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ChatGPT And The Future Of Service Businesses
Find out what ChatGPT said about how it will change the future for service businesses including Medical Practices, Accounting and CPA firms as well as Managed IT Service companies. Are you ready?
Researcher Reveals Google Home Smart Speaker Weaknesses That Could Enable Wiretapping
A security researcher was recently awarded a bug bounty of $107,500 for identifying security issues in Google Home smart speakers that could have been exploited to turn them into wiretapping devices.
Holiday cybersecurity tips to keep your staff safe
Experts estimate as much as 70% of security incidents and breaches are employee related. Paired with the seasonal spike in e-commerce shopping for the holidays, as well as staff away for vacation, could spell disaster. As most people are distracted by the holidays, hackers take advantage of this, increasing their attacks.
Cybercrime To Soar in the Next Five Years
According to new estimates from Statista's Cybersecurity Outlook, the worldwide cost of cybercrime is expected to soar in the next five years. Statista estimates cybercrime's fiscal damage to rise from $8.44 trillion in 2022 to $23.84 trillion by 2027, nearly tripling in only five years.
Don’t Let Hackers Disrupt Your Holiday
Year after year, the holiday season brings a heightened threat of cybercrime, with hackers waiting to exploit security vulnerabilities.
Twitter’s cybersecurity troubles continue with ‘serious risk of breach’
An exodus of Twitter's security staff, including a surprising departure from the company's Chief Information Security Officer Lea Kissner, has proven detrimental thus far - with security experts warning that a massively reduced cybersecurity team would allow for potential bad actors to take advantage of growing security vulnerabilities.
15,000+ WordPress Sites Compromised in Hostile SEO Scheme
Cybercriminals have successfully launched a malicious black hat search engine optimization (SEO) campaign, redirecting website visitors to fake Q&A portals. This hostile SEO scheme can be "described as malware designed to hijack a website in order to abuse its resources (especially website traffic and rankings)". Hackers managed to compromise over 15,000 WordPress websites to redirect to these fraudulent Q&A websites. The attack aims to promote low-quality websites, preparing these pages for future use as malware droppers or phishing sites.
Scam of the Week: Android Apps Redirect Users to Malicious Sites
Recently uncovered by cybersecurity researchers, a set of four Android apps have been found to link users to malicious sites. These malicious sites either install adware or attempt to steal information from the user, in what has found to be a massive cybercrime campaign. The apps were all created by
CISA Unveils Daixin Team Hacking Efforts into Healthcare Organizations
Recently unearthed by investigators, a group of cybercriminals called the 'Daixin Team' have been discovered to be targeting the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector with ransomware and data extortion methods. The group has been active since at least June 2022.
Scam of the Week: PayPal Crypto Invoice Scam
Fraudsters on the Internet have found a new method for stealing cash from ordinary people. Disguising their fraudulent activity as legitimate invoices, scammers pose as PayPal sellers requesting invoices for different cryptocurrencies.
Researchers uncover phishing-as-a-service platform Caffeine
Paid subscriptions are required to access the vast amount of features the cybercriminal Caffeine platform boasts. These features include customized phishing kits, campaign success tracking tools, management of redirect pages, tools to configure attacks, and generation of dynamic URLs that host payloads. Researchers also discovered templates earmarked for use against Russian or Chinese targets.