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ChatGPT: What are the Implications for Infosec?

SecureWorld News

The ability to ask any question on just about any topic and have a very intelligent answer given has cybersecurity experts wondering if the infosec community is using it and, if so, for what; and, if so, how is it working for writing scripts and code or imitating phishing emails, for instance. I had it write a phishing email.

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Preventing Critical Email Attacks: Brian Krebs and Mike Britton Discuss

SecureWorld News

What we've seen over the past couple of years, particularly since the pandemic, has been a lot more targeting of employees at specific companies that attackers want to get into. In these types of collaborative platforms, like Slack for example, when some user account credentials get phished, someone else's credentials could be phished.

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Personal Cybersecurity Concerns for 2023

Security Through Education

More than 90% of successful cyber-attacks start with a phishing email. Most if not, all social engineering attacks will attempt to trigger some emotion such as urgency, fear, greed, or curiosity. At Social-Engineer LLC, our purpose is to bring education and awareness to all users of technology.

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What happened in the Twitch Breach…

Security Boulevard

This will lower your risks of complete system compromise during an attack. Cyber attacks do not happen within a few hours or even a few days. Attackers often need time to explore the network and construct suitable strategies to fully exploit the system and steal the data it contains.

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Cyber CEO: A Look Back at Cybersecurity in 2021

Herjavec Group

For cyber actors, it’s a lucrative cyber attack option that can be delivered in various ways. On top of this, the consequences of rapid digital transformation due to the COVID-19 Pandemic created the perfect storm for successful ransomware attacks.

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Improved Attacker Skills In addition to the use of AI, we should expect cybercriminals to incorporate their access to dark web information to make attacks much more believable and widespread. Cyber attacks against critical infrastructure are too easy – we’re still vulnerable and unprotected.

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Top 5 Cybersecurity and Computer Threats of 2017

NopSec

The year 2016 will be remembered for some big moments in the world of cybersecurity: the largest known distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a phishing attack on a United States presidential candidate’s campaign, and ransomware attacks on major healthcare organizations are just a few. For a preview, read on.