Phishing attacks are highly successful for threat actors, now they can be executed by gangs with less technical ability as they can buy it in: New ‘Robin Banks’ phishing service targets BofA, Citi, and Wells Fargo (bleepingcomputer.com) You need to be ready
Well it was sure to happen… Blake Lemoine the man who claimed Google’s AI is sentient is fired – he was the classic “insider threat”.
Not because he thinks the AI is sentient – although that may have ticked a few people off – but because he published confidential Google information. Blake Lemoine: Google fires engineer who said AI tech has feelings – BBC News Blake still chose to persistently violate clear employment and data …
A new place to get a different viewpoint on cyber security – CyberAwake
As well as yesterday being the day we published our 1000th post here, on Smart Thinking. It was also the day we launched the blog on the CyberAwake training site. The content of the CyberAwake blog will be different from Octagon and Smart Thinking, with an emphasis on the issues …
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Windows Calculator as an attack vector
Threat actors have to find a way to get their malware onto your systems – phishing emails is an obvious method – Qakbot malware is the next step. This malware also known as Qbot, has been found to be to be intermediate software used by threat actors to infect victim’s …
It all starts with a phishing email
In most of our business cyber security training and work, we eventually get to the question of how cyber security defences are breached – and most often the answer is, using email. Even the biggest cyber criminal gangs attacking the highest profile targets, just use email. North Korean hackers attack …
