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CISO Survey: Ransom as Primary Problem Solver
July 7, 2023
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57 percent of German CISOs assume that their employers would pay a ransom to restore their systems and avoid disclosure of data if they were hit by a ransomware attack in the next 12 months. That's according to this year's Voice of the CISO report, recently released by leading cybersecurity and compliance firm Proofpoint. According to the report, many companies are willing to bear this risk alone. Only 44 percent of respondents indicated that they would use cyber insurance to cover the damage caused by attacks.

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Legal OneDrive and Dropbox links for attacks
28 May 2023
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Legitimate services like OneDrive and Dropbox are abused for fraudulent emails. Hackers use free spaces and send harmless sharing links with dangerous targets. Avanan security researchers warn of a disturbing new attack vector that exploits legitimate services and poses a significant threat to email security. The new method should be seen against the background of the alarming fact that in 2022 email-based threats accounted for 86 percent of all attacks. Legal Accounts Also Used in BCE Attacks Hackers have come up with a nifty approach to exploiting genuine programs, like Dropbox and OneDrive, for…

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Modern BEC phishing: billions of dollars stolen 
March 5, 2023
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Modern phishing: billions of dollars stolen

Business email compromise (BEC) is big business for cybercriminals. According to the 2021 FBI Cybercrime Study, BEC phishing was responsible for nearly $2021 billion in losses in 2,4. BEC is basically a type of phishing attack. Lookout examines how modern phishing has evolved beyond email. With the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, attackers are now going far beyond email. They are now also using other platforms such as text messages, messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, and social media apps to attack their targets...

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Voice Phishing: vishing attacks at record levels
28 May 2022
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Voice Phishing: vishing attacks at record levels

Voice Phishing: Vishing attacks have overtaken business email compromise (BEC) as the second most reported email threat as of Q2021 1. A report shows the increase in attacks more than fivefold compared to the previous year. The number of vishing cases (voice phishing) has increased by almost 2021 percent in the last twelve months (Q1 2022 to Q550 2022). This is according to the latest Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report from Agari and PhishLabs, both part of the HelpSystems Cybersecurity portfolio. In the first quarter of XNUMX, Agari and PhishLabs attacked hundreds of thousands of phishing, social media,...

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