Phishing Attacks on Your Brand are Unrelenting, AI is the Only Way to Fight Back
When it comes to detecting phishing and social engineering threats, slow response times are detrimental. Automate online brand protection to take down more malicious brand content in less time. The post Phishing Attacks on Your Brand are Unrelenting, AI is the Only Way to Fight Back first appeared on SlashNext ... Read More
AI and ML Leads the Trend in Technologies that will Fill the Cybersecurity Skills Gaps
As the shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals intersects with the change and sophistication of the threat landscape, AI and ML will be leveraged to fill the gaps, according to a new Osterman survey and report. The Osterman report looked at security solutions that offer advanced technology that could be leveraged ... Read More
Four Days to the Election— Don’t Fall for These Phishing Scams
With the Presidential election just a few days away, bad actors are ramping up their efforts to lure in victims with phishing attacks designed to harvest credentials and personal information that could lead to the next large-scale breach. The threat is so prevalent that the Better Business Bureau, the Identity Theft Resource ... Read More
Hundreds of Live Phishing Sites Menacing Amazon Prime Day Shoppers
This week, Amazon Prime Day prompted a big increase in phishing attacks, as reported by Threatpost and many other media outlets. Shoppers anxiously awaited the amazing offers and discounts revealed during the two-day sale, with bad actors lying in wait to take advantage of the excitement. SlashNext Threat Labs analyzes 1B internet ... Read More
Phishing 2.0 is Here — Make Sure You’re Prepared
Phishing attacks aren’t limited to email anymore leaving cybercriminals an abundance of new threat vectors, such as SMS, social media, browser extensions to attack through actions such as credential stealing, rogue software, scareware, fake virus alerts, and more ... Read More
SMishing Attacks Masquerading as USPS and FedEx
The USPS SMishing attack is a fast-moving, constantly changing credential stealing, social engineering phishing campaign. SlashNext Labs first detected and blocked it in May 2020 ... Read More
BYOD Trends and Endpoint Security — What’s best for your organization?
The BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device) age has been around now for some time, and the megatrends of remote work brought on by the pandemic have influenced the phishing landscape with significant business impact. While it benefits companies to allow BYOD to reduce costs and keep employees happy using their own familiar devices, ... Read More
Google Cloud Under Siege
It’s no secret that popular cloud and web services are a prime target for hackers to host phishing sites. The highly reputable domains and infrastructures used by these cloud services provide a perfect cover to hide phishing footprints. Long gone are the days when catching phishing was as easy as ... Read More
Phishing Attack Payloads Leaving Employees Vulnerable as Remote Work Trends Continue to Evolve
In recent years phishing has become the number one threat action over malware. Furthermore, recent workforce changes spurred by the pandemic has led to an exponential increase in phishing attacks. Employees are working from anywhere, using one device for everything and cybercriminals have noticed. Today’s phishing threats no longer rely ... Read More
It Takes 48 Hours to Catch a Phishing Threat?
Fast-moving threats are taking days to appear on VirusTotal and other leading threat feeds leaving the bad actors an eternity to wreak havoc on remote workers ... Read More
