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Report: More Than Half of Adults Encountered a Scam Last Year

Oct 27, 2025 By KnowBe4 Team In KnowBe4
Researchers at Bitdefender warn that scams are seeing a steady increase globally. Citing a recent report from the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), the researchers note that 57% of adults worldwide have reported encountering a scam in the past year, and 13% encounter a scam at least once per day. One in four adults lost money to a scam, and annual global scam losses now exceed $1 trillion.
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Phishing Campaign Impersonates Google Careers Recruiters

Oct 24, 2025 By KnowBe4 Team In KnowBe4
A phishing campaign is impersonating Google Careers to target job seekers, according to researchers at Sublime Security. “The scam is simple,” the researchers write. “An adversary sends an ‘are you open to talk?’ message impersonating an outreach email from Google Careers. If the target clicks the link, they’re taken to a landing page designed to look like a Google Careers meeting scheduler. From there, they’re taken to the phishing page.
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Brute Force Attack Prevention: Why Rate Limiting Isn't Enough for ATO Defense

Oct 24, 2025 By Shay Kosto In Memcyco
A brute force attack is a method cybercriminals use to guess login credentials through repeated attempts until one works. It’s a simple idea that’s evolved into one of the most persistent enablers of account takeover (ATO). According to the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, brute force and credential-stuffing techniques accounted for nearly 70% of all password-related breaches that year, underscoring how these attacks remain a dominant entry point for ATO.
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Clickjacking and Hidden Redirects: The Overlooked Brand Impersonation Threat

Oct 23, 2025 By Alex Posey In Memcyco
Note: Classic clickjacking typically targets authenticated users on legitimate sites, while this article explores its broader use in redirect-based impersonation scenarios. Clickjacking is a UI redress attack that tricks users into clicking hidden elements, often redirecting them to spoofed landing pages that impersonate trusted brands. Once dismissed as a browser quirk, it is now a silent bridge between user interaction and large-scale brand impersonation campaigns.
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The Rise of Phantom Cyber Firms: How to Spot Them and What to Verify Before You Engage

Oct 23, 2025 By Grant Hutchons In LevelBlue
It’s bad enough that organizations must worry about threat actors launching phishing attacks, injecting ransomware, or exploiting vulnerabilities; now, there is a new attack variant on the loose. Legal scammers. These are companies, which seem to be emerging particularly in Australia, are set up and registered as legal cybersecurity firms, but in the end just take a company’s money without delivering any services.
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Why Africa's banks must recognize that trust is at the root of fraud prevention

Oct 22, 2025 By Eren Ramdhani In INETCO
As digital fraud rises across Africa, INETCO’s Eren Ramdhani explains why banks must rebuild trust through real-time, AI-driven fraud systems. Article by cybersecurity leader and INETCO’s Chief Product Officer, Eren Ramdhani Trust is the most valuable currency in today’s digital economy. For banks, it determines whether customers feel confident enough to save, invest, and transact. Yet across Africa, millions of people face daily fraud attacks that threaten that trust.
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What Technologies Make Online Money Transfers Secure?

What Technologies Make Online Money Transfers Secure?

Oct 22, 2025 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
A 2022 report by the Bank for International Settlements suggests that about $7.5 trillion is transferred daily around the globe. For context, the U.S. federal government spent $7.01 trillion in its 2025 fiscal year, which ran from October 2024 to September 2025, according to the U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data. Basically, this implies that about 7% more money is traded on the foreign exchange market daily than the U.S federal government spends annually.
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Half of Young People in the UK Cite Non-Consensual Deepfakes as a Top Fear

Oct 20, 2025 By KnowBe4 Team In KnowBe4
A new survey found that 50% of UK residents aged 16 to 34 cite deepfake nudes as their top worry related to AI technology, SecurityBrief reports. The survey, published by VerifyLabs, found that 35% of Brits across all age groups said sexualized deepfakes of themselves or their children were their top concern. “The study indicated that more than one in three respondents (36%) are also worried about the impact deepfakes could have on their family and friends,” SecurityBrief writes.
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Key Strategies That Improve Fraud Detection in Financial Institutions

Key Strategies That Improve Fraud Detection in Financial Institutions

Oct 16, 2025 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Fraud detection in financial institutions has become increasingly important as technology continues to evolve and cyber threats grow more sophisticated. Consistent innovation in detection strategies can significantly enhance an institution's ability to identify and mitigate risks. Financial entities must develop and implement systems that detect fraud and predict potential future threats. Through data analysis, machine learning, and collaboration, organizations are better equipped to combat fraud effectively.
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