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Russia-Ukraine War: 3 Cyber Threat Effects, 1 Year In

Digital Shadows

Let’s focus attention on three key areas that have seen significant changes: state-sponsored activity, cybercrime, and hacktivism. Understanding their evolution will help security practitioners update threat models and better prepare for more changes. The war continues, and so do its effects on cybersecurity.

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The Impact of AI on Social Engineering Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

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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FBI warns of ransomware gang – What you need to know about the OnePercent group

CyberSecurity Insiders

This gang of cybercriminals targets individuals within an organization with social engineering tactics designed to fool them into opening a document from a ZIP file attached to an email. How do hackers use social engineering? Social engineering schemes range from covert to obvious. OnePercent Group attacks.

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Protecting your Customers and Brand in 2022: Are you doing enough?

Jane Frankland

The digital skills gap comes at a cost. trillion cumulative GDP growth.The skills gap is slowing digital transformation and in cybersecurity it’s increasing risks. Digital leaders need to solve this issue fast and technology has a valuable part to play in this. 14 G20 countries could miss out on $11.5

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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. Mitigate Vulnerability Risk.

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2023 Cyber Threat Predictions

Digital Shadows

As we move towards the end of 2022, now is the time to take a look back at the major trends from the last eleven months and identify what might happen from a cyber threat perspective in 2023. A key for analysts is to remain flexible and not compartmentalize cyber threats.

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2022: The threat landscape is paved with faster and more complex attacks with no signs of stopping

Webroot

The increased reliance on decentralized connection and the continued rapid expansion of digital transformation by enterprises, small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and individuals, provided cybercriminals with many opportunities to exploit and capitalize on unsuspecting businesses and individuals. Ransomware.