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AI-based identity theft continues to rise
AI-based identity theft continues to rise

Access data is very popular with cyber criminals. They are increasingly using artificial intelligence to steal it. Attacks based on deep fake technology are on the rise. The result is that online users are becoming more and more suspicious of digital content. Therefore, providers of online services must take security precautions to protect against identity theft. If they want to commit identity fraud, cyber criminals are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence. The quality and quantity of attacks can be significantly increased and costs and workload can be noticeably reduced. In 2025, phishing, spear phishing and social engineering attacks are therefore expected to once again be among the most popular...

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Phishing 2025: AI, Phishing-as-a-Service, Vishing
Phishing: Trends 2025

A leading cybersecurity company has analyzed last year's phishing attacks and identified eight trends for 2025. Attackers are increasingly using advanced phishing attack methods to bypass security measures and make malicious emails more convincing, plausible, and personalized. Barracuda Networks' threat analysts observed several advanced phishing methods in 2024. Looking ahead to 2025, the threat analyst team expects the following trends, among others: Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) and credential theft Data collected by Barracuda shows that in 2024, more than 85 percent of phishing attacks against customers aimed to steal credentials....

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AI-driven platform protects against a variety of threats
AI-driven platform protects against a variety of threats

A leading cybersecurity company has enhanced the capabilities of its platform, including protection against threats in social media, messaging and SaaS applications, as well as data and identity theft. Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today announced the expansion of the capabilities of its award-winning platform to provide its customers with broader, adaptive and human-centric security controls. The new solutions and integrations protect organizations against threats in messaging, collaboration and social media applications, protect SaaS applications and identities across a wide range of applications, prevent data loss with intelligent, adaptive data security and guide...

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Darknet: 34 million Roblox credentials on offer
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Kaspersky cybersecurity experts have discovered 34 million stolen credentials for the online game platform Roblox on the dark web. Identity theft and credential hacks via infostealer attacks continue to increase. Between 2021 and 2023, almost 34 million login details for the online game Roblox were stolen and published on the dark web. Overall, the number increased by 231 percent from around 4,7 million in 2021 to 15,5 million in 2023. Taken together, data leaks from entertainment platforms such as Twitch, Electronic Arts, Sony PlayStation and Steam increased by 112 percent in the three years to. Massive access data to…

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Identity theft, AI and deep fakes
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

In the last year, credential interception attacks, such as those exploiting the Citrix NetScaler vulnerability, have resulted in cybercriminal groups having millions of potential logins. In 2024, the number of cyberattacks using stolen or fake digital identities will continue to rise. This circumstance is likely to cause massive problems again in many German companies in 2024. Cybercriminals rely on companies using a wide variety of cloud infrastructures and solutions and thereby losing track of their access and access authorizations. To protect yourself from a flood of cloud-based user account takeovers...

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