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Mitigating IoT Denial of Service Attacks: Essential Strategies for Protection

Dec 20, 2024 By Louise José In Device Authority

An IoT denial of service attack overwhelms devices with traffic, making them unresponsive. This article explains these attacks and offers strategies to protect your devices.

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Attackers Abuse HubSpot's Free Form Builder to Craft Phishing Pages

Dec 20, 2024 By Stu Sjouwerman In KnowBe4

A threat actor is abusing HubSpot’s Free Form Builder service to craft credential-harvesting phishing pages, according to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. The campaign has targeted at least 20,000 users at European companies in the automotive, chemical, and industrial compound manufacturing sectors. The attacks are designed to steal credentials in order to compromise victims’ Microsoft Azure cloud services.

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Mobile Phishing Attacks Use New Tactic to Bypass Security Measures

Dec 20, 2024 By Stu Sjouwerman In KnowBe4

ESET has published its threat report for the second half of 2024, outlining a new social engineering tactic targeting mobile banking users. Threat actors are using Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and WebAPKs to bypass mobile security measures, since these files don’t require users to grant permissions to install apps from unknown sources. “The initial phishing messages were delivered through various methods, including SMS, automated voice calls, and social media malvertising,” ESET says.

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How (and Why) Cyber Attacks are Exploiting the Supply Chain

Dec 19, 2024 By Stuart Itkin In NeoSystems

Your business is a link in one or more supply chains. Your business depends on those who supply to you, and in turn those you supply to (and their customers and their customers’ customers) depend on you. Any disruption at any point affects the flow of goods, services, and information affecting others in the supply chain. It’s important that we understand the risk in our supply chain and the potential risk we pose to our customers, especially cyber-related risk. Why?

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Refresh yourself on 2024's top cyber attack trends to stay safe in 2025

Dec 18, 2024 By Marla Rosner In Sysdig

We’re officially in the final days of 2024, a year so eventful it feels difficult to remember half of what happened. We had the Olympics in Paris, which turned the world into fans of sharpshooting, breakdancing, and the pommel horse; a solar eclipse visible in totality from the US for the first time since 1979; and a monthslong, very impassioned rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake.

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Critical Infrastructure Under Siege: 42% Spike in Ransomware Attacks on Utilities

Dec 17, 2024 By Stu Sjouwerman In KnowBe4

Ransomware attacks targeting utilities have surged by 42% over the past year, with spear phishing playing a major role in 81% of cases, according to a ReliaQuest study spanning November 2023 to October 2024. Analyzing data from its GreyMatter platform and dark web activity, ReliaQuest found that utilities like water and energy systems are disproportionately affected. Their critical role in infrastructure makes them prime targets for cybercriminals.

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The Largest and Most Notorious Cyber Attacks in History

Dec 17, 2024 By Dirk Schrader In Netwrix

Cyber attacks are deliberate attempts to steal, alter, or destroy data or to disrupt operations and to damage the digital parts of a critical infrastructure. This blog post explores the most destructive major cyber attacks in history, detailing the underlying motives and impact, and then offers prevention and detection best practices.

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Trustwave's 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions: AI-Powered Attacks, Critical Infrastructure Risks, and Regulatory Challenges

Dec 17, 2024 By by Kevin Kerr In Trustwave

As 2024 comes to a close, we went around the room and asked some of Trustwave’s top executives what cybersecurity issues and technology they saw playing a prominent role in 2025. Here is the latest installment. As we look ahead to 2025, the landscape of cyber threats continues to evolve, presenting new challenges for cybersecurity professionals.

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The Evolution of Cyber Attacks: Lessons for Staying Safe in 2025

Dec 16, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses

The pace at which cyberattacks are evolving has accelerated in recent years, driven by technological advances, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. The sophistication of cybercriminals' tactics has reached unprecedented levels, posing new challenges for traditional cybersecurity defenses. In this article, we will explore the key developments in cyber threats, identify emerging risks, and offer practical lessons on how businesses and individuals can stay safe in 2025.

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