AI-Generated Content: How Cybercriminals Are Using It for Phishing Scams

AI-generated content is empowering even novice hackers to elevate phishing attacks, enabling highly personalized and convincing scams targeting…...

Hackers Are Going ‘Deep-Sea Phishing,’ So What Can You Do About It?

Hackers are upping their game, using an approach I call “Deep Sea Phishing,” which is the use of a combination of the techniques described below to become more aggressive. To keep pace, cybersecurity innovators have been working diligently to develop tools, techniques and resources to improve...

What is phishing attacks❓ Types and business impact

According to Wikipedia, phishing is a fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive data by impersonating oneself as a trustworthy entity. Much like any other kind of fraud, the perpetrator is able to cause a significant amount of damage, especially when the threat persists for an extended period...

Nord Security: Password Reset Link Leaked In Refer Header In Request To Third Party Sites

The reporter has identified that the web application is leaking password reset token in the HTTP referrer header. By obtaining a token, malicious user would be able to reset the passwords for a particular user. It is worth to mention that the attack must be highly personalised and requires prior...

The Year Targeted Phishing Went Mainstream

A story published here on July 12 about a new sextortion-based phishing scheme that invokes a real password used by each recipient has become the most-read piece on KrebsOnSecurity since this site launched in 2009. And with good reason -- sex sells the second most-read piece here was my 2015 scoo...