Twitter’s Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers
On April 9, Twitter/X began automatically modifying links that mention “twitter.com” to read “x.com” instead. But over the past 48 hours, dozens of new domain names have been registered that…
Thread Hijacking: Phishes That Prey on Your Curiosity
Thread hijacking attacks. They happen when someone you know has their email account compromised, and you are suddenly dropped into an existing conversation between the sender and someone else. These…
UK’s NCSC Issues Warning as SVR Hackers Target Cloud Services
Russian state hackers are adapting their techniques to target organizations moving to the cloud, an advisory from the UK National Cyber Security Centre and international security agencies has warned. The…
Infoblox says IT Pros Are Missing This Mega-Threat From Organised Global Cyber Criminals
High volumes of malware and other malicious content are being delivered to networks in APAC, Australia, New Zealand and across the globe as a result of a set of large-scale…
Gift Yourself a Year of Online Protection for Only $50 Through 2/4
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Your most sensitive data can be removed from the internet with just a few clicks with a 1-year subscription to Incogni Personal Information Removal, and it’s available…
Sekoia: Latest in the Financial Sector Cyber Threat Landscape
Phishing, infostealer malware, ransomware, supply chain attacks, data breaches and crypto-related attacks are among the top evolving threats in the financial sector, says Sekoia. Source of Article
Generative AI Can Write Phishing Emails, But Humans are Better at It, IBM X-Force Finds
Hacker Stephanie "Snow" Carruthers and her team found phishing emails written by security researchers saw a 3% better click rate than phishing emails written by ChatGPT. An IBM X-Force research…
Abnormal Security: Microsoft Tops List of Most-Impersonated Brands in Phishing Exploits
A new study found that 4.31% of phishing attacks mimicked Microsoft, far ahead of the second most-spoofed brand PayPal. Source of Article
Generative AI: Cybersecurity Weapon, But Not Without Adaptable, Creative (Human) Thinkers
Image: PB Studio Photo/Adobe Stock Generative AI was — not surprisingly — the conversational coin of the realm at Black Hat 2023, with various panels and keynotes mulling the extent…
Teach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life
One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no business working these days. Like attaching a phishing email…
