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Enterprises face significant losses from mobile fraud

A recent Enea survey highlights a worrying trend in enterprise security: Following ChatGPT’s launch, 76% of businesses are inadequately protected against rising …

email
How malicious email campaigns continue to slip through the cracks

In this Help Net Security video, Josh Bartolomie, VP of Global Threat Services at Cofense, discusses how email will remain a target as long as it remains the predominant form …

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Vishing, smishing, and phishing attacks skyrocket 1,265% post-ChatGPT

76% of enterprises lack sufficient voice and messaging fraud protection as AI-powered vishing and smishing skyrocket following the launch of ChatGPT, according to Enea. …

Fraud losses
Pre-pandemic techniques are fueling record fraud rates

Within the largest financial institutions, insurers, and retailers, the rise and adoption of AI, an impending recession, and the return of pre-pandemic fraud techniques are …

Coinbase
What can we learn from the latest Coinbase cyberattack?

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has fended off a cyberattack that might have been mounted by the same attackers that targeted Twillio, Cloudflare and many other companies …

Approved
Top security priorities for 2023

In this Help Net Security video, Rodman Ramezanian, Cloud Threat Lead at Skyhigh Security, talks about what we can expect in 2023 security wise. Humans will continue to be in …

Cisco
Cisco has been hacked by a ransomware gang

U.S. networking giant Cisco Systems has been hacked, the company confirmed on Wednesday, after Yanluowang ransomware operators claimed the attack on their leak site. …

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Vishing attacks: What they are and how organizations can protect themselves

Vishing (voice phishing) involves defrauding people over the phone. Vishing cases have increased almost 550 percent during 2021, and vishing attacks have overtaken business …

Vishing cases reach all time high

Vishing (voice phishing) cases have increased almost 550 percent over the last twelve months (Q1 2022 to Q1 2021), according to the latest Quarterly Threat Trends & …

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Social media attacks surged in 2021, financial institutions targeted the most

Social media as a threat channel saw a two-fold increase in attacks throughout 2021, according to a report from PhishLabs. In Q4 and throughout 2021, PhishLabs analysed …

eavesdropping
The six most common threats against the device that knows you best

What is the most intimate relationship in your life—aside from your partner, your children or your parents? For many of us, it’s our mobile phone. It’s the last thing we see …

Phishing
40% fell victim to a phishing attack in the past month

The global shift to remote work has exacerbated the onslaught, sophistication, and impact of phishing attacks, according to Ivanti. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents …

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