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New AI Threats Emerge as FraudGPT Creator Unleashes DarkBERT and DarkBART

eSecurity Planet

New AI-powered cybercrime tools suggest that the capability of AI hacking tools may be evolving rapidly. The creator of FraudGPT, and potentially also WormGPT , is actively developing the next generation of cybercrime chatbots with much more advanced capabilities.

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5 Advantages of Fraud Scoring

CyberSecurity Insiders

Just like cybercrime, online fraud can happen to anyone – it doesn’t discriminate regardless of whether you’re a big or small company. . We’ve seen a shift since the pandemic of more businesses operating online, making it more of a risk for those that don’t have proper security defenses in place.

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Protect your business with security awareness training

SiteLock

This kind of cost-effective program can help your employees to understand cyber threats. Considering the many ways cybercriminals target employees and the costs of cybercrime to employers, it’s a wise investment. The FBI says BEC caused half of all US cybercrime losses in 2019 , at a total of $1.77

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Commenting on the SANS Threat Intelligence Summit 2021 Presentations – An Analysis and Practical Recommendations

Security Boulevard

I've been recently working on several articles on the topic of threat intelligence and I came up with a proper article which I'll share in this post with the idea to improve my reader's situational awareness on the topic eventually improving the way they work and do threat intelligence gathering online. -.

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Cybercrime will go to the next level: Cyberattackers will implement improved skills, “shift left” attacks, and shifting strategies to adjust to evolving cyberdefense. AI-Powered Cybercrime Despite the advancements in using AI to improve security, cybercriminals also have access to AI and LLMs.

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The Impact of AI on Social Engineering Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

So how exactly has AI compounded the issue of social engineering as a cyber threat, and what can businesses do about the evolving landscape? The growing threat of social engineering Social engineering, fundamentally, refers to psychological manipulation tactics that attackers use to deceive victims.

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How security professionals will rise to the challenge of cyber defense in 2022

CyberSecurity Insiders

Have hope that through the hard work and brilliant minds behind these security defenses that 2022 will not be a repeat of such high level attacks. Learn more about what security leaders have to say about the upcoming year below: Neil Jones, cybersecurity evangelist, Egnyte. . Next year will be a huge opportunity for everyone.”.