Risk Management October 4, 2023

What to know about new generative AI tools for criminals

3 min read - Large language model (LLM)-based generative AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT took the world by storm this year. ChatGPT became mainstream by making the power of artificial intelligence accessible to millions. The move inspired other companies (which had been working on…

Government September 19, 2023

How the FBI Fights Back Against Worldwide Cyberattacks

5 min read - In the worldwide battle against malicious cyberattacks, there is no organization more central to the fight than the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). And recent years have proven that the bureau still has some surprises up its sleeve. In early…

Risk Management August 17, 2023

The link between home, family and company security

4 min read - It’s no surprise that cyber criminals target high-profile individuals or those with access privilege. Malicious actors often use social engineering and whale phishing attacks against these people to breach systems. But households and family members of company executives may also…

Application Security August 10, 2023

Vulnerability management, its impact and threat modeling methodologies

7 min read - Vulnerability management is a security practice designed to avoid events that could potentially harm an organization. It is a regular ongoing process that identifies, assesses, and manages vulnerabilities across all the components of an IT ecosystem. Cybersecurity is one of…

Intelligence & Analytics July 24, 2023

What’s new in the 2023 Cost of a Data Breach report

3 min read - Data breach costs continue to grow, according to new research, reaching a record-high global average of $4.45 million, representing a 15% increase over three years. Costs in the healthcare industry continued to top the charts, as the most expensive industry…

Fraud Protection July 6, 2023

Beware of the growing scourge of job recruitment scams

4 min read - Job recruitment scams have grown into a huge problem. The BBB reports that in the U.S. and Canada alone, an estimated 14 million people are exposed to job scams every year, with $2 billion in direct losses annually. These attacks…

Banking & Finance July 3, 2023

How fraudsters redefine mobile banking account takeovers

3 min read - Fraudsters are constantly finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities in the banking system, and one of the latest tactics involves stealing credit card information via mobile banking apps. This type of attack has been seen in different variations in Spain…

News June 28, 2023

Spot fake extortion attacks without wasting time and money

4 min read - Ransomware attacks — the scourge of businesses, schools, hospitals and other organizations — follow a familiar pattern. Shady criminals contact an organization, telling them their company or customer data has been breached, encrypted and/or exfiltrated. Pay us money, or we’ll…

Data Protection June 27, 2023

How application allowlisting combats ransomware attacks

5 min read - Ransomware attacks are on the rise in both volume and sophistication. Triple extortion (a ransomware attack on one business leading to extortion threats on its business partners) is raising the cost of attacks. Ransomware-as-a-Service puts the means to attack in…

News June 7, 2023

Protecting against remote monitoring and management phishing

3 min read - You use remote monitoring and management (RMM) software to closely monitor your cyber environment and keep your organization safe. But now cyber criminals are specifically targeting these tools, causing legitimate software to become a vulnerability. This is the latest type…