SecureWorld News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Traditional security measures struggle to keep pace with the rapid evolution of AI-driven threats, often relying on outdated signature-based detection methods. Additionally, these conventional tools lack the contextual awareness needed to identify sophisticated social engineering tactics employed by AI-powered phishing campaigns.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 9, 2025

The method, known as "ClickFix," leverages social engineering to bypass traditional email-based defenses. and Chairman, Cedric Leighton Associates, LLC, always has great insights into international threats. Cedric Leighton , CNN Military Analyst; U.S. Air Force (Ret.); Stephen Kowski , Field CTO at SlashNext Email Security+.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Organizations face rising risks of AI-driven social engineering and personal device breaches. Despite widespread cloud adoption, most SecOps teams rely on outdated, on-premises alert tools, leading to missed threats and wasted resources on false positives.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Researchers at Datadog Security Labs have uncovered a year-long, large-scale cybercrime campaign by a threat actor tracked as MUT-1244. This operation, which blends social engineering and technical exploitation, has resulted in the theft of more than 390,000 WordPress credentials. Be cautious of unfamiliar GitHub repositories.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

New research has uncovered a significant increase in QuickBooks file data theft using social engineering tricks to deliver malware and exploit the accounting software. "A

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This group of English-speaking threat actors are known for launching sophisticated campaigns that can bypass weak MFA implementations, leveraging tactics such as SIM swapping, adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) techniques, and social engineering to gain unauthorized access to organizations’ sensitive data.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. Social engineering scams leverage psychological manipulation to deceive individuals and exploit the victims’ trust.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2025

AI-powered security solutions can analyze vast datasets to identify subtle indicators of compromise, automate threat detection, and predict emerging attack vectors. Hardening endpoints to increase the cost of attack Trey Ford, Chief Information Security Officer at Bugcrowd, takes a pragmatic approach to AI-driven cyber threats.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

AI, a double-edged sword AI-driven cybersecurity tools enhance threat detection but also empower attackers with sophisticated social engineering, deepfake campaigns, and automated exploits. Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) is gaining traction to counter AI-enabled identity fraud.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response service (MDR) provides round-the-clock monitoring and threat detection, based on Kaspersky technologies and expertise. The annual MDR analyst report presents insights based on the analysis of incidents detected by Kaspersky’s SOC team.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 17, 2025

AI-driven threat detection Implementing AI-driven threat detection allows your organization to analyze enormous volumes of data in real-time. You must equip your staff with the knowledge to recognize phishing attempts, social engineering ploys, and other common cyber threats through regular, targeted training sessions.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2025

First detected in December 2024 and persisting into early 2025, the threat targets hospitality organizations across North America, Oceania, Asia, and Europe. Deploy advanced threat detection tools , such as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Office 365, to identify and neutralize suspicious activities before significant damage occurs.

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Webroot

JANUARY 21, 2025

Todays adversaries employ advanced tactics like cross-domain attacks, use of stolen credentials, and sophisticated social engineering campaigns to infiltrate systems. The days of simplistic attacks that can be thwarted by basic defenses are long gone. In addition to their increasing sophistication, adversaries are also incredibly fast.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Phishing and Social Engineering : Phishing remains a popular attack method, leveraging emails, fake websites, and social media to deceive users into providing sensitive information. Incident Response Planning : Having a well-defined incident response plan can minimize damage during a cyber attack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In the future, quantum computing has the potential to contribute to finance, military intelligence, pharmaceutical development, aerospace engineering, nuclear power, 3D printing, and so much more. Implement managed threat detection. What are the security risks?

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Organizations should likewise leverage GenAI to better detect AI-enhanced threats and counter the attack volumes that we expect to see in 2024. They’ll make adept use of social engineering, leverage insider knowledge of systems and workflows and exploit weak cloud configurations and porly implemented multi-factor authentication.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Advanced tools employing AI can enhance threat detection capabilities. Train Employees Educating employees about phishing and social engineering tactics can reduce the likelihood of attackers gaining initial access to networks. Establish frameworks for reporting and sharing information about cyber incidents.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

Cloud-based email security provider Abnormal Security has announced three new capabilities focusing on threat detection for Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

The attackers employed social engineering techniques to trick victims into sharing their financial data or making a payment on a fake page. We analyzed phishing detections separately for users of our home and business products. ” scams to complex social engineering plots with fake stores and delivery tracking apps.

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

When you tune in to my interview with BlackBerry’s Director of Sales Engineering, Paul Fryer , you’ll hear his view on secure communication, and why this is such a focus for BlackBerry right now. On the one hand, AI is helping detect and prevent cyber-attacks through advanced threat detection and response capabilities.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Microsoft previously observed threat actors such as Octo Tempest and Manatee Tempest targeting both on-premises and cloud environments and exploiting the interfaces between the environments to achieve their goals." Implement advanced threat detection tools to identify and block ransomware campaigns early.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 3, 2025

Allegedly orchestrated by the same group known as Scattered Spider, these attacks highlight the significant challenges even the most respected and established brands face in defending against modern cyber threats. On one hand, AI enhances security by enabling faster threat detection, predictive analytics, and automated responses.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

However, attackers have become adept at finding the gaps where MFA is not required or subverting MFA altogether through technical mechanisms like adversary-in-the-middle or even just particularly nuanced social engineering. Addressing these posture gaps is crucial for strengthening defenses and reducing the risk of breaches.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2025

Social Engineering Tactics: These tactics exploit human psychology to manipulate individuals. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML): AI/ML can enhance attack sophistication and scale, but they also improve threat detection and response.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 16, 2025

The stolen information was then used in social engineering scams that tricked users into giving away their crypto. Increased investment in insider threat detection. Meanwhile, blockchain investigator ZachXBT estimated that social engineering scams cost Coinbase users $300M+ annually.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2018

So next, threat actors focused on honing techniques to gain access to privileged accounts. They discovered how readily privileged access could be gained via social engineering, or simply by purchasing stolen account credentials on the Dark Web.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

In an adaptive phishing campaign, attackers gather specific information about victims through various sources, such as social media, public websites, and previous data breaches. This data is then used to tailor attacks, making them more convincing and harder to detect.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Leaders guiding their organisations today need to know how to balance AI’s benefits – like real-time threat detection, rapid response, and automated defences – with new risks and complexities. Many of these attacks are preventable, he added.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron: On the software side of things, some exciting breakthroughs are about to gain meaningful traction in leveraging machine learning and automation to shape new security platforms and frameworks that are much better suited to helping companies implement cyber hygiene, as well as execute effective, ongoing threat detection and incident response.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 18, 2025

The sheer volumewith over 10,000 registered fake domains impersonating toll services across at least 10 statesshows how sophisticated and widespread this threat has become.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Mike Parkin, Senior Technical Engineer at Vulcan Cyber: "The original 'scare' over ChatGPT was over its ability to lower the bar on writing malicious code, which was largely overblown. Urgency is a key emotion that social engineers prey upon to induce actions."

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

While effective at foiling known threats and preventing unauthorized access to network resources, these traditional measures fail miserably in the face of increasingly sophisticated attacks that bypass perimeter defenses through social engineering or insider threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These mobile devices need protection against the key threat vectors for mobile including social engineering, especially phishing, as well as network level, device level, and application-level threats. Mobile Threat Defense solutions are designed to protect mobile devices and these unique needs.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Role of Social Engineering Social engineering has emerged as the predominant attack vector, accounting for 41% of initial breach incidents. The training should focus on recognizing social engineering attempts, understanding security policies, and maintaining proper data handling procedures.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 20, 2021

GreatHorn’s fact-based policy engine leverages artificial intelligence, data science, machine learning, and community threat intelligence to identify current and emerging risk. GreatHorn safeguards cloud email from advanced threats, (e.g., Through its proactive threat detection engine, end-user.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Phishers primarily seek to extract confidential information from victims, such as credentials or bank card details, while scammers deploy social engineering to persuade targets to transfer money on their own accord. This allows cybercriminals to bypass at least some detection technologies. Social engineering elements.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 14, 2025

By mid-2024, Scattered Spiders hallmark tactics, including social engineering and SIM-swapping, were evident in RansomHubs double extortion attacks, cementing their collaboration. The groups adaptabilityevident in its seamless transition to RansomHuband its expertise in social engineering keep it highly valuable to ransomware partners.

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