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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

Editor’s note: I recently had the chance to participate in a discussion about the overall state of privacy and cybersecurity with Erin Kapczynski, OneRep’s senior vice president of B2B marketing. He previously chronicled the emergence of cybercrime while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. Erin: So, let’s get started.

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The Art of (Cyber) War

Approachable Cyber Threats

In the modern age, nation states are expanding the battlefield with targeted cyber attacks on their adversaries. Why cyber attacks?” Nation states have always sought advantages to increase their geopolitical power and secure their interests both domestically and abroad. Risk Level. Are you at risk?

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Generative AI Changes Everything You Know About Email Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Social engineering – specifically malicious cyber campaigns delivered via email – remain the primary source of an organization’s vulnerability to attack. billion phishing e-mails get delivered every day. In addition, threat actors are rapidly exploiting the news cycle to profit from employee fear, urgency, or excitement.

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Cybersecurity in 2022, Predictions for digital ecosystem facing more challenges and sophisticated threats

CyberSecurity Insiders

Also, that threat actors, especially state-sponsored, and criminal enterprises would take advantage of the expanding cyber-attack surface by using their resources to employ more sophisticated means for discovering target vulnerabilities, automating phishing, and finding new deceptive paths for infiltrating malware. .”

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APT trends report Q2 2021

SecureList

For more than four years, the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. On May 27 and 28, details regarding an ongoing email campaign against diplomatic entities throughout Europe and North America were released by Volexity and Microsoft.

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Advanced threat predictions for 2024

SecureList

Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are the most dangerous threats, as they employ complex tools and techniques, and often are highly targeted and hard to detect. Amid the global crisis and escalating geopolitical confrontations, these sophisticated cyberattacks are even more dangerous, as there is often more at stake.

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ChatGPT: Cybersecurity friend or foe?

Malwarebytes

ChatGPT—the much-hyped, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that provides human-like responses from an enormous knowledge base—has been embraced practically everywhere, from private sector businesses to K–12 classrooms. Or do you believe implementing the platform will compromise your company’s cybersecurity posture?