Monthly Archives: December 2023

Fascinating article at TechXplore, December 28, 2023.  Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have managed to compromise multiple artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, including ChatGPT, Google Bard and Microsoft Bing Chat, to produce content that breaches their developers’ … Read More

The year 2024 is shaping up to be a pivotal moment in the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in the realm of social engineering. As AI capabilities grow exponentially, so too do the opportunities for bad actors to harness … Read More

Check out the 36 new pieces of training content added in December, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, events and new features.

With so much of an attack riding on a cybercriminals ability to gain access to systems, applications and data, experts predict the trend of rising impersonation is only going to get worse.

A new report from the U.K. government’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) outlines both just how likely an attack on critical national infrastructure is and where they are vulnerable.

A newly-discovered technique misusing SMTP commands allows cybercriminals to pass SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks, empowering impersonated emails to reach their intended victim.

When I was young, I was an oceanfront lifeguard, firefighter and EMT paramedic. All disciplines involved frequent education and training. 

With November demonstrating multiple increases when compared to various previous time periods, new data signals that we may be in for a bumpy ride in 2024.

Cybersecurity researchers at Group-IB have identified a single scam campaign leveraging over 1500 websites impersonating postal carriers and shippers leading up to Christmas this year.

I found an interesting article at THEHILL that started with “Fears grow over AI’s impact on the 2024 election” and discusses the rising concerns about how AI might influence the upcoming U.S. 2024 elections.

The CyberExpress is a VC-backed cyber security news mag that provides the latest news and analysis about the information security industry. They published an article December 20, 2023 with the title: “Top 25 Cybersecurity CEOs to Watch in 2024”, and … Read More

I just found a great post by Morgan Wright, chief security advisor of SentinelOne. Here is a quick summary and a link to the full article is at the bottom. The recent attacks on water authorities like Aliquippa and St. … Read More

The advent of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) as a monetized business on the Internet has shifted pornography into the realm of undressing anyone you like.

Marketplaces such as OLVX are shifting from the dark web to the open web to take advantage of traditional web services to assist in marketing to and providing access to new customers.

In response to what Google calls “over trust” in the web address lock icon to indicate that a site is authentic and its’ communications are secure, they’ve swapped the lock out in an attempt to engage Chrome users in thinking … Read More

Cybercriminals of the lowest kind breached as many as 800,000 patients and then sent emails threatening to sell their data if they didn’t pay a fee to block it from selling.

This new attack is pretty simple to spot on the front, but should it be successful in launching its’ malicious code, it’s going to take its’ victims for everything of value they have on their computer.

Midstride in this year’s holiday shopping, it’s important to realize just how many websites exist that impersonate legitimate online retailers. More importantly, your users need to know how to spot these types of attacks before falling victim.

Researchers at Bitdefender warn that scammers are tricking victims with fake remote job opportunities. In this case, the scammers tell victims that they’ll get paid for liking YouTube videos.