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Organisations are fighting a surge in AI-assisted cyberattacks – with the help of AI

By Richard Massey, VP of Sales, EMEA, Arcserve

With cyberattacks never-ending—and their impact often lethal—organisations are constantly looking for ways to enhance their data resilience. It’s a back-and-forth battle, good guys versus bad guys, and recently the bad guys have taken a step forward.

They’re using AI to ramp up the frequency and severity of their attacks. Worse, many newbies are jumping in to try their hand at cybercrime. Script kiddies with zero coding experience can grab off-the-shelf AI tools and create and deploy malicious software. Anyone with bad intentions can quickly develop and unleash malware that wreaks havoc on companies.

: Richard Massey, VP of Sales, EMEA, Arcserve; Viewpoints; Posted On Saturday, 05 August 2023 13:07

How Meta’s ‘Threads’ Can Be Leveraged to Help Small Businesses

‘Threads’, the new social media app by Instagram’s parent company ‘Meta’, was recently released and managed to surpass the 10 million user mark in just seven hours. By comparison, it took Instagram 355 days to reach 10 million registered users, and it took Twitter 780 days to get to same amount.

Jon Morgan, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Venture Smarter, has shared five ways he believes small businesses should be utilising Threads in order to maintain a competitive edge.

: Jon Morgan, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Venture Smarter; Viewpoints; Posted On Friday, 04 August 2023 09:55

CovertSwarm revolutionises Attack Surface Management with launch of free Offensive Operations Centre

CovertSwarm’s new platform is the missing link that joins SaaS-identified vulnerabilities and the ability to validate risk through a seamless ‘one click’ submission for ethical hacker testing

London, UK – CovertSwarm has announced the launch of its Offensive Operations Centre (OOC) to the world - for free - to fundamentally disrupt and redefine the traditional Attack Surface Management (ASM) market by empowering businesses to outpace cyber threats.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Friday, 04 August 2023 09:50

Phishing via SharePoint

By Jeremy Fuchs, Cybersecurity Researcher/Analyst, Check Point Software

We’ve been writing recently about how hackers are utilizing legitimate services to send out phishing campaigns. We’ve seen it used from Google, QuickBooks, PayPal and more.

There are a few reasons behind this trend. One, it’s simple. Hackers are able to create free accounts with these services and send them out to multiple targets. They then can embed a phishing link within a legitimate document and email it directly from the service. The email is legitimate—it comes directly from the service and will pass all SPF checks and other standard things that security services look for.

Hackers have a ton of tools at their disposal to conduct these attacks. A new favorite is Microsoft’s file-sharing service, SharePoint. In this attack brief, Check Point Harmony Email researchers will discuss how hackers are using SharePoint to send out phishing links.