Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The Dark Web allows cybercriminals to create a Cyber Attacks-as-a-Service ecosystem that outmaneuvers security defenses. Here are tips on how businesses can try to thwart cybercrime.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In turn, this has left organizations and individuals far behind in the race to secure defenses appropriately. With AI amplifying social engineering threats, businesses' attack surfaces grow increasingly larger. They have made it faster, easier, and cheaper for bad actors to execute targeted campaigns.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The dissemination phase consists of active processing and dissemination of the processed data for the purpose of communicating the actionable intelligence for the purpose of ensuring that an organizations defense is actively aware of the threats facing its infrastructure and security defense mechanisms.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

New AI-powered cybercrime tools suggest that the capability of AI hacking tools may be evolving rapidly. The creator of FraudGPT, and potentially also WormGPT , is actively developing the next generation of cybercrime chatbots with much more advanced capabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2023

Now security researchers have discovered a black hat generative AI tool called WormGPT that has none of the ethical restrictions of tools like ChatGPT, making it even easier for hackers to craft cyber attacks based on AI tools. ” The security researchers tested WormGPT to see how it would perform in BEC attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Cyber security measures ensure this data is safeguarded against breaches, fraud, hacking, and other forms of cybercrime. Cyber security in banking is about securing the entire digital infrastructure of a bank — from online banking systems to internal databases — against unauthorized access, data leaks, and malicious attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

For decades, West African scammers, primarily located in Nigeria, have perfected the use of social engineering in cybercrime activity. “Knowing the actor is Nigerian really brings the entire story full circle and provides some notable context to the tactics used in the initial email we identified,” Hassold wrote. “

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