Can you help me with your input? I'd love your thoughts about AI in InfoSec.This is a super short survey that asks about any AI tools you use or would like, how you feel about AI effectiveness, how it may change your headcount, and how confident you are to address... Full Story

Research from The Financial Ombudsman Service, a U.K. based organization dedicated to helping citizens with free financial advice, has found an increase in Authorized Pushed Payment (APP) scams. These attacks are rising both in number and sophistication.... Full Story

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warn that attackers are using refresh entries in HTTP response headers to automatically redirect users to phishing pages without user interaction.... Full Story

Palo Alto's 2024 Incident Response Report offers crucial insights into evolving cybersecurity threats. Key takeaways include improved incident detection, with organizations identifying 80% of incidents internally and reducing threat actor dwell time to 13 days. The report highlights a shift from phishing to internet-facing vulnerabilities, emphasizing the need for secure... Full Story

Researchers at Bitdefender warn that law firms are high-value targets for ransomware gangs and other criminal threat actors. Attackers frequently use phishing to gain initial access to an organization’s networks.... Full Story

South Africa’s cybersecurity workforce shortage mirrors global trends, but also faces local factors like underinvestment in basic education, underserved communities, digital literacy gaps and challenges with data access.... Full Story

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has observed a six-fold increase in losses from investment scams over the past three years. The BBB has received more than 4,000 reports of investment scams since 2020, with the median reported loss rising from $1,000 in 2021 to almost $6,000 in 2024.... Full Story

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In July 2024, KnowBe4 revealed that we had unknowingly hired a North Korean who was pretending to be someone else. We locked down the laptop that was sent to the fake employee within 25 minutes of receiving an alert that he was trying to do something suspicious, and at no time... Full Story

Researchers at Malwarebytes warn of a surge in election-themed scams ahead of November’s presidential election in the US. These attacks can be expected to increase as the election grows closer.... Full Story

Threat actors are opting for malicious links over attachments in email-based attacks because it gives them a critical advantage that many solutions can’t address.... Full Story

Analysis of a new phishing attack demonstrates how attackers may take a longer path to reach their malicious goals while staying “under the radar” of security products.... Full Story

A new attack runs slow and steady, focused on compromising large manufacturing companies using contextual social engineering to trick victims into giving up credentials.... Full Story

Phishing remains a top initial access vector for threat actors, according to researchers at ReliaQuest. Phishing and other social engineering tactics can bypass security technologies by targeting humans directly.... Full Story

Protecting election integrity is crucial in today’s digital age. Key threats include social engineering attacks targeting election officials, DDoS attacks disrupting voter registration systems, and AI-generated disinformation influencing voters. To counter these threats, implement an election-specific incident response plan, share threat intelligence, ensure system redundancy, conduct independent audits, and engage... Full Story