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2024-05-01 17:57:24 | Les acteurs de la menace nord-coréenne ciblent les développeurs de logiciels avec des entretiens d'embauche de faux North Korean Threat Actors Target Software Developers With Phony Job Interviews (lien direct) |
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2024-04-11 12:19:04 | Installations d'eau compromises par les acteurs de la menace iranienne Water Facilities Compromised By Iranian Threat Actors (lien direct) |
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En décembre 2023, un joint Alerte a été publié par le FBI, la CISA, la NSA, l'EPA et l'incd concernant les cyber-acteurs iraniens appelés" cyberav3ngers "liés à l'Iran \\ ''S Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
In December 2023, a joint alert was issued by the FBI, CISA, NSA, EPA, and INCD regarding Iranian cyber actors known as "CyberAv3ngers" linked to Iran\'s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). |
Threat | ★★★ | |
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2024-04-03 16:36:17 | Le nouveau rapport montre que les liens de phishing et les attachements malveillants sont les principaux points d'entrée des cyberattaques New Report Shows Phishing Links and Malicious Attachments Are The Top Entry Points of Cyber Attacks (lien direct) |
Les nouvelles données d'attaque TTP couvrant 2023 mettent en lumière les acteurs de la menace et les actions des utilisateurs qui mettent les organisations les plus à risque.
New TTP attack data covering 2023 sheds much needed light on the threat actor and user actions that are putting organizations at the most risk. |
Threat Studies | ★★★ | |
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2024-03-29 16:07:32 | Narwhal Spider Threat Group derrière une nouvelle campagne de phishing usurpant l'identité de cabinets d'avocats réputés Narwhal Spider Threat Group Behind New Phishing Campaign Impersonating Reputable Law Firms (lien direct) |
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2024-03-25 12:00:00 | Les cyberattaques conscientes du nuage augmentent 110% alors que les groupes de menaces aiguisent leurs compétences d'attaque Cloud-Conscious Cyber Attacks Spike 110% as Threat Groups Sharpen their Attack Skills (lien direct) |
Les nouvelles données montrent une expertise accrue dans la mise en œuvre et l'exploitation des environnements cloud.
New data shows increased expertise in leveraging and exploiting cloud environments. |
Threat Cloud | ★★★ | |
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2024-03-19 17:18:05 | Phishing Tops 2023 \\'s la plus courante de la méthode d'accès à l'accès Phishing Tops 2023\\'s Most Common Cyber Attack Initial Access Method (lien direct) |
La nouvelle analyse montre que la combinaison de phishing , des e-mails, un accès à distance et des comptes compromis sont au centre de la plupart des acteurs de la menace.
New analysis shows that the combination of phishing, email, remote access, and compromised accounts are the focus for most threat actors. |
Threat | ★★ | |
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2024-02-23 14:02:47 | Près d'une cyberattaque sur trois en 2023 a impliqué l'abus de comptes valides Nearly One in Three Cyber Attacks In 2023 Involved The Abuse of Valid Accounts (lien direct) |
Trente pour cent de tous les cyber-incidents en 2023 impliquaient des abus de références valides, selon le dernier indice de renseignement sur les menaces d'IBM X-Force.Cela représente une augmentation de soixante et onze pour cent par rapport à 2022.
Thirty percent of all cyber incidents in 2023 involved abuse of valid credentials, according to IBM X-Force\'s latest Threat Intelligence Index. This represents a seventy-one percent increase compared to 2022. |
Threat Studies | ★★★ | |
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2024-02-14 13:57:40 | AI dans le cyberespace: une épée à double tranchant AI in Cyberspace: A Double-Edged Sword (lien direct) |
Ransomware Threat | ★★★ | ||
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2024-01-31 18:52:23 | Les paiements de ransomware sur le déclin alors que les cyberattaquants se concentrent sur les organisations les plus petites et les plus grandes Ransomware Payments On The Decline As Cyber Attackers Focus on The Smallest, And Largest, Organizations (lien direct) |
Ransomware Threat | ★★★ | ||
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2024-01-30 14:00:00 | CyberheistNews Vol 14 # 05 Myth de la violation de données massive Éteinte: les gros titres masquent une menace mineure CyberheistNews Vol 14 #05 Myth of Massive Data Breach Busted: Big Headlines Mask a Minor Threat (lien direct) |
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Data Breach Threat | ★★★ | |
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2024-01-10 19:52:40 | Pikabot malware se propage par les campagnes de phishing Pikabot Malware Spreading Through Phishing Campaigns (lien direct) |
Malware Threat Prediction | ★★ | ||
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2023-12-26 19:30:56 | La menace de l'IA: comment les élections d'Amérique en 2024 pourraient être compromises The AI Threat: How America\\'s 2024 Election Could Be Compromised (lien direct) |
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Threat General Information | ★★★ | |
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2023-12-08 20:40:05 | Presque tous les DSI identifient au moins une cyber-menace comme un risque pour leur entreprise Nearly Every CIO Identifies at Least One Cyber Threat as a Risk to their Business (lien direct) |
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2023-11-02 14:20:30 | Enquêter avec les e-mails signalés par l'utilisateur avec facilité grâce à la puissante combinaison de CrowdStrike Falcon Sandbox et de Knowbe4 Phisher Plus Investigate User-Reported Emails with Ease Through the Powerful Combination of CrowdStrike Falcon Sandbox and KnowBe4 PhishER Plus (lien direct) |
Ransomware Malware Threat | ★★ | ||
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2023-10-26 14:30:22 | The Role of AI in Email Security and How Real-Time Threat Intelligence Can Supercharge Your SOC Team (lien direct) |
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Threat | ★★ | |
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2023-10-18 13:14:57 | [Mois de sensibilisation à la cybersécurité] Comment arrêter les attaques Ransomwolf: similitudes avec les terreurs de loups-garous [Cybersecurity Awareness Month] How To Stop the Ransomwolf Attacks: Similarities to the Werewolves Terrors (lien direct) |
Threat | ★★ | ||
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2023-10-10 20:05:50 | L'acteur de la triade de la triade saliss Smishing Triad Threat Actor Sets Its Sights on the UAE (lien direct) |
Resesecurity avertit que l'acteur de la triade de smirage a «largement élargi son empreinte d'attaque» aux Émirats arabes unis (EAU).
Resecurity warns that the Smishing Triad threat actor has “vastly expanded its attack footprint” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). |
Threat | APT 15 | ★★★ |
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2023-10-06 16:43:38 | Le rôle de l'IA dans la sécurité des e-mails et comment les renseignements sur les menaces en temps réel peuvent suralimenter votre équipe SOC The Role of AI in Email Security and How Real-Time Threat Intelligence Can Supercharge Your SOC Team (lien direct) |
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2023-09-28 13:17:22 | Un nouvel acteur de menace imite la Croix-Rouge pour livrer des logiciels malveillants New Threat Actor Impersonates the Red Cross to Deliver Malware (lien direct) |
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Malware Threat | ★★ | |
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2023-08-16 18:00:17 | Ransomware attaque la montée en flèche alors que l'IA génératrice devient un outil de marchandise dans l'arsenal de l'acteur de menace Ransomware Attacks Surge as Generative AI Becomes a Commodity Tool in the Threat Actor\\'s Arsenal (lien direct) |
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Ransomware Tool Threat | ★★ | |
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2023-08-10 18:39:58 | Le rôle de l'AI \\ dans la cybersécurité: Black Hat USA 2023 révèle comment les grands modèles de langage façonnent l'avenir des attaques de phishing et de la défense AI\\'s Role in Cybersecurity: Black Hat USA 2023 Reveals How Large Language Models Are Shaping the Future of Phishing Attacks and Defense (lien direct) |
à Black Hat USA 2023, une session dirigée par une équipe de chercheurs en sécurité, dont Fredrik Heiding, Bruce Schneier, Arun Vishwanath et Jeremy Bernstein, ont dévoilé une expérience intrigante.Ils ont testé de grands modèles de langue (LLM) pour voir comment ils ont fonctionné à la fois dans l'écriture de courriels de phishing convaincants et les détecter.Ceci est le PDF document technique . L'expérience: l'élaboration des e-mails de phishing L'équipe a testé quatre LLM commerciaux, y compris le chatppt de l'Openai \\, Bard de Google \\, Claude \\ de Google et Chatllama, dans des attaques de phishing expérimentales contre les étudiants de Harvard.L'expérience a été conçue pour voir comment la technologie de l'IA pouvait produire des leurres de phishing efficaces. Heriding, chercheur à Harvard, a souligné qu'une telle technologie a déjà eu un impact sur le paysage des menaces en facilitant la création de courriels de phishing.Il a dit: "GPT a changé cela. Vous n'avez pas besoin d'être un orateur anglais natif, vous n'avez pas besoin de faire beaucoup. Vous pouvez entrer une invite rapide avec seulement quelques points de données." L'équipe a envoyé des e-mails de phishing offrant des cartes-cadeaux Starbucks à 112 étudiants, en comparant Chatgpt avec un modèle non AI appelé V-Triad.Les résultats ont montré que l'e-mail V-Triad était le plus efficace, avec un taux de clic de 70%, suivi d'une combinaison V-Triad-Chatgpt à 50%, Chatgpt à 30% et le groupe témoin à 20%. Cependant, dans une autre version du test, Chatgpt a fonctionné beaucoup mieux, avec un taux de clic de près de 50%, tandis que la combinaison V-Triad-Chatgpt a mené avec près de 80%.Heriding a souligné qu'un LLM non formé et à usage général a pu créer rapidement des attaques de phishing très efficaces. Utilisation de LLMS pour la détection de phishing La deuxième partie de l'expérience s'est concentrée sur l'efficacité des LLM pour déterminer l'intention des e-mails suspects.L'équipe a utilisé les e-mails de Starbucks de la première partie de l'expérience et a demandé aux LLM de déterminer l'intention, qu'elle ait été composée par un humain ou une IA, d'identifier tout aspect suspect et d'offrir des conseils sur la façon de répondre. Les résultats étaient à la fois surprenants et encourageants.Les modèles avaient des taux de réussite élevés dans l'identification des e-mails marketing, mais ont eu des difficultés avec l'intention des e-mails de phishing V-Triad et Chatgpt.Ils se sont mieux comportés lorsqu'ils sont chargés d'identifier le contenu suspect, les résultats de Claude \\ étant mis en évidence pour non seulement pour obtenir des résultats élevés dans les tests de détection mais aussi fournir des conseils judicieux pour les utilisateurs. La puissance de phishing de LLMS Dans l'ensemble, Heriding a conclu que les LLMS prêtesété formé sur toutes les données de sécurité.Il a déclaré: "C'est vraiment quelque chose que tout le monde peut utiliser en ce moment. C'est assez puissant." L'expér |
Tool Threat | ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★ |
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2023-07-07 15:00:00 | Smartwatch non sollicité gratuit dans le courrier et je suis dans l'armée?Qu'est ce qui pourrait aller mal??? Free Unsolicited Smartwatch in the Mail and I\\'m in the Military? What Could Possibly Go Wrong??? (lien direct) |
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2023-07-06 12:00:00 | Nerve Center: Protégez votre réseau contre les nouvelles souches de ransomware avec notre dernière mise à jour RANSIM Nerve Center: Protect Your Network Against New Ransomware Strains with Our Latest RanSim Update (lien direct) |
ransomware continue d'être une menace majeure pour toutes les organisations et, selon le Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report , est toujours présent dans 24% des violations.
Ransomware continues to be a major threat for all organizations and, according to the Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, is still present in 24% of breaches. |
Ransomware Data Breach Threat | ★★ | |
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2023-07-05 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 27 [tête haute] La campagne de phishing d'identité massive imite plus de 100 marques et des milliers de domaines CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 | July 5th, 2023
[Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains
A year-long phishing campaign has been uncovered that impersonates 100+ popular clothing, footwear, and apparel brands using at least 10 fake domains impersonating each brand.
We\'ve seen plenty of attacks that impersonated a single brand along with a few domains used to ensure victims can be taken to a website that seeks to harvest credentials or steal personal information. But I don\'t think an attack of such magnitude as the one identified by security researchers at Internet security monitoring vendor Bolster.
According to Bolster, the 13-month long campaign used over 3000 live domains (and another 3000+ domains that are no longer in use) to impersonate over 100 well-known brands. We\'re talking about brands like Nike, Guess, Fossil, Tommy Hilfiger, Skechers, and many more. Some of the domains have even existed long enough to be displayed at the top of natural search results.
And these sites are very well made; so much so that they mimic their legitimate counterparts enough that visitors are completing online shopping visits, providing credit card and other payment details.
The impersonation seen in this widespread attack can just as easily be used to target corporate users with brands utilized by employees; all that\'s needed is to put the time and effort into building out a legitimate enough looking impersonated website and create a means to get the right users to visit said site (something most often accomplished through phishing attacks).
This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/massive-impersonation-phishing-campaign
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Malware Hack Threat Cloud | ★★ | |
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2023-06-29 17:18:11 | Acteur de menace iranienne Chichette Chichette à l'aide de la campagne de phishing de lance pour distribuer des logiciels malveillants Iranian Threat Actor Charming Kitten Using Spear Phishing Campaign To Distribute Malware (lien direct) |
Malware Threat | APT 35 | ★★ | |
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2023-06-27 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 26 [Eyes Open] La FTC révèle les cinq dernières escroqueries par SMS CyberheistNews Vol 13 #26 [Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals the Latest Top Five Text Message Scams (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #26 | June 27th, 2023
[Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals the Latest Top Five Text Message Scams
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published a data spotlight outlining the most common text message scams. Phony bank fraud prevention alerts were the most common type of text scam last year. "Reports about texts impersonating banks are up nearly tenfold since 2019 with median reported individual losses of $3,000 last year," the report says.
These are the top five text scams reported by the FTC:
Copycat bank fraud prevention alerts
Bogus "gifts" that can cost you
Fake package delivery problems
Phony job offers
Not-really-from-Amazon security alerts
"People get a text supposedly from a bank asking them to call a number ASAP about suspicious activity or to reply YES or NO to verify whether a transaction was authorized. If they reply, they\'ll get a call from a phony \'fraud department\' claiming they want to \'help get your money back.\' What they really want to do is make unauthorized transfers.
"What\'s more, they may ask for personal information like Social Security numbers, setting people up for possible identity theft."
Fake gift card offers took second place, followed by phony package delivery problems. "Scammers understand how our shopping habits have changed and have updated their sleazy tactics accordingly," the FTC says. "People may get a text pretending to be from the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, or UPS claiming there\'s a problem with a delivery.
"The text links to a convincing-looking – but utterly bogus – website that asks for a credit card number to cover a small \'redelivery fee.\'"
Scammers also target job seekers with bogus job offers in an attempt to steal their money and personal information. "With workplaces in transition, some scammers are using texts to perpetrate old-school forms of fraud – for example, fake \'mystery shopper\' jobs or bogus money-making offers for driving around with cars wrapped in ads," the report says.
"Other texts target people who post their resumes on employment websites. They claim to offer jobs and even send job seekers checks, usually with instructions to send some of the money to a different address for materials, training, or the like. By the time the check bounces, the person\'s money – and the phony \'employer\' – are long gone."
Finally, scammers impersonate Amazon and send fake security alerts to trick victims into sending money. "People may get what looks like a message from \'Amazon,\' asking to verify a big-ticket order they didn\'t place," the FTC says. "Concerned |
Ransomware Spam Malware Hack Tool Threat | FedEx APT 28 APT 15 ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★ |
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2023-06-20 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 25 [empreintes digitales partout] Les informations d'identification volées sont la cause profonde n ° 1 des violations de données CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. 1 Root Cause of Data Breaches (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 | June 20th, 2023
[Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. 1 Root Cause of Data Breaches
Verizon\'s DBIR always has a lot of information to unpack, so I\'ll continue my review by covering how stolen credentials play a role in attacks.
This year\'s Data Breach Investigations Report has nearly 1 million incidents in their data set, making it the most statistically relevant set of report data anywhere.
So, what does the report say about the most common threat actions that are involved in data breaches? Overall, the use of stolen credentials is the overwhelming leader in data breaches, being involved in nearly 45% of breaches – this is more than double the second-place spot of "Other" (which includes a number of types of threat actions) and ransomware, which sits at around 20% of data breaches.
According to Verizon, stolen credentials were the "most popular entry point for breaches." As an example, in Basic Web Application Attacks, the use of stolen credentials was involved in 86% of attacks. The prevalence of credential use should come as no surprise, given the number of attacks that have focused on harvesting online credentials to provide access to both cloud platforms and on-premises networks alike.
And it\'s the social engineering attacks (whether via phish, vish, SMiSh, or web) where these credentials are compromised - something that can be significantly diminished by engaging users in security awareness training to familiarize them with common techniques and examples of attacks, so when they come across an attack set on stealing credentials, the user avoids becoming a victim.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/stolen-credentials-top-breach-threat
[New PhishER Feature] Immediately Add User-Reported Email Threats to Your M365 Blocklist
Now there\'s a super easy way to keep malicious emails away from all your users through the power of the KnowBe4 PhishER platform!
The new PhishER Blocklist feature lets you use reported messages to prevent future malicious email with the same sender, URL or attachment from reaching other users. Now you can create a unique list of blocklist entries and dramatically improve your Microsoft 365 email filters without ever l |
Ransomware Data Breach Spam Malware Hack Vulnerability Threat Cloud | ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★ |
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2023-06-13 13:00:00 | CyberheistNews Vol 13 # 24 [Le biais de l'esprit \\] le prétexage dépasse désormais le phishing dans les attaques d'ingénierie sociale CyberheistNews Vol 13 #24 [The Mind\\'s Bias] Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #24 | June 13th, 2023
[The Mind\'s Bias] Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks
The New Verizon DBIR is a treasure trove of data. As we will cover a bit below, Verizon reported that 74% of data breaches Involve the "Human Element," so people are one of the most common factors contributing to successful data breaches. Let\'s drill down a bit more in the social engineering section.
They explained: "Now, who has received an email or a direct message on social media from a friend or family member who desperately needs money? Probably fewer of you. This is social engineering (pretexting specifically) and it takes more skill.
"The most convincing social engineers can get into your head and convince you that someone you love is in danger. They use information they have learned about you and your loved ones to trick you into believing the message is truly from someone you know, and they use this invented scenario to play on your emotions and create a sense of urgency. The DBIR Figure 35 shows that Pretexting is now more prevalent than Phishing in Social Engineering incidents. However, when we look at confirmed breaches, Phishing is still on top."
A social attack known as BEC, or business email compromise, can be quite intricate. In this type of attack, the perpetrator uses existing email communications and information to deceive the recipient into carrying out a seemingly ordinary task, like changing a vendor\'s bank account details. But what makes this attack dangerous is that the new bank account provided belongs to the attacker. As a result, any payments the recipient makes to that account will simply disappear.
BEC Attacks Have Nearly Doubled
It can be difficult to spot these attacks as the attackers do a lot of preparation beforehand. They may create a domain doppelganger that looks almost identical to the real one and modify the signature block to show their own number instead of the legitimate vendor.
Attackers can make many subtle changes to trick their targets, especially if they are receiving many similar legitimate requests. This could be one reason why BEC attacks have nearly doubled across the DBIR entire incident dataset, as shown in Figure 36, and now make up over 50% of incidents in this category.
Financially Motivated External Attackers Double Down on Social Engineering
Timely detection and response is crucial when dealing with social engineering attacks, as well as most other attacks. Figure 38 shows a steady increase in the median cost of BECs since 2018, now averaging around $50,000, emphasizing the significance of quick detection.
However, unlike the times we live in, this section isn\'t all doom and |
Spam Malware Vulnerability Threat Patching | Uber APT 37 ChatGPT ChatGPT APT 43 | ★★ |
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2023-06-06 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 23 [réveil] Il est temps de se concentrer davantage sur la prévention du phishing de lance CyberheistNews Vol 13 #23 [Wake-Up Call] It\\'s Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #23 | June 6th, 2023
[Wake-Up Call] It\'s Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing
Fighting spear phishing attacks is the single best thing you can do to prevent breaches. Social engineering is involved in 70% to 90% of successful compromises. It is the number one way that all hackers and malware compromise devices and networks. No other initial root cause comes close (unpatched software and firmware is a distant second being involved in about 33% of attacks).
A new, HUGE, very important, fact has been gleaned by Barracuda Networks which should impact the way that EVERYONE does security awareness training. Everyone needs to know about this fact and react accordingly.
This is that fact: "...spear phishing attacks that use personalized messages... make up only 0.1% of all email-based attacks according to Barracuda\'s data but are responsible for 66% of all breaches."
Let that sink in for a moment.
What exactly is spear phishing? Spear phishing is when a social engineering attacker uses personal or confidential information they have learned about a potential victim or organization in order to more readily fool the victim into performing a harmful action. Within that definition, spear phishing can be accomplished in thousands of different ways, ranging from basic attacks to more advanced, longer-range attacks.
[CONTINUED] at KnowBe4 blog:https://blog.knowbe4.com/wake-up-call-its-time-to-focus-more-on-preventing-spear-phishing
[Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing
Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.
Join us TOMORROW, Wednesday, June 7, @ 2:00 PM (ET), for a live demonstration of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approach to security awareness training and simulated phishing.
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2023-06-05 14:00:28 | Être un professionnel certifié de sensibilisation à la sécurité et de la culture (SACP) ™ Be a Certified Security Awareness and Culture Professional (SACP)™ (lien direct) |
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2023-05-31 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 22 [Eye on Fraud] Un examen plus approfondi de la hausse massive de 72% des attaques de phishing financier CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 | May 31st, 2023
[Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks
With attackers knowing financial fraud-based phishing attacks are best suited for the one industry where the money is, this massive spike in attacks should both surprise you and not surprise you at all.
When you want tires, where do you go? Right – to the tire store. Shoes? Yup – shoe store. The most money you can scam from a single attack? That\'s right – the financial services industry, at least according to cybersecurity vendor Armorblox\'s 2023 Email Security Threat Report.
According to the report, the financial services industry as a target has increased by 72% over 2022 and was the single largest target of financial fraud attacks, representing 49% of all such attacks. When breaking down the specific types of financial fraud, it doesn\'t get any better for the financial industry:
51% of invoice fraud attacks targeted the financial services industry
42% were payroll fraud attacks
63% were payment fraud
To make matters worse, nearly one-quarter (22%) of financial fraud attacks successfully bypassed native email security controls, according to Armorblox. That means one in five email-based attacks made it all the way to the Inbox.
The next layer in your defense should be a user that\'s properly educated using security awareness training to easily identify financial fraud and other phishing-based threats, stopping them before they do actual damage.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/financial-fraud-phishing
[Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing
Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.
Join us Wednesday, June 7, @ 2:00 PM (ET), for a live demonstration of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approach to security awareness training and simulated phishing.
Get a look at THREE NEW FEATURES and see how easy it is to train and phish your users.
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Ransomware Malware Hack Tool Threat Conference | Uber ChatGPT ChatGPT Guam | ★★ |
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2023-05-23 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 21 [Double Trouble] 78% des victimes de ransomwares sont confrontées à plusieurs extensions en tendance effrayante CyberheistNews Vol 13 #21 [Double Trouble] 78% of Ransomware Victims Face Multiple Extortions in Scary Trend (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #21 | May 23rd, 2023
[Double Trouble] 78% of Ransomware Victims Face Multiple Extortions in Scary Trend
New data sheds light on how likely your organization will succumb to a ransomware attack, whether you can recover your data, and what\'s inhibiting a proper security posture.
You have a solid grasp on what your organization\'s cybersecurity stance does and does not include. But is it enough to stop today\'s ransomware attacks? CyberEdge\'s 2023 Cyberthreat Defense Report provides some insight into just how prominent ransomware attacks are and what\'s keeping orgs from stopping them.
According to the report, in 2023:
7% of organizations were victims of a ransomware attack
7% of those paid a ransom
73% were able to recover data
Only 21.6% experienced solely the encryption of data and no other form of extortion
It\'s this last data point that interests me. Nearly 78% of victim organizations experienced one or more additional forms of extortion. CyberEdge mentions threatening to publicly release data, notifying customers or media, and committing a DDoS attack as examples of additional threats mentioned by respondents.
IT decision makers were asked to rate on a scale of 1-5 (5 being the highest) what were the top inhibitors of establishing and maintaining an adequate defense. The top inhibitor (with an average rank of 3.66) was a lack of skilled personnel – we\'ve long known the cybersecurity industry is lacking a proper pool of qualified talent.
In second place, with an average ranking of 3.63, is low security awareness among employees – something only addressed by creating a strong security culture with new-school security awareness training at the center of it all.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/ransomware-victim-threats
[Free Tool] Who Will Fall Victim to QR Code Phishing Attacks?
Bad actors have a new way to launch phishing attacks to your users: weaponized QR codes. QR code phishing is especially dangerous because there is no URL to check and messages bypass traditional email filters.
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2023-05-16 13:00:00 | CyberheistNews Vol 13 # 20 [pied dans la porte] Les escroqueries de phishing du Q1 2023 \\ |Infographie CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023\\'s Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 | May 16th, 2023
[Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023\'s Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC
KnowBe4\'s latest reports on top-clicked phishing email subjects have been released for Q1 2023. We analyze "in the wild" attacks reported via our Phish Alert Button, top subjects globally clicked on in phishing tests, top attack vector types, and holiday email phishing subjects.
IT and Online Services Emails Drive Dangerous Attack Trend
This last quarter\'s results reflect the shift to IT and online service notifications such as laptop refresh or account suspension notifications that can affect your end users\' daily work.
Cybercriminals are constantly increasing the damage they cause to organizations by luring unsuspecting employees into clicking on malicious links or downloading fake attachments that seem realistic. Emails that are disguised as coming from an internal source, such as the IT department, are especially dangerous because they appear to come from a trusted place where an employee would not necessarily question it or be as skeptical.
Building up your organization\'s human firewall by fostering a strong security culture is essential to outsmart bad actors. The report covers the following:
Common "In-The-Wild" Emails for Q1 2023
Top Phishing Email Subjects Globally
Top 5 Attack Vector Types
Top 10 Holiday Phishing Email Subjects in Q1 2023
This post has a full PDF infographic you can download and share with your users:https://blog.knowbe4.com/q1-2023-top-clicked-phishing
[New PhishER Feature] Immediately Add User-Reported Email Threats to Your M365 Blocklist
Now there\'s a super easy way to keep malicious emails away from all your users through the power of the KnowBe4 PhishER platform!
The new PhishER Blocklist feature lets you use reported messages to prevent future malicious email with the same sender, URL or attachment from reaching other users. Now you can create a unique list of blocklist entries and dramatically improve your Microsoft 365 email filters without ever leaving the PhishER console.
Join us TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 17, @ 2:00 PM (ET) for a l |
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2023-05-09 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 19 [Watch Your Back] Nouvelle fausse erreur de mise à jour Chrome Attaque cible vos utilisateurs CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 | May 9th, 2023
[Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users
Compromised websites (legitimate sites that have been successfully compromised to support social engineering) are serving visitors fake Google Chrome update error messages.
"Google Chrome users who use the browser regularly should be wary of a new attack campaign that distributes malware by posing as a Google Chrome update error message," Trend Micro warns. "The attack campaign has been operational since February 2023 and has a large impact area."
The message displayed reads, "UPDATE EXCEPTION. An error occurred in Chrome automatic update. Please install the update package manually later, or wait for the next automatic update." A link is provided at the bottom of the bogus error message that takes the user to what\'s misrepresented as a link that will support a Chrome manual update. In fact the link will download a ZIP file that contains an EXE file. The payload is a cryptojacking Monero miner.
A cryptojacker is bad enough since it will drain power and degrade device performance. This one also carries the potential for compromising sensitive information, particularly credentials, and serving as staging for further attacks.
This campaign may be more effective for its routine, innocent look. There are no spectacular threats, no promises of instant wealth, just a notice about a failed update. Users can become desensitized to the potential risks bogus messages concerning IT issues carry with them.
Informed users are the last line of defense against attacks like these. New school security awareness training can help any organization sustain that line of defense and create a strong security culture.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/fake-chrome-update-error-messages
A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. Grimes Teaches You Phishing Mitigation
Phishing attacks have come a long way from the spray-and-pray emails of just a few decades ago. Now they\'re more targeted, more cunning and more dangerous. And this enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more.
Join Roger A. Grimes, KnowBe4\'s Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, |
Ransomware Data Breach Spam Malware Tool Threat Prediction | NotPetya NotPetya APT 28 ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★ |
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2023-05-02 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 18 [Eye on Ai] Chatgpt a-t-il la cybersécurité indique-t-elle? CyberheistNews Vol 13 #18 [Eye on AI] Does ChatGPT Have Cybersecurity Tells? (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #18 | May 2nd, 2023
[Eye on AI] Does ChatGPT Have Cybersecurity Tells?
Poker players and other human lie detectors look for "tells," that is, a sign by which someone might unwittingly or involuntarily reveal what they know, or what they intend to do. A cardplayer yawns when they\'re about to bluff, for example, or someone\'s pupils dilate when they\'ve successfully drawn a winning card.
It seems that artificial intelligence (AI) has its tells as well, at least for now, and some of them have become so obvious and so well known that they\'ve become internet memes. "ChatGPT and GPT-4 are already flooding the internet with AI-generated content in places famous for hastily written inauthentic content: Amazon user reviews and Twitter," Vice\'s Motherboard observes, and there are some ways of interacting with the AI that lead it into betraying itself for what it is.
"When you ask ChatGPT to do something it\'s not supposed to do, it returns several common phrases. When I asked ChatGPT to tell me a dark joke, it apologized: \'As an AI language model, I cannot generate inappropriate or offensive content,\' it said. Those two phrases, \'as an AI language model\' and \'I cannot generate inappropriate content,\' recur so frequently in ChatGPT generated content that they\'ve become memes."
That happy state of easy detection, however, is unlikely to endure. As Motherboard points out, these tells are a feature of "lazily executed" AI. With a little more care and attention, they\'ll grow more persuasive.
One risk of the AI language models is that they can be adapted to perform social engineering at scale. In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. And in the longer term, that training will adapt and keep pace with the threat as it evolves.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/chatgpt-cybersecurity-tells
[Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing
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Ransomware Malware Hack Threat | ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★ |
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2023-04-25 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 17 [Head Start] Méthodes efficaces Comment enseigner l'ingénierie sociale à une IA CyberheistNews Vol 13 #17 [Head Start] Effective Methods How To Teach Social Engineering to an AI (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #16 | April 18th, 2023
[Finger on the Pulse]: How Phishers Leverage Recent AI Buzz
Curiosity leads people to suspend their better judgment as a new campaign of credential theft exploits a person\'s excitement about the newest AI systems not yet available to the general public. On Tuesday morning, April 11th, Veriti explained that several unknown actors are making false Facebook ads which advertise a free download of AIs like ChatGPT and Google Bard.
Veriti writes "These posts are designed to appear legitimate, using the buzz around OpenAI language models to trick unsuspecting users into downloading the files. However, once the user downloads and extracts the file, the Redline Stealer (aka RedStealer) malware is activated and is capable of stealing passwords and downloading further malware onto the user\'s device."
Veriti describes the capabilities of the Redline Stealer malware which, once downloaded, can take sensitive information like credit card numbers, passwords, and personal information like user location, and hardware. Veriti added "The malware can upload and download files, execute commands, and send back data about the infected computer at regular intervals."
Experts recommend using official Google or OpenAI websites to learn when their products will be available and only downloading files from reputable sources. With the rising use of Google and Facebook ads as attack vectors experts also suggest refraining from clicking on suspicious advertisements promising early access to any product on the Internet.
Employees can be helped to develop sound security habits like these by stepping them through monthly social engineering simulations.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/ai-hype-used-for-phishbait
[New PhishER Feature] Immediately Add User-Reported Email Threats to Your M365 Blocklist
Now there\'s a super easy way to keep malicious emails away from all your users through the power of the KnowBe4 PhishER platform!
The new PhishER Blocklist feature lets you use reported messages to prevent future malicious email with the same sender, URL or attachment from reaching other users. Now you can create a unique list of blocklist entries and dramatically improve your Microsoft 365 email filters with |
Spam Malware Hack Threat | APT 28 ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★★ |
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2023-04-18 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 16 [doigt sur le pouls]: comment les phishers tirent parti de l'IA récent Buzz CyberheistNews Vol 13 #16 [Finger on the Pulse]: How Phishers Leverage Recent AI Buzz (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #16 | April 18th, 2023
[Finger on the Pulse]: How Phishers Leverage Recent AI Buzz
Curiosity leads people to suspend their better judgment as a new campaign of credential theft exploits a person\'s excitement about the newest AI systems not yet available to the general public. On Tuesday morning, April 11th, Veriti explained that several unknown actors are making false Facebook ads which advertise a free download of AIs like ChatGPT and Google Bard.
Veriti writes "These posts are designed to appear legitimate, using the buzz around OpenAI language models to trick unsuspecting users into downloading the files. However, once the user downloads and extracts the file, the Redline Stealer (aka RedStealer) malware is activated and is capable of stealing passwords and downloading further malware onto the user\'s device."
Veriti describes the capabilities of the Redline Stealer malware which, once downloaded, can take sensitive information like credit card numbers, passwords, and personal information like user location, and hardware. Veriti added "The malware can upload and download files, execute commands, and send back data about the infected computer at regular intervals."
Experts recommend using official Google or OpenAI websites to learn when their products will be available and only downloading files from reputable sources. With the rising use of Google and Facebook ads as attack vectors experts also suggest refraining from clicking on suspicious advertisements promising early access to any product on the Internet.
Employees can be helped to develop sound security habits like these by stepping them through monthly social engineering simulations.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/ai-hype-used-for-phishbait
[New PhishER Feature] Immediately Add User-Reported Email Threats to Your M365 Blocklist
Now there\'s a super easy way to keep malicious emails away from all your users through the power of the KnowBe4 PhishER platform!
The new PhishER Blocklist feature lets you use reported messages to prevent future malicious email with the same sender, URL or attachment from reaching other users. Now you can create a unique list of blocklist entries and dramatically improve your Microsoft 365 email filters without ever leav |
Spam Malware Hack Threat | APT 28 ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★★ |
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2023-04-11 13:16:54 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 15 [Le nouveau visage de la fraude] FTC fait la lumière sur les escroqueries d'urgence familiale améliorées AI-AI CyberheistNews Vol 13 #15 [The New Face of Fraud] FTC Sheds Light on AI-Enhanced Family Emergency Scams (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #15 | April 11th, 2023
[The New Face of Fraud] FTC Sheds Light on AI-Enhanced Family Emergency Scams
The Federal Trade Commission is alerting consumers about a next-level, more sophisticated family emergency scam that uses AI which imitates the voice of a "family member in distress."
They started out with: "You get a call. There\'s a panicked voice on the line. It\'s your grandson. He says he\'s in deep trouble - he wrecked the car and landed in jail. But you can help by sending money. You take a deep breath and think. You\'ve heard about grandparent scams. But darn, it sounds just like him. How could it be a scam? Voice cloning, that\'s how."
"Don\'t Trust The Voice"
The FTC explains: "Artificial intelligence is no longer a far-fetched idea out of a sci-fi movie. We\'re living with it, here and now. A scammer could use AI to clone the voice of your loved one. All he needs is a short audio clip of your family member\'s voice - which he could get from content posted online - and a voice-cloning program. When the scammer calls you, he\'ll sound just like your loved one.
"So how can you tell if a family member is in trouble or if it\'s a scammer using a cloned voice? Don\'t trust the voice. Call the person who supposedly contacted you and verify the story. Use a phone number you know is theirs. If you can\'t reach your loved one, try to get in touch with them through another family member or their friends."
Full text of the alert is at the FTC website. Share with friends, family and co-workers:https://blog.knowbe4.com/the-new-face-of-fraud-ftc-sheds-light-on-ai-enhanced-family-emergency-scams
A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. Grimes Teaches Ransomware Mitigation
Cybercriminals have become thoughtful about ransomware attacks; taking time to maximize your organization\'s potential damage and their payoff. Protecting your network from this growing threat is more important than ever. And nobody knows this more than Roger A. Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4.
With 30+ years of experience as a computer security consultant, instructor, and award-winning author, Roger has dedicated his life to making |
Ransomware Data Breach Spam Malware Hack Tool Threat | ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★ |
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2023-04-04 13:00:00 | CyberheistNews Vol 13 # 14 [Eyes sur le prix] Comment les inconvénients croissants ont tenté un courteur par e-mail de 36 millions de vendeurs CyberheistNews Vol 13 #14 [Eyes on the Prize] How Crafty Cons Attempted a 36 Million Vendor Email Heist (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #14 | April 4th, 2023
[Eyes on the Prize] How Crafty Cons Attempted a 36 Million Vendor Email Heist
The details in this thwarted VEC attack demonstrate how the use of just a few key details can both establish credibility and indicate the entire thing is a scam.
It\'s not every day you hear about a purely social engineering-based scam taking place that is looking to run away with tens of millions of dollars. But, according to security researchers at Abnormal Security, cybercriminals are becoming brazen and are taking their shots at very large prizes.
This attack begins with a case of VEC – where a domain is impersonated. In the case of this attack, the impersonated vendor\'s domain (which had a .com top level domain) was replaced with a matching .cam domain (.cam domains are supposedly used for photography enthusiasts, but there\'s the now-obvious problem with it looking very much like .com to the cursory glance).
The email attaches a legitimate-looking payoff letter complete with loan details. According to Abnormal Security, nearly every aspect of the request looked legitimate. The telltale signs primarily revolved around the use of the lookalike domain, but there were other grammatical mistakes (that can easily be addressed by using an online grammar service or ChatGPT).
This attack was identified well before it caused any damage, but the social engineering tactics leveraged were nearly enough to make this attack successful. Security solutions will help stop most attacks, but for those that make it past scanners, your users need to play a role in spotting and stopping BEC, VEC and phishing attacks themselves – something taught through security awareness training combined with frequent simulated phishing and other social engineering tests.
Blog post with screenshots and links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/36-mil-vendor-email-compromise-attack
[Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing
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2023-04-03 18:32:00 | Latitude forcée d'arrêter d'ajouter de nouveaux clients à la suite de la violation Latitude Forced To Stop Adding New Customers in Aftermath of Breach (lien direct) |
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2023-04-03 12:16:08 | La majorité des employés du gouvernement travaillent partiellement pratiquement malgré une augmentation des cyber-risques liés aux utilisateurs Majority of Government Employees are Partially Working Virtually Despite Increased User-Related Cyber Risks (lien direct) |
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2023-04-03 12:16:05 | La fausse escroquerie de Chatgpt se transforme en un système de maquette frauduleux Fake ChatGPT Scam Turns into a Fraudulent Money-Making Scheme (lien direct) |
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2023-03-28 13:00:00 | Cyberheistnews Vol 13 # 13 [Oeil Overner] Comment déjouer les attaques de phishing basées sur l'IA sournoises [CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks] (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 | March 28th, 2023
[Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks
Users need to adapt to an evolving threat landscape in which attackers can use AI tools like ChatGPT to craft extremely convincing phishing emails, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO.
"A leader tasked with cybersecurity can get ahead of the game by understanding where we are in the story of machine learning (ML) as a hacking tool," Tyson writes. "At present, the most important area of relevance around AI for cybersecurity is content generation.
"This is where machine learning is making its greatest strides and it dovetails nicely for hackers with vectors such as phishing and malicious chatbots. The capacity to craft compelling, well-formed text is in the hands of anyone with access to ChatGPT, and that\'s basically anyone with an internet connection."
Tyson quotes Conal Gallagher, CIO and CISO at Flexera, as saying that since attackers can now write grammatically correct phishing emails, users will need to pay attention to the circumstances of the emails.
"Looking for bad grammar and incorrect spelling is a thing of the past - even pre-ChatGPT phishing emails have been getting more sophisticated," Gallagher said. "We must ask: \'Is the email expected? Is the from address legit? Is the email enticing you to click on a link?\' Security awareness training still has a place to play here."
Tyson explains that technical defenses have become very effective, so attackers focus on targeting humans to bypass these measures.
"Email and other elements of software infrastructure offer built-in fundamental security that largely guarantees we are not in danger until we ourselves take action," Tyson writes. "This is where we can install a tripwire in our mindsets: we should be hyper aware of what it is we are acting upon when we act upon it.
"Not until an employee sends a reply, runs an attachment, or fills in a form is sensitive information at risk. The first ring of defense in our mentality should be: \'Is the content I\'m looking at legit, not just based on its internal aspects, but given the entire context?\' The second ring of defense in our mentality then has to be, \'Wait! I\'m being asked to do something here.\'"
New-school security awareness training with simulated phishing tests enables your employees to recognize increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks and builds a strong security culture.
Remember: Culture eats strategy for breakfast and is always top-down.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/identifying-ai-enabled-phishing
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Ransomware Malware Hack Tool Threat Guideline | ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★★ |
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2023-03-24 15:03:14 | L'attaque de compromis de nouveau fournisseur par e-mail cherche 36 millions de dollars [New Vendor Email Compromise Attack Seeks $36 Million] (lien direct) |
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2023-03-14 13:00:00 | CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023
[Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears
Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. The title said it all, and the news is that more than 4% of employees have put sensitive corporate data into the large language model, raising concerns that its popularity may result in massive leaks of proprietary information. Yikes.
I'm giving you a short extract of the story and the link to the whole article is below.
"Employees are submitting sensitive business data and privacy-protected information to large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, raising concerns that artificial intelligence (AI) services could be incorporating the data into their models, and that information could be retrieved at a later date if proper data security isn't in place for the service.
"In a recent report, data security service Cyberhaven detected and blocked requests to input data into ChatGPT from 4.2% of the 1.6 million workers at its client companies because of the risk of leaking confidential info, client data, source code, or regulated information to the LLM.
"In one case, an executive cut and pasted the firm's 2023 strategy document into ChatGPT and asked it to create a PowerPoint deck. In another case, a doctor input his patient's name and their medical condition and asked ChatGPT to craft a letter to the patient's insurance company.
"And as more employees use ChatGPT and other AI-based services as productivity tools, the risk will grow, says Howard Ting, CEO of Cyberhaven.
"'There was this big migration of data from on-prem to cloud, and the next big shift is going to be the migration of data into these generative apps," he says. "And how that plays out [remains to be seen] - I think, we're in pregame; we're not even in the first inning.'"
Your employees need to be stepped through new-school security awareness training so that they understand the risks of doing things like this.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/employees-are-feeding-sensitive-biz-data-to-chatgpt-raising-security-fears
[New PhishER Feature] Immediately Add User-Reported Email Threats to Your M365 Blockl |
Ransomware Data Breach Spam Malware Threat Guideline Medical | ChatGPT ChatGPT | ★★ |
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2023-03-13 17:13:45 | Microsoft Warns of Business Email Compromise Attacks Taking Hours (lien direct) |
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2023-02-28 14:00:00 | CyberheistNews Vol 13 #09 [Eye Opener] Should You Click on Unsubscribe? (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #09 | February 28th, 2023
[Eye Opener] Should You Click on Unsubscribe?
By Roger A. Grimes.
Some common questions we get are "Should I click on an unwanted email's 'Unsubscribe' link? Will that lead to more or less unwanted email?"
The short answer is that, in general, it is OK to click on a legitimate vendor's unsubscribe link. But if you think the email is sketchy or coming from a source you would not want to validate your email address as valid and active, or are unsure, do not take the chance, skip the unsubscribe action.
In many countries, legitimate vendors are bound by law to offer (free) unsubscribe functionality and abide by a user's preferences. For example, in the U.S., the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act states that businesses must offer clear instructions on how the recipient can remove themselves from the involved mailing list and that request must be honored within 10 days.
Note: Many countries have laws similar to the CAN-SPAM Act, although with privacy protection ranging the privacy spectrum from very little to a lot more protection. The unsubscribe feature does not have to be a URL link, but it does have to be an "internet-based way." The most popular alternative method besides a URL link is an email address to use.
In some cases, there are specific instructions you have to follow, such as put "Unsubscribe" in the subject of the email. Other times you are expected to craft your own message. Luckily, most of the time simply sending any email to the listed unsubscribe email address is enough to remove your email address from the mailing list.
[CONTINUED] at the KnowBe4 blog:https://blog.knowbe4.com/should-you-click-on-unsubscribe
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Malware Hack Tool Vulnerability Threat Guideline Prediction | APT 38 ChatGPT | ★★★ |
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2023-02-22 13:48:30 | Coinbase Attack Used Social Engineering (lien direct) |
Coinbase describes a targeted social engineering attack that led to the theft of some employee data. The attacker first sent smishing messages to several Coinbase employees, urging them to click a link and log in to their Coinbase work account. One employee fell for the attack, and the threat actor then attempted to use the victim's account to gain access to Coinbase's internal systems. Fortunately, the company's security solutions prevented this. |
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2023-02-21 14:00:00 | CyberheistNews Vol 13 #08 [Heads Up] Reddit Is the Latest Victim of a Spear Phishing Attack Resulting in a Data Breach (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #08 | February 21st, 2023
[Heads Up] Reddit Is the Latest Victim of a Spear Phishing Attack Resulting in a Data Breach
There is a lot to learn from Reddit's recent data breach, which was the result of an employee falling for a "sophisticated and highly-targeted" spear phishing attack.
I spend a lot of time talking about phishing attacks and the specifics that closely surround that pivotal action taken by the user once they are duped into believing the phishing email was legitimate.
However, there are additional details about the attack we can analyze to see what kind of access the attacker was able to garner from this attack. But first, here are the basics:
According to Reddit, an attacker set up a website that impersonated the company's intranet gateway, then sent targeted phishing emails to Reddit employees. The site was designed to steal credentials and two-factor authentication tokens.
There are only a few details from the breach, but the notification does mention that the threat actor was able to access "some internal docs, code, as well as some internal dashboards and business systems."
Since the notice does imply that only a single employee fell victim, we have to make a few assumptions about this attack:
The attacker had some knowledge of Reddit's internal workings – The fact that the attacker can spoof an intranet gateway shows they had some familiarity with the gateway's look and feel, and its use by Reddit employees.
The targeting of victims was limited to users with specific desired access – Given the knowledge about the intranet, it's reasonable to believe that the attacker(s) targeted users with specific roles within Reddit. From the use of the term "code," I'm going to assume the target was developers or someone on the product side of Reddit.
The attacker may have been an initial access broker – Despite the access gained that Reddit is making out to be not a big deal, they do also mention that no production systems were accessed. This makes me believe that this attack may have been focused on gaining a foothold within Reddit versus penetrating more sensitive systems and data.
There are also a few takeaways from this attack that you can learn from:
2FA is an important security measure – Despite the fact that the threat actor collected and (I'm guessing) passed the credentials and 2FA details onto the legitimate Intranet gateway-a classic man-in-the |
Data Breach Hack Threat Guideline | ChatGPT | ★★ |
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2023-02-14 14:00:00 | CyberheistNews Vol 13 #07 [Scam of the Week] The Turkey-Syria Earthquake (lien direct) |
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #07 | February 14th, 2023
[Scam of the Week] The Turkey-Syria Earthquake
Just when you think they cannot sink any lower, criminal internet scum is now exploiting the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Less than 24 hours after two massive earthquakes claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people, cybercrooks are already piggybacking on the horrible humanitarian crisis. You need to alert your employees, friends and family... again.
Just one example are scammers that pose as representatives from a Ukrainian charity foundation that seeks money to help those affected by the natural disasters that struck in the early hours of Monday.
There are going to be a raft of scams varying from blood drives to pleas for charitable contributions for victims and their families. Unfortunately, this type of scam is the worst kind of phishbait, and it is a very good idea to inoculate people before they get suckered into falling for a scam like this.
I suggest you send the following short alert to as many people as you can. As usual, feel free to edit:
[ALERT] "Lowlife internet scum is trying to benefit from the Turkey-Syria earthquake. The first phishing campaigns have already been sent and more will be coming that try to trick you into clicking on a variety of links about blood drives, charitable donations, or "exclusive" videos.
"Don't let them shock you into clicking on anything, or open possibly dangerous attachments you did not ask for! Anything you receive about this recent earthquake, be very suspicious. With this topic, think three times before you click. It is very possible that it is a scam, even though it might look legit or was forwarded to you by a friend -- be especially careful when it seems to come from someone you know through email, a text or social media postings because their account may be hacked.
"In case you want to donate to charity, go to your usual charity by typing their name in the address bar of your browser and do not click on a link in any email. Remember, these precautions are just as important at the house as in the office, so tell your friends and family."
It is unfortunate that we continue to have to warn against the bad actors on the internet that use these tragedies for their own benefit. For KnowBe4 customers, we have a few templates with this topic in the Current Events. It's a good idea to send one to your users this week.
Blog post with links:https://blog.knowbe4.com/scam-of-the-week-the-turkey-syria-earthquake
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Ransomware Spam Threat Guideline | ChatGPT | ★★ |
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