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Synthetic Sabotage: How AI Tools Are Fueling Tailored Phishing Campaigns at Scale

SecureWorld News

The phishing game has evolved into synthetic sabotage a hybrid form of social engineering powered by AI that can personalize, localize, and scale attacks with unnerving precision. At the heart of many of these kits are large language models (LLMs) trained or fine-tuned specifically for social engineering tasks.

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Why Take9 Won’t Improve Cybersecurity

Schneier on Security

And third, using flawed mental shortcuts, like believing PDFs to be safer than Microsoft Word documents, or that mobile devices are safer than computers for opening suspicious emails. Even if we do this all well and correctly, we can’t make people immune to social engineering. These insecure systems are what we have.

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March Madness Meets Cyber Mayhem: How Cybercriminals Are Playing Offense this Season

SecureWorld News

This intersection of sports, money, and digital activity makes for a perfect storm of social engineering attacks. Mobile madness: the sneaky side of cyber scams With fans constantly checking scores, streaming games, and logging into betting apps, mobile devices are a major attack surface.

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Road Tolls Scams Rise on FBI's Radar; Public Warned Against Smishing

SecureWorld News

Cybersecurity professionals further emphasize the importance of public awareness and proactive measures: Education: Informing the public about the nature of smishing scams is crucial. Technological defenses: Utilizing mobile security solutions that can detect and block potential phishing attempts adds an additional layer of protection.

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Financial cyberthreats in 2024

SecureList

To gain an understanding of the financial threat landscape, we analyzed anonymized data on malicious activities detected on the devices of Kaspersky security product users and consensually provided to us through the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN). of all mobile banker attacks. Users in Turkey were the most targeted.

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Who is Hero?

Security Boulevard

Podcast TechstrongTV - Twitch Library Related Sites Techstrong Group Cloud Native Now DevOps.com Security Boulevard Techstrong Research Techstrong TV Techstrong.tv Who is Hero? by Tony Thompson on June 26, 2025 Jun 26, 2025 Who is Hero? Tony Thompson 3 Minute Read Who is Hero?

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RSA Conference 2025: Top Announcements and Key Takeaways from the Cybersecurity World’s Biggest Stage

eSecurity Planet

RSA targets passwordless and help desk threats RSA unveiled a new enterprise-ready passwordless platform aimed at thwarting advanced identity attacks, especially those that attempt to bypass help desks using social engineering. Key findings: Smishing (SMS phishing) now makes up over two-thirds of mobile phishing attacks.