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Deepfakes and voice as the next data breach

Deepfake technology, which uses deep learning to create fake or altered video and audio content, continues to pose a major threat to businesses, consumers, and society as a …

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1 in 5 SMBs have fallen victim to a ransomware attack

Ransomware remains the most common cyber threat to SMBs, according to a Datto survey of more than 1,400 MSP decision makers that manage the IT systems for …

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WAV files spotted delivering malicious code

Attackers have embedded crypto-mining and Metasploit code into WAV audio files to stymie threat detection solutions. “All WAV files discovered adhere to the format of a …

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Fake mobile app fraud tripled in first half of 2019

In Q2 2019, RSA Security identified 57,406 total fraud attacks worldwide. Of these, phishing attacks were the most prevalent (37%), followed by fake mobile apps (usually apps …

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Cybercrime is maturing, shifting its focus to larger and more profitable targets

Cybercrime is continuing to mature and becoming more and more bold, shifting its focus to larger and more profitable targets as well as new technologies. Data is the key …

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BEC explodes as attackers exploit email’s identity crisis

850,000 domains worldwide now have DMARC records, a 5x increase since 2016, according to Valimail. However, less than 17% of global DMARC records are at enforcement — meaning …

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Massive uptick in eCrime campaigns, retail among top targeted industries

There has been a massive uptick in eCrime cyber activity, a CrowdStrike report reveals. As Gartner states in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platform, “The …

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Danish company Demant expects to suffer huge losses due to cyber attack

Danish hearing health care company Demant has estimated it will lose between $80 and $95 million due to a recent “cyber-crime” attack. Though the company has yet …

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As consumers engage with insurance companies online, new types of digital fraud emerge

As more U.S. consumers use digital platforms when engaging with insurance companies, new fraud challenges are likely to arise for insurance carriers, according to TransUnion …

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Cybercriminals plan to make L7 routers serve card stealing code

One of the Magecart cybercriminal groups is testing a new method for grabbing users’ credit card info: malicious skimming code that can be loaded into files used by L7 …

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Employees are mistakenly confident that they can spot phishing emails

While a majority (79%) of people say they are able to distinguish a phishing message from a genuine one, nearly half (49%) also admit to having clicked on a link from an …

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Older vulnerabilities and those with lower severity scores still being exploited by ransomware

Almost 65% of top vulnerabilities used in enterprise ransomware attacks targeted high-value assets like servers, close to 55% had CVSS v2 scores lower than 8, nearly 35% were …

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