In 2023, no fewer than 94 percent of businesses were impacted by phishing attacks, a 40 percent increase compared to the previous year, according to research from Egress. What's behind the surge in phishing? One popular answer is AI – particularly generative AI, which has made it trivially easier for threat actors to craft content that they can use in phishing campaigns, like … [Read more...] about How Phishing Attacks Adapt Quickly to Capitalize on Current Events
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Cisco XDR: Open Ecosystem Accelerated at Black Hat Events
Cisco XDR is an Open Platform Cisco XDR turns one year old this week, and it is a good time to share the backstory of how we developed relationships and alliances with “competitors” to have the open ecosystem of today. The story begins in the Black Hat Network Operations Center, which provides a high security, high availability network in one of the most demanding environments … [Read more...] about Cisco XDR: Open Ecosystem Accelerated at Black Hat Events
Microsoft Flags Growing Cybersecurity Concerns for Major Sporting Events
Aug 03, 2023THNCyber Threat / Network Security Microsoft is warning of the threat malicious cyber actors pose to stadium operations, warning that the cyber risk surface of live sporting events is "rapidly expanding." "Information on athletic performance, competitive advantage, and personal information is a lucrative target," the company said in a Cyber Signals report shared … [Read more...] about Microsoft Flags Growing Cybersecurity Concerns for Major Sporting Events
Adversarial use of current events as lures
By Nick Biasini. The goal of malicious activity is to compromise the system to install some unauthorized software. Increasingly that goal is tied to one thing: the user. Over the past several years, we as an industry improved exploit mitigation and the value of working exploits has increased accordingly. Together, these changes have had an impact on the threat landscape. We … [Read more...] about Adversarial use of current events as lures