CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2021

Google is urging users to beware of the phishing attacks that are taking place on Google Drive. In what is known to our Cybersecurity Insiders, hackers are seen launching phishing campaigns against Google Drive users by sending them email’s filled with malicious links and locking them from their accounts thereafter.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 8, 2023

As technology advances, phishing attempts are becoming more sophisticated. It can be challenging for employees to recognize an email is malicious when it looks normal, so it’s up to their company to properly train workers in prevention and detection. As phishing attacks change, so should businesses.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 5, 2021

The post A Swarm of Ransomware Attacks Highlights the Need for High-Quality Threat Detection at the Start of the Attack Chain first appeared on SlashNext. The post A Swarm of Ransomware Attacks Highlights the Need for High-Quality Threat Detection at the Start of the Attack Chain appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2022

LogoKit – Threat actors leveraging Open Redirect Vulnerabilities popular in online services and apps to bypass spam filters in phishing campaigns. Using highly trusted service domains like Snapchat and other online-services, they create special URLs which lead to malicious resources with phishing kits. Resecurity, Inc.

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Bleeping Computer

MAY 27, 2021

Security researchers found a new BazarCall email phishing campaign that manages to bypass automated threat detection systems to deliver the BazarLoader malware used by the TrickBot gang. [.].

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

These bundles are typically delivered via phishing emails or malware web sites that include misinformation targeting fears and uncertainty. Today, cybercriminals are well organized and often take advantage of trends to deliver weaponized bundles used to launch an attack against victims.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

The recent campaign was very noisy due to the high volume of emails sent out by the attackers in this campaign and automated email threat detection systems were able to detect and block most of the malicious emails. ” continues the report. The report also includes mitigations to reduce the impact of this campaign.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The combination of these factors created an environment in which phishing attempts were easily successful, targeting the population by utilizing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) name as a cover. While phishing attempts, particularly those utilizing email are common, they are unfortunately frequently successful.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

companies as a primary target of a new phishing scheme. Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders. The company could not be certain, however, if the V4 phishing kit was involved.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. Secure web- phishing. In the first six months of 2020, CERT-GIB blocked a total of 9 304 phishing web resources, which is an increase of 9 percent compared to the previous year.

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Bleeping Computer

MAY 27, 2021

Security researchers found a new BazarCall email phishing campaign that manages to bypass automated threat detection systems to deliver the BazarLoader malware used by the TrickBot gang. [.].

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The most recent story is about detecting and remediating data exfiltration in our SOC for a customer. Upon the acknowledgment of the alarm, the SOC was able to research correlating events and provide the customer a detailed explanation of what took place within the customer environment thus aiding in the proactive mitigation of this threat.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 5, 2024

Phishing Attacks: AI aims to make it sound as human as possible. As such, it can perfectly generate bulk phishing content. Proactive threat detection is one of GenAI’s primary benefits. Data Breaches: The base of AI is that it collects information online to generate content.

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Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

MDR is an approach to proactively manage threats and malicious activity that empowers organizations to become more cyber resilient. MDR services offer threat detection and response capabilities by augmenting cybersecurity tools with human security intelligence. Ransomware, malware and phishing threats keep evolving.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This includes sending phishing messages posing as government agencies or local banks to convince victims to click on links leading to fake apps infected with the malware. As threats continue to evolve at "AI speed" in the words of Gallagher, AI-enabled defenses will likely play an elevated role as well.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

So, on an average around 512 organizations were found to be hitting the networks of organizations out of which 14% of threats were already found to be incubating inside. Security researchers say that threats like phishing, scamming, extortion and business email compromise were found to be hitting the businesses on a serious note in 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Phishing and spoofing attacks are popular forms of social engineering where an attacker pretends to be a trusted user to infect a network with malware or get their hands on high-level login information. Phishing and spoofing attacks can be highly covert. Implement managed threat detection.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 22, 2023

Today, businesses of all sizes must be vigilant in protecting their data and infrastructure from a wide variety of threats, including malware, phishing, and denial-of-service attacks. An increase in sophisticated phishing attacks. •A A shift from traditional malware to ransomware. •An SMBs can stay ahead of the curve.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Despite Tonto Team being known for its sophisticated techniques and ability to evade detection, Group-IB was able to detect and block the attack before any damage could be done. The group has also been observed using legitimate corporate email addresses, obtained through phishing, to send emails to other users.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This practice is said to be leading to social engineering based cyber attacks like online fraud and phishing attacks. In the world of cyber hacking, most of the threat actors have vast amounts of time and the only thing they do is to wait for the targets to fall in the laid online traps.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Even though many consider spam and phishing outdated techniques, they are still employed by cybercriminals today. In August 2021, a Revere Health employee was hacked through a phishing email attack which exposed approximately 12,000 patient medical records. In some cases, you can immediately tell that phishing emails are inauthentic.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

MFA has been recommended, or required, by governments and has grown in popularity as a measure to quickly add a layer of security, especially if credentials are compromised as part of a phishing attack. There are best practices organizations should follow in order to make sure that MFA in their environment is secure against these new threats.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

AI-Powered Phishing - The Art of Deception: In the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats, AI has donned the cloak of deception, being used by attackers to facilitate exceptionally clever and convincing AI-powered phishing attacks. AI can now support on-the-fly generated phishing email development and payload content.

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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

JULY 13, 2023

In its latest research , SlashNext—a provider of multi-channel phishing and human hacking solutions—delves into the emerging use of generative AI, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, and the cybercrime tool WormGPT, in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. Conversational AI like ChatGPT and its kin are good at sounding like a real person.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 20, 2021

Today, we are reviewing the GreatHorn Cloud Email Security Platform, an email security solution to protect organizations against phishing attacks and advanced communication threats. Phishing attacks have been growing dramatically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting massive increase in employees working from home.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 29, 2024

In analyzing de-identified customer data over the latter half of 2023, we found a pattern of threat activity targeting multiple universities using shared attack infrastructure. Also, the patterns seen here were cataloged for further development of threat detection mechanisms that will enhance our customers' security.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Afterall, an antivirus cannot protect your organization from brand new malware or exploits (zero-day attacks) or the DNS-specific threats discussed above. A comprehensive solution like HYAS Protect safeguards SMBs by providing advanced threat detection, real-time monitoring, DNS filtering, and DNSSEC validation.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Although phishing scams have been around about as long as the internet, hackers like OnePercent Group still rely on social engineering to fool high level members of corporate organizations. In fact, a recent survey indicated that over 60% of executives cited phishing and ransomware as their top concerns. OnePercent Group attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 17, 2022

Knowing When to Move Threat Detection, Investigation and Response (TDIR) to the Cloud. Seeing the opportunity presented by the near overnight closure of office spaces, for example, the volume of targeted phishing attacks skyrocketed. Buy a new set of tools that is laser focused on threat detection.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

The truth is that we can make a paradigm shift in the way we think about detection, protection, and proactiveness with respect to intelligence and resilience. Early Threat Detection Understanding attacker infrastructure is the key to not just reactive but true, proactive threat intelligence.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Attackers specifically craft business email compromise (BEC) and phishing emails using a combination of malicious techniques, expertly selected from an ever-evolving bag of tricks. This new visualization is powered by a new patent-pending threat detection engine.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2023

Employees should be trained on basic security hygiene such as strong password management, phishing awareness, and secure data handling practices. Automated tools can assist in threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management, reducing the workload on team members.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

Chinese fraudsters primarily target the United States for two reasons: the large population makes phishing attacks more effective, and credit card limits in the country are higher compared to other nations. The former has the advantage of a high reputation but is often detected and removed quickly.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 23, 2021

Stories from the SOC is a blog series that describes recent real-world security incident investigations conducted and reported by the AT&T SOC analyst team for AT&T Managed Threat Detection and Response customers. Executive Summary. Credential abuse and compromised user accounts are serious concerns for any organization.

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SecureList

MARCH 31, 2021

Even though, in 2020, we have seen ever more sophisticated cyberattacks, the overall statistics look encouraging: the number of users hit by computer and mobile malware declines, so does financial phishing. Traditionally, the study covers the common phishing threats encountered by users, along with Windows and Android-based financial malware.

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