by Ken O'Hare | Nov 27, 2024 | Security
Cybersecurity company Bitdefender’s Antispam Lab reports that 77 per cent of Black Friday-themed emails in 2024 are scams, up from 70 per cent in 2023. Bitdefender reports that these scams target consumers worldwide, with the US and Europe receiving 38 per cent...
by Ken O'Hare | Nov 20, 2024 | Security
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Barracuda have revealed that cybercriminals are now supercharging sextortion scams by using victims’ personal information, such as home addresses and Google Maps images, to make their threats more convincing and increase pressure to...
by Ken O'Hare | Oct 30, 2024 | Security
Researchers have unveiled a new jailbreaking technique, ‘Deceptive Delight,’ which successfully manipulates AI models to produce unsafe responses in only three interactions. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers developed the method by embedding...
by Andy O'Hare | Oct 11, 2024 | Security
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and its US counterparts have issued a high-alert warning over a surge in spear-phishing attacks backed by Iran. These attacks, linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), are reportedly targeting...
by Sarah Jackson | Jan 24, 2024 | Security, Uncategorised
When dealing with sensitive information, such as financial data, personal information and intellectual property, cybersecurity has become just as important (if not more so) than conventional security. Organisations without sufficient cybersecurity could find...