Social engineering is advancing fast, at the speed of generative AI. This is offering bad actors multiple new tools and techniques for researching, scoping, and exploiting organizations. In a recent communication, the FBI pointed out: ‘As technology continues to evolve, so do cybercriminals’ tactics.’ This article explores some of the impacts of this GenAI-fueled acceleration. … Read more
In the wake of cyber attacks targeting casino giants MGM and Caesars, social engineering remains one of the most effective techniques cyber criminals employ. In these incidents, threat actors used a phone-based impersonation tactic, known as vishing, to manipulate an outsourced IT help desk into providing critical access, which paved the way for ransomware attacks … Read more
Dec 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Malware The threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware have been observed switching up their social engineering tactics, distributing a different set of payloads such as Zbot and DarkGate since early October 2024. “Users within the target environment will be email bombed by the threat actor, which is … Read more
Mike Spear, director of global operations at Honeywell Cybersecurity comments that security dynamics in the process industry changed with the entry of Ethernet and Microsoft on the factory floor. “You now have vulnerabilities. Security has become a big aspect of the operation, not just running production,” he opines. A risk management methodology, Cyber-Informed Engineering (CIE) … Read more
Resilience, headquartered in New York, named Rebecca Jones as senior vp of engineering and Jeremy Gittler as world head of claims. Rebecca Jones Jones takes over management duties for the corporate’s engineering workforce and software program supply efforts. She brings over 20 years of expertise main development market know-how initiatives for varied SaaS firms, most … Read more
