Search results for "phishing"

• Phishing For AI: Over 80% Of Attacks Utilize Artificial Intelligence
  Polymorphic attacks have also relied heavily on AI to achieve scale, KnowBe4 reports.
  April 15, 2025  Tags: artificial intelligence, email, phishing, research, trends
• Email Break-Ins: Corporate Inboxes Are Very Open To Attacks
  Most firms lack confidence in their email security defenses, OPSWAT reports.
  September 18, 2024  Tags: cyber security, data, data management, digital, email, internet security, malware, online fraud, phishing, research
• Google Software Engineers Can Take A Nap While Software Solves Problems
  Google uses the code and reasoning capabilities of LLMs to replicate human behavior and identify and demonstrate security vulnerabilities. The "Naptime" name refers to software engineers being allowed to take naps while the software helped to solve problems.
  June 24, 2024  Tags: ad campaign, ad performance measurement, ai, artificial intelligence, cyber security, fake news, generative ai, internet security, language, performance marketing, phishing, research, technology
• Microsoft-Backed OpenAI Tools Being Used By Hackers In China, Iran, Russia
  State-affiliated hackers from Russia's military intelligence, Iran's Revolutionary Guard, and Chinese and North Korean governments are using AI tools from OpenAI to improve hacking using large language models, according to a report published Wednesday.
  February 15, 2024  Tags: ai, artificial intelligence, brandhackers, hacking, language, marketing, media buying, microsoft, online publishing, phishing, research, russia, search, technology
• Phish Fry: Inboxes Worldwide Being Barraged With Suspicious Emails
  There was a substantial increase in the number of suspicious emails between 2022 and 2023, EasyDMARC reports.
  December 21, 2023  Tags: campaigns, cyber security, digital, domain names, email, online fraud, phishing, research
• Brands Face Threat From Impostors In Cyber Attacks
  The most abused brand last year was Microsoft, with more than 30 million messages using the software giant's name in a cyber attack.
  April 3, 2023  Tags: brand marketing, brand safety, branding, cmmr, phishing
• Google Ads Used In Malvertising Attack
  The Royal Ransomware group used Google Ads in a malvertising campaign attack, according to a report published by the Microsoft's Security Threat Intelligence team.
  November 18, 2022  Tags: advertising, blogging, cyber security, email, google, hacking, internet security, malware, microsoft, phishing, research, search, spam, uk
• Microsoft Reports Another Hack, Threat To Future Of Email Advertising
  Microsoft today reported yet another large-scale email system hack. This attack comes on the heels of several other breaches including SolarWinds, Ubiquiti, and the Colonial Pipeline.
  May 28, 2021  Tags: advertising, cyber security, digital, email, europe, hacking, microsoft, phishing, research, russia, search
• Consumers Want Brands To Protect Them Against Knockoffs, Fakes, Fraud
  One-quarter of consumers in a recent study bought counterfeit products, 36% saw fake ads or social posts, 41% saw fake websites, and 35% experienced fake social media accounts.
  December 16, 2020  Tags: ad fraud, amazon, brand image, brand safety, brands, click fraud, digital, online fraud, phishing, promotion, research, search, trust-based marketing
• Researchers Find Malicious Auto-Redirect Ads In Programmatic Video
  A new form of auto-redirect malvertising hidden in the code of programmatically served video VPAID ads through the global media platform Teads has been revealed by ad security and verification provider GeoEdge. VPAID is a technical script that instructs a video player on what ad to play and determines the length of the ad, when to serve the ad, and where to place it. It is basically the brains behind the function of the ad.
  September 20, 2019  Tags: ad fraud, advertising, digital, internet security, malware, media buying, mobile, phishing, programmatic, research, search, video
• Firms Are Ill-Prepared For Email Attacks: Study
  The report says only 29% of firms are taking significant steps to prevent email phishing attacks and 21% are taking no steps at all.
  August 1, 2018  Tags: cyber security, email, online fraud, phishing, research
• China Alert: Its Top Brands Are Wide Open To Phishing
  Only 4.6% of the leading Chinese brands employ DMARC, limiting their global email marketing growth.
  May 7, 2018  Tags: asia, china, cyber security, email, europe, online fraud, phishing, research