The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Social engineering, especially phishing, continues to trigger the vast majority of breach attempts. Lucy’s’s software allows companies to easily set-up customizable mock attacks to test employees’ readiness to avoid phishing, ransomware and other attacks with a social engineering component. Talk more soon.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

Microsoft warns of a spike in malware spreading via pirate streaming services and movie piracy sites during the COVID-19 pandemic. Crooks are attempting to take advantage of COVID-19 pandemic spreading malware via pirate streaming services and movie piracy sites during the COVID-19 outbreak, Microsoft warns.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2021

The post A week in security (August 9 – August 15) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs. Stay safe, everyone!

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Researchers explore the insecure world of the subdomain (Source: Can i take your subdomain) Cyber insurance model is broken, consider banning ransomware payments (Source: The Register) How facial recognition solutions can safeguard the hybrid workplace (Source: Help Net Security) Capital One hacker faces fresh charges for 2019 hacking spree (Source: (..)

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

So far we haven’t seen criminals write malware entirely in AI. Mostly they’re using it for scripts and smaller tools… It is an assistant to the malware developer, not actually replacing them.” Criminals aren’t investing anywhere near the amount of money in AI as legitimate companies, McArdle added. Drowning in data?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021. The CURIUM group leverage a network of fake social media accounts to trick the victims into installing malware.

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Below, our security experts forecast where the main areas of concern lie in the year ahead. Malware made leaps and bounds in 2021. Malicious actors will continue to improve their social engineering tactics, making it more difficult to recognize deception and make it increasingly easier to become a victim, predicts Milbourne.

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