Tag: phishing emails

  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: New TorNet backdoor seen in widespread campaign

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/new-tornet-backdoor-campaign/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: New TorNet backdoor seen in widespread campaign Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered an ongoing malicious campaign operated by a financially motivated threat actor targeting users, predominantly in Poland and Germany. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes a sophisticated ongoing cyber campaign discovered by Cisco…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Seasoning email threats with hidden text salting

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/seasoning-email-threats-with-hidden-text-salting/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Seasoning email threats with hidden text salting Feedly Summary: Hidden text salting is a simple yet effective technique for bypassing email parsers, confusing spam filters, and evading detection engines that rely on keywords. Cisco Talos observed an increase in the number of email threats leveraging hidden text…

  • CSA: How to Combat Social Engineering Attacks

    Source URL: https://abnormalsecurity.com/blog/soc-expert-perspectives-social-engineering-threats Source: CSA Title: How to Combat Social Engineering Attacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the increasing threat of social engineering attacks and highlights key insights from cybersecurity experts regarding the vulnerabilities associated with human behavior, advanced attack techniques such as deepfakes, and the necessity for AI-driven…

  • The Register: Russia’s Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/russia_star_blizzard_whatsapp/ Source: The Register Title: Russia’s Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts Feedly Summary: FSB cyberspies venture into a new app for espionage, Microsoft says Star Blizzard, a prolific phishing crew backed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), conducted a new campaign aiming to compromise WhatsApp accounts and gain access…

  • The Register: Japanese Police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/japan_mirrorface_china_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Japanese Police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign Feedly Summary: ‘MirrorFace’ group found ways to run malware in the Windows sandbox, which is worrying Japan’s National Police Agency and Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity have confirmed third party reports of attacks on local orgs by…

  • Hacker News: Human study on AI spear phishing campaigns

    Source URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GCHyDKfPXa5qsG2cP/human-study-on-ai-spear-phishing-campaigns Source: Hacker News Title: Human study on AI spear phishing campaigns Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a study evaluating the effectiveness of AI models in executing personalized phishing attacks, revealing a disturbing increase in the capabilities of AI-generated spear phishing. The findings indicate high click-through…

  • Slashdot: Dire Predictions for 2025 Include ‘Largest Cyberattack in History’

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/04/1839246/dire-predictions-for-2025-include-largest-cyberattack-in-history?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Dire Predictions for 2025 Include ‘Largest Cyberattack in History’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses potential “Black Swan” events for 2025, particularly highlighting the anticipated risks associated with cyberattacks bolstered by generative AI and large language models. This insight is crucial for security professionals,…