an influx of activity occurring on endpoints, from processing transactions to customer interactions, and more, potentially introducing new risks. Don’t overlook mobile security.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is Phish(ing)? But, never mind the dozens of other reports and white papers about phishing that come out every year from security industry leaders, let’s take a look at the 2021 Verizon DBIR. Why should I care about Phish? The reason why phishing is still reigning supreme?

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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. Outside of technology, there is the element of human error and risk. dollars to remediate per incident.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron: The economic impact of phishing, ransomware, business logic hacking, Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continues to be devastating. Erin: What are some of the most common social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use? How can companies minimize risks?

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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. Fostering workforce security education at all levels reduces risk.

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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. Defenders can no longer fight attacks with classic defenses, and it’s especially true with phishing campaigns. New kinds of Phishing attacks.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Will the quantum attacker be powered by deep learning artificial intelligence membranes that eat machine learning algorithms for breakfast? Organizations today still have a massive problem with phishing attacks, ransomware, account takeaways, and social engineering. Absolutely. Probably not.

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BH Consulting

MAY 23, 2023

Say it again, I double dare you Anyone familiar with phishing and social engineering will know scammers often use psychological tricks to get victims to divulge personal data. Repetition can lead people to over-disclose information, that could then put them at risk of identity theft and cybercrime.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

Whether they come in the form of images, videos, audio, or text, the number of “deepfakes” — synthetic media altered or created with the help of machine learning or artificial intelligence — has expanded at an alarming rate. Weaponized deepfakes are not theoretical. Train employees how bad threat actors leverage the technology.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 4, 2021

–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) are often applied in cybersecurity, but their applications may not always work as intended. The paper explores those areas as well as malicious uses of ML and DL, specifically in social engineering and phishing.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

For that reason, most experts now recognize that a complete cybersecurity strategy not only includes technological solutions aimed at preventing, detecting, and mitigating attacks, it should also include cyber insurance to help manage the associated financial risks. Also see: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The ongoing geopolitical storm brings not only classical cyberthreats for business, but also unpredictable risks and ‘black swans’ The main problem for 2023 will be supply-chain stability and cybersecurity. What cyberthreats for business will be the greatest in 2023? Vladimir Dashchenko , Security Evangelist, Kaspersky.

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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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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

These are leaders who understand how to implement progressive technologies, like the cloud, 5G, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and others that are intricately woven, interconnected, and interdependent. Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022. The digital skills gap comes at a cost. Women can enable this.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 8, 2021

The exponential surge in the application security market over the forecast period is mainly driven by the increase in the cyber-attacks like phishing and ransomware which have caused severe data and financial losses over the past years. . Market Dynamics.

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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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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We each need to consider how these trends may affect our organizations and allocate our budgets and resources accordingly: AI will turbo-charge cybersecurity and cyberthreats: Artificial intelligence (AI) will boost both attackers and defenders while causing governance issues and learning pains. Bottom line: Prepare now based on risk.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2023

Cybersecurity professionals can rarely have a conversation among peers these days without artificial intelligence—ChatGPT, Bard, Bing, etc.—coming What are the possibilities, concerns, risks, and opportunities? Risks: Over-reliance on AI. Overall, the use of AI in cybersecurity presents both opportunities and risks.

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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. How can your business minimize the risk of a cyberattack on your business-critical data?

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