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1 day agoThe Importance of Behavioral Analytics in AI-Enabled Cyber Attacks
AI is transforming cybercrime by enabling personalized phishing, deepfakes, and malware that evade traditional security measures.
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1 week agoResearchers Trick Perplexity's Comet AI Browser Into Phishing Scam in Under Four Minutes
AI-powered agentic web browsers can be manipulated through their reasoning processes to bypass security measures and fall victim to phishing attacks within minutes.
fromEngadget
1 week agoDutch intelligence services warn of Russian hackers targeting Signal and WhatsApp
Russian hackers have launched "a large-scale global cyber campaign to gain access to Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to dignitaries, military personnel and civil servants." According to the Dutch alert, hackers are imitating support chatbots to trick key targets into revealing their PINs for those communication platforms, which allows the bad actors to access incoming messages.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week agoSecure Messaging App Warns Government Officials and Journalists' Had Accounts Stolen After Falling For Scam
We are aware of recent reports regarding targeted phishing attacks that have resulted in account takeovers of some Signal users, including government officials and journalists. We take this very seriously... To be clear: Signal's encryption and infrastructure have not been compromised and remain robust. These attacks were executed via sophisticated phishing campaigns, designed to trick users into sharing information—SMS codes and/or Signal PIN—to gain access to users' accounts.
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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 week agoCybersecurity risks facing London businesses - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
London's connectivity and high-value data concentration make its businesses prime cyber crime targets across all sectors, facing growing operational disruption, financial damage, and regulatory pressure.
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fromSecuritymagazine
2 weeks agoThe Great Security Culture Shift: Building a Proactive Defense in an Era of Advanced Threats and Social Engineering
Hackers exploit DLL side-loading on trusted platforms like LinkedIn to deliver malware through seemingly legitimate file attachments, bypassing traditional security defenses and compromising entire corporate networks.
fromComputerworld
1 month agoFour new reasons why Windows LNK files cannot be trusted
The number of ways that Windows shortcut (.LNK) files can be abused just keeps growing: A cybersecurity researcher has documented four new techniques to trick Windows users into running malicious actions through innocent-looking shortcuts. Wietze Beukema demonstrated how to spoof the visible LNK destination, hide command-line arguments, and execute a different program than the one shown to the user, potentially offering attackers new vectors for phishing, USB-borne attacks, or initial access operations.
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fromThe Hacker News
3 months agoNew ForumTroll Phishing Attacks Target Russian Scholars Using Fake eLibrary Emails
Operation ForumTroll-linked phishing targeted Russian academics using aged fake eLibrary domains to deliver LeetAgent and Dante spyware via one-time links and personalized ZIP files.
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