A North Korean cyberespionage group is posing as job recruiters and targeting aerospace and energy sector employees with lucrative job offers, according to Mandiant. The hackers use email and WhatsApp messages to lure victims into clicking a link that deploys backdoor malware onto their devices.
BlackCloak’s $17 million Series B funding round will help the company triple its engineering and product teams, enhancing cybersecurity for executives and high-net-worth individuals. The funding will help BlackCloak address emerging issues such as deepfakes and threat intelligence and modeling.
Countries throughout APAC are rapidly expanding digital payment ecosystems and embracing digital change for greater convenience and financial inclusion. But the region has become a hotbed for fraudsters who are exploiting these same technologies. SIM swap fraud and QR code scams are up 15%.
This State of Phish Report gives in-depth regional summaries to explore how local nuances affect user behaviour when it comes to cybersecurity awareness and the importance of phishing protection.
A few APJ highlights in this Report are:
Only 28% of users in South Korea consider security to be their responsibility,...
The demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals, coupled with the rise in remote work, has led to an increase in fraudulent job postings targeting tech-savvy individuals. Learn why this is so and how to protect yourself from deceptive schemes as you pursue a job in cybersecurity.
In an era where cyber threats evolve at an unprecedented pace, AI emerges as the ultimate cybersecurity “Swiss Army Knife.” With AI, your security operations become proactively fortified, turning defenses into an intelligent, adaptive, and resilient force against the next generation of cyber attacks.
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Social engineering attacks pose a severe threat to healthcare call centers, as recent breaches demonstrate. Sumant Mauskar, senior vice president of sales and global partnerships at Pindrop, discusses how voice biometrics and deepfake detection can protect sensitive information.
Your secret weapon to combat cyber threats might be just under your nose! Cybercriminals continue to exploit vulnerabilities while upping their game with new and more sinister attack methods. The human firewall is your cybersecurity ace in the hole.
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Giving customers more flexibility in instant payment systems could give users more control over their transactions and help fight scammers. An option to delay payments could introduce the needed friction to stop fraudulent payments, said fraud experts Eva Velasquez and Ken Palla.
This week, ICANN warned of phishing, BreachForums data was leaked, police arrested alleged pro-Russian hackers, the U.K shut down a DDoS booter site, the EU gave Meta a deadline, Russia decried U.S. sanctions, Verizon settled on breaches, and Windows 10 security support will end in October 2025.
Phishing hackers have developed a new technique for smuggling malware past secure email gateway defenses, said researchers at Cofense who uncovered a recent info stealer campaign. "I honestly think that it was someone testing the water to see if it would work - and it did work," a researcher said.
Cybercriminals are exploiting the chaos created by the CrowdStrike outage by launching fake websites and phishing campaigns to trick victims into downloading malware or divulging sensitive information, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and others experts.
As the investigation of the attempted assassination of former President Trump unfolds, authorities and cybersecurity experts advise individuals and organizations to beware of online threats in the forms of physical violence, nation-state disinformation and cybercrime campaigns.
Phishing attacks are a major threat, accounting for 91% of cyberattacks and 2/3 of ransomware infections. As these attacks evolve, manual detection methods become increasingly ineffective.
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Phishing remains a top cyber threat, and employee vigilance is crucial for safeguarding your organization in Asia. Download the report which provides valuable insights into employee susceptibility to phishing across various industries and company sizes.
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