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What is AI’s current impact on cybersecurity?

CIO Business Intelligence

Sikorski discusses where attackers benefit from AI and how it will supercharge social engineering attacks. The potential here is staggering, as AI can craft eerily convincing messages in the style of specific individuals, making it a potent tool for phishing attacks and virtually indistinguishable from genuine communication.

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Insidious GriftHorse Trojan Hits Millions.and It’s Still Out There

SecureWorld News

Winning a prize is one of life’s sweetest rewards—unless that prize is malware in disguise. This social engineering trick is exceptionally successful, considering users might feel more comfortable sharing information to a website in their local language,” reads the report. More than 200 apps were infected.

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These are the 15 Top Cyber Threats Now

SecureWorld News

First, however, let's look at the top 15 cyber threats organizations face right now, according to the report: Malware. Trends in Malware attacks. We can't look at all of these categories, but let's talk about the number one cyber attack threat of malware. 46,5%_of all malware in e-mail messages found in ‘.docx’

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Why You Need to Get on the Zero Trust Network Access Express Lane

CIO Business Intelligence

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have long been the go-to method for providing remote users secure access to the corporate network. In 2021, Gartner saw a 127% increase in interest about ZTNA, compared to the prior year – and most of the use cases centered on ZTNA as a replacement for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).

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US Department of Justice creates cryptocurrency enforcement unit

The Verge

The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) will handle investigations of “crimes committed by virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, and money laundering infrastructure actors,” the agency said in a news release. The US Department of Justice has created a team to investigate cryptocurrency-related crime.

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Why endpoint security will be a renewed priority for businesses of all sizes in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Social engineering – with social engineering, the cyber criminal will “trick” a victim into releasing confidential information, such as passwords and other logins. Organisations can run virtual machines for security-based isolation with application compatibility, across different operating systems.

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FBI Warns Against 'Juice Jacking' at Public Charging Stations

SecureWorld News

No charging station is safe, apparently, as the FBI is warning travelers looking to charge their devices in airports, hotels, and coffee shops that "juice jacking" is a thing—as bad actors are using public chargers and even free cables and charging plugs to infect phones and other devices with malware.

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