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APP Fraud Dominates as Scams Hit All-Time High
UK’s Financial Ombudsman warns fraud and scams hit a record high in Q2 2024 Read More
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The AI Fix #14: There are two Rs in “strawberry”, and an AI makes unsmellable smells
In episode 14 of “The AI Fix”, Graham makes an apology, Mark wonders if suicide drones have second thoughts, people pretend to be robots, and some researchers prove that all you need for an AI to generate a somewhat usable version of the computer game Doom out of thin air is to already have a…
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Civil Rights Groups Call For Spyware Controls
Civil society and journalists’ organizations in Europe ask the EU to take steps to regulate spyware technologies Read More
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List of Old NSA Training Videos
The NSA’s “National Cryptographic School Television Catalogue” from 1991 lists about 600 COMSEC and SIGINT training videos. There are a bunch explaining the operations of various cryptographic equipment, and a few code words I have never heard of before. Read More
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Sextortion Scams Now Include Photos of Your Home
An old but persistent email scam known as “sextortion” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam footage of recipients pleasuring themselves, now include a photo of the target’s home in a bid to make threats about publishing the videos more frightening and convincing. This week, several readers reported receiving…
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Rapid Growth of Password Reset Attacks Boosts Fraud and Account Takeovers
Researchers say password reset attacks have grown fourfold in the last year and one in four password reset attempts are fraudulent Read More
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Active Ransomware Groups Surge by 56% in 2024
Searchlight Cyber observed a 56% rise in active ransomware groups in H1 2024, demonstrating the growing fragmentation of the ransomware landscape Read More
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Palo Alto’s GlobalProtect VPN Spoofed to Deliver New Malware Variant
A variant of the WikiLoader malware was observed being delivered via SEO poisoning and spoofing Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect VPN software Read More
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The Human Factor in Cybersecurity: Behavioral Insights and Mitigation Strategies
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. LevelBlue does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. Whether it’s clicking on a malicious link or being duped by social engineering tactics, people can unintentionally open the door to significant security breaches for…
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Three Plead Guilty to Running MFA Bypass Site
Three British men are facing jail after pleading guilty to running an MFA bypass site dubbed “OTP Agency” Read More