IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A recent IBM survey found that the top barriers preventing successful AI deployment include limited AI skills and expertise, data complexity, and ethical concerns. AI tools are now utilized in national security and to help protect against data breaches and cyberattacks.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

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. There are no spectacular threats, no promises of instant wealth, just a notice about a failed update. This happened when mixed reviews started coming in for Sage from users.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

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." You've heard about grandparent scams.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

Ransomware is surging at at time when the global supply chain is being corrupted from inside out, as so vividly illustrated by the SolarWinds supply chain debacle. Here’s what they said, responses edited for clarity and length: Chenxi Wang , founder & general partner, Rain Capital. Bryson Bort , CEO, SCYTHE.

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KnowBe4

MAY 23, 2023

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.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Recent news articles have all been talking about the massive Russian cyberattack against the United States, but that’s wrong on two accounts. It wasn’t a cyberattack in international relations terms, it was espionage. And the victim wasn’t just the US, it was the entire world.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #10 | March 7th, 2023 [Eye Opener] BusinessWeek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About This week, Bloomberg News pointed at a brand-new article at BusinessWeek, one of their media properties. What they refer to is the Viasat hack. There's even a term for it: Assume Breach.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

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.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

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. In a recent report, data security service Cyberhaven detected and blocked requests to input data into ChatGPT from 4.2%

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Phishing Security Artificial Intelligence Security awareness 86

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 8, 2021

The Solarwinds hack and Microsoft Exchange breach , not to mention the latest rounds of massive thefts of personal data from Facebook and LinkedIn demonstrate this in spades. Here’s what they said, edited for clarity and length: Karthik Krishnan , CEO of Concentric.ai. The need is great, of course.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

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.

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Phishing Data breaches Security awareness Security 68

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The British NCA took control of LockBit’s central administration environment used by the RaaS affiliates to carry out the cyberattacks. The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data. Below is the entire message published by the gang: "What happened.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2021

She also urged Congress to get more involved, including “by enacting legislation to create a national standard for reporting cyber incidents that pose significant risk, including ransomware and incidents that affect critical infrastructure and their supply chains.”. Here’s What Attackers Look For. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.

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