The Evolution of Phishing: How AI is Revolutionizing Cybersecurity Threats
Phishing attacks have been a prevalent cybersecurity threat for years, but with the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), threat actors are now able to create more sophisticated and convincing phishing campaigns. This evolution has made it even more challenging to detect and prevent these attacks and threats are bypassing secure ... Read More
SEG vs. SEG: How Threat Actors are Pitting Email Security Products Against Each Other With Encoded URLs
Email security tools such as Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) often encode URLs that are embedded in emails. This enables the security appliance to scan the URL before the recipient visits the website. Oftentimes when SEGs detect URLs in emails that are already SEG encoded they do not scan the URLs, ... Read More
A “Meta” Facebook Phish
Found in Environments Protected By: Microsoft By Andrew Mann, Cofense Phishing Defense Center Everyone today has some form of social media, whether it is Instagram, X, YouTube or Facebook. It is an amazing way to communicate and stay connected with family and friends, but at the same time, it can ... Read More
Cofense Adds Email Security Risk Management and Validation Reporting to PhishMe®
The New Employee Engagement Index empowers employees; making them security allies, not liabilities. LEESBURG, Va. – June 26, 2024 – Cofense®, the leader in email threat detection and response solutions, today unveiled new enhancements to its PhishMe® Employee Security Awareness Training (SAT) Platform. The latest addition, Employee Engagement Index, is ... Read More
STR RAT – Phishing Malware Baseline
By Jacob Malimban STR RAT is a remote access trojan (RAT) written in Java that was first seen in 2020. Like other RATs, it gives threat actors full control when it is successfully installed onto a machine. STR RAT is capable of keylogging, stealing credentials, and even delivering additional malicious ... Read More
Threats That Hide in Your Microsoft Office Documents
By Nathaniel Raymond Microsoft Office documents in the Office365 software suite have become a mainstay for many users who need to create documents for business reports, college essays, resumes, essential notetaking, and even strategic analyses. Office documents offer a wide range of not only text but data editing software solutions ... Read More
