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Phishing Report: AI-generated attacks are increasing
Phishing Report: AI-generated attacks are increasing

The latest edition of the Phishing Threat Trends report highlights key trends and provides new data and threat intelligence insights into phishing attacks threatening organizations. AI-based polymorphic phishing campaigns and ransomware attacks are on the rise. The 5th edition of the report, based on data generated by KnowBe4 Defend, highlights the growing threat of ransomware and examines how cybercriminals are using sophisticated tactics to bypass native security and secure email gateways (SEGs). Also featured are how AI is being used to create polymorphic phishing campaigns, how attackers are infiltrating application processes to gain access to systems and...

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Real-time deepfakes: Detect and defend against them
Real-time deepfakes: Detect and defend against them

Criminals are increasingly using real-time deepfakes to defraud and achieve their malicious goals. Detection and defense strategies are therefore necessary. By combining keen observation skills with advanced technological tools, it is possible to effectively counter the growing threat of manipulated content. The rapid advances in artificial intelligence have made deepfakes a key cyber threat. Once used primarily in the entertainment and creative industries, deepfakes have evolved into a serious threat, increasingly being used in fraud and disinformation campaigns – a development that makes it increasingly challenging to detect such manipulations…

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Facebook Business in the sights of attackers
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Cybersecurity researchers recently unveiled a new, large-scale phishing campaign targeting Facebook Business users. Since December 20, 2024, the researchers say, several thousand emails containing notifications of alleged copyright infringement have been sent to employees of companies with Facebook Business accounts. More than 12.000 victims have been identified so far – almost exclusively based in the US (45,0 percent), the EU (45,5 percent), and Australia (9,5 percent). However, since templates for phishing emails also exist in Chinese and Arabic, a much larger victim pool is conceivable. To send their emails, they use…

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Agent-based AI models control phishing campaigns
Agent-based AI models control phishing campaigns

Malwarebytes recently presented its latest State of Malware report. Its key message: Agent-based AI models are on the rise and will make it easier and cheaper for cybercriminals to spread malware. Agent-based AI models are a special form of artificial intelligence (AI) in which the models operate in the form of many autonomous units - agents. By interacting with each other and with their environment, they can learn and optimize themselves, which makes the system behavior of the AI ​​highly dynamic. In order to achieve their specified goals, they can independently interpret contexts, evaluate options...

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Cybercriminals abuse DeepSeek for fraud
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

As artificial intelligence advances, so do the methods used by cybercriminals. The recent rise in AI-powered scams involving DeepSeek shows how generative AI is being used specifically for social engineering. Attackers use this technology to launch deceptively real phishing attacks, spread disinformation, and manipulate users into revealing sensitive information. As companies increasingly rely on AI-powered solutions, they must also be aware of the risks and adapt their security strategies accordingly. Criminal use of DeepSeek DeepSeek, an open-source AI model for natural language processing and content generation, is proving to be…

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Hackers see AI as a new attack vector
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

A new survey of hackers shows that AI is not only helping hackers become more efficient, but that AI itself is "ripe for exploitation." Rarely can you ask a hacker "What do you think?" when it comes to cyberattacks, cybersecurity efforts, and the future they expect. However, Bugcrowd's "2024 Inside the Mind of a Hacker Report" contains a wealth of data on how hackers view AI and the value it brings to them. 74% of hackers believe AI has made hacking more accessible. 86% believe AI has made their...

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Deepnude AI Image Generator as bait
Deepnude AI Image Generator as bait

Cybersecurity experts from Silent Push recently presented a new attack tactic from the FIN7 threat group in a blog post. The cybercriminals use fake websites to offer their victims the use of AI-supported nude image generators (Deepnude AI Image Generator). If they fall for the bait, click on a corresponding link, download infostealers - and, if they are at work at the time, easily put their entire company at risk. According to KnowBe4's Industry Benchmarking Report 2024, an average of almost 33 percent of those approached fall for such and similar malicious 'offers'. FIN7,...

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Business Email Compromise: Billions in Damage
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Business email compromise has been on the rise for years. Criminals compromise companies' email accounts in order to get their money. The FBI has been recording cases of this type of fraud since 2013. In these ten years, it has caused damage worldwide in the order of around 50,15 billion euros. In business email compromise, also known as email account compromise (EAC), attackers use social engineering and hacking techniques to compromise and take over their victims' email accounts without them noticing. They then try to disguise themselves as...

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Attackers target the healthcare sector
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Effective protection of the networks of healthcare organizations and hospitals is essential to secure patient data, ensure business continuity and provide the best possible treatment for patients. Modern ransomware methods, such as those recently used in the Trinity attack on the American healthcare sector, are increasingly exfiltrating sensitive data before it is encrypted. This approach is increasingly targeting critical industries such as healthcare and highlights the need for a strong security culture. This requires not only technology, but also security awareness among management and training of all employees to ensure security in the...

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Chinese attacks on OpenAI
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

In 2023, the threat actor SweetSpecter, presumably based in the People's Republic of China, first made headlines. At that time, his cyber attacks targeted political institutions in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Now he has found a new target: the AI ​​company OpenAI. OpenAI has announced that some of its employees have been the target of a spear phishing attack campaign. No damage was caused. The company's security teams recognized the attack in time and the implemented security architecture held up. For his spear phishing attack, SweetSpecter sent emails with malicious attachments to OpenAI employees - both...

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