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What You Need to Know About the Cyber Threat Landscape in 2023

What You Need to Know About the Cyber Threat Landscape in 2023

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Our new report dives into the perpetual cycles of cybercrime and shows organizations how consolidated intelligence empowers them to fight back The post What You Need to Know About the Cyber Threat ...
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No Programming Skills? Chatbots Will Help Inexperienced Hackers

| | chatbots, ChatGPT, cyberattacks, cybercriminals, generative AI
One thing we’ve learned about ChatGPT and similar AI is that it makes people seem more skilled than they really are. Students are using AI chatbots to do their homework, and would-be ...
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US, UK Join Forces to Sanction Trickbot Leaders

| | Conti, cybercriminals, Emotet, Malware, Ransomware, Russia, TrickBot
In a first for the UK—and de rigueur for the U.S.—the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, National Crime Agency ...
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Cybercriminals Cause Heartbreak on Valentine’s Day    

Cybercriminals Cause Heartbreak on Valentine’s Day    

| | cybercriminals, Phishing, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, Spam, valentine's day
Many people look for love or companionship online, and Valentine’s Day presents the perfect opportunity for digital crooks to take advantage of vulnerable lonely hearts. A report from Bitdefender found Valentine’s Day-themed ...
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The Dark Detectives: How to Defeat Reconnaissance-as-a-Service

| | Anti-Malware, cybercriminals, Next Generation Firewall, RaaS, Reconnaissance-as-a-Service, security
In almost any type of warfare, reconnaissance is a much-needed first step. This certainly holds true for cyberwarfare. The steps are frequently portrayed as progressing from left to right. Two examples that ...
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Cybercriminals Leverage File-Based Attacks to Infiltrate Critical Networks

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According to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, office docs and emails continue to be proven ways that cybercriminals deliver harmful payloads to gain access into organizations’ networks. Threat actors can conceal ...
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Cybercrime Threat Intelligence is More Critical Than Ever

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As the old saying goes, knowledge is power. And in the world of cybersecurity, that could not be more true. Security teams need to have access to timely and relevant threat intelligence ...
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Smart Phone, Smart Watch, Smart Pay, Smart?

Smart Phone, Smart Watch, Smart Pay, Smart?

| | cybercriminals, Cybersecurity, hacker, risk, risk management
Smart Phone, Smart Watch, Smart Pay, Smart?How safe is smart?The idea of never needing to carry cash or debit cards looks pretty appealing, right? Never worry about someone trying to steal your ...
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FBI issues warning after crypto-crooks steal $1.3 billion in just three months

| | cryptocurrency, cybercriminals, FBI, IT Security and Data Protection, theft
Amid a wave of hacks that have cost investors billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, the FBI is calling on decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms to improve their security. In a warning posted ...
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Dell Lacework Adds Time Series Modeling to Cybersecurity Platform

Lacework Adds Time Series Modeling to Cybersecurity Platform

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Lacework has added time series modeling to the existing anomaly detection capabilities in its Polygraph Data Platform to make it easier for cybersecurity teams to investigate cyberthreats in cloud computing environments. In ...
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