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Phishing, vishing and quishing
Phishing, vishing and quishing

In the early days, phishing attacks were often very simple and used legitimate sources of written communication such as email to gain access to sensitive data. In the age of AI, it is tempting to consider how attackers are modernizing their phishing methods. With the growing popularity of GenAI tools, voice-based phishing attacks – also known as “vishing” – have become the new norm and the evolution of attack methods continues. Phishing as a springboard To understand the importance of phishing in the malware industry, it helps to look at the anatomy of a...

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2024: AI-based arms race enters the next round
2024: AI-based arms race enters the next round - Frank Reppold on Pixabay

Artificial intelligence and automation provide attackers and defenders with crucial springboards for successful action. These are tools such as AI-based voice chatbots or AI spear phishing tools. As the year nears its end, it is time, as always, for WatchGuard Technologies to look to the future and focus on potential attack trends and developments in the IT security environment. The WatchGuard Threat Lab sees, among other things, malicious prompt engineering tricks that target Large Language Models (LLM) as having a great chance of causing trouble in 2024. The same goes for “vishers” who carry out their malicious operations with...

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AI threatens cybersecurity
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

With the help of AI, cyber threats are taking on a new form. Criminals use this to target identities and bypass authentication mechanisms. These are all new AI attack vectors. Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting modern society at an unprecedented pace. ChatGPT and other generative AI tools offer many advantages, but they can also be used by attackers and thus cause a lot of damage. CyberArk Labs has now examined this evolving threat landscape to better understand what new AI attack vectors mean for identity security programs and to help develop new defense strategies...

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Novel phishing campaigns
Novel phishing campaigns

The annual phishing report shows new phishing campaigns that can be traced back to the increasing use of AI platforms such as ChatGPT. Global phishing attacks increased nearly 2022 percent in 50 compared to 2021 Education was the top target with a 576 percent increase in attacks, followed by finance and government; while attacks on retailers and wholesalers decreased 67 percent, which topped the rankings last year. The five countries with the most attacks were the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada and Russia. Among the most common…

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Voice Phishing: vishing attacks at record levels
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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