
Five Ways Spear Phishing Tactics are Evolving in 2025
What type of phishing became very effective around 2010 and still worries security teams today? Spear phishing. Spear phishing remains highly effective and is getting more dangerous by the day. What is ...

Five Ways Spear Phishing Tactics are Evolving in 2025
What type of phishing became very effective around 2010 and still worries security teams today? Spear phishing. Spear phishing remains highly effective and is getting more dangerous by the day. What is ...

Emergency Satellite Messaging, Stagnation in User Cybersecurity Habits
In the milestone 350th episode of the Shared Security Podcast, the hosts reflect on 15 years of podcasting, and the podcast’s evolution from its beginnings in 2009. They discuss the impact of ...

Discord’s New End-to-End Encryption, LinkedIn Using Your Data for AI Training
In episode 348, Tom and Scott discuss Discord’s new end-to-end encryption for audio and video calls, involving the DAVE Protocol, third-party vetting by Trail of Bits, and its impact on users. They ...

Social Media Warning Labels, Should You Store Passwords in Your Web Browser?
In this episode of the Shared Security Podcast, the team debates the Surgeon General’s recent call for social media warning labels and explores the pros and cons. Scott discusses whether passwords should ...

Russian FSB Targets US and UK Politicians in Sneaky Spear-Phish Plan
TA446’s new TTPs: “Star Blizzard” FSB team called out by Five Eyes governments (again) ...

Hackers Still Abusing LinkedIn Smart Links in Phishing Attacks
Email security firm Cofense in 2022 uncovered a phishing campaign that abused LinkedIn’s Smart Links feature to redirect unsuspecting victims to malicious websites, another example of bad actors using a trusted source ...

Don’t Let Zombie Zoom Links Drag You Down
Many organizations — including quite a few Fortune 500 firms — have exposed web links that allow anyone to initiate a Zoom video conference meeting as a valid employee. These company-specific Zoom ...

Teach a Man to Phish and He’s Set for Life
One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no business working these days. Like attaching a phishing email to a ...

Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks
Nikita Kislitsin, formerly the head of network security for one of Russia's top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Department of ...