Cyber awareness isn’t enough – it’s time to get cyber resilient – Insurance Business

The ransomware ecosystem is moving from fragmentation back to consolidation, with Qilin emerging as the dominant ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation after the disruption of major groups including LockBit and RansomHub. Yet despite Qilin’s strong position, the rapid emergence of other groups, such as The Gentlemen, demonstrates how quickly the cybercrime landscape continues to evolve. Lotem Finkelstein,…

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Silver Fox, a China-based threat group has launched a new wave of attacks targeting businesses and individuals across Asia, using fake tax audit notifications and counterfeit software update alerts to install dangerous malware on victim systems. The campaign reflects a sharp rise in socially engineered attacks that exploit the trust people place in official-looking messages…

AI governance is a key enterprise concern. Organizations are assembling councils, publishing principles, rolling out “approved AI tools” lists, and asking employees to opt in to acceptable use policies. In most enterprises, however, the reality is that AI is already widely embedded in employees’ daily work, often outside sanctioned channels and oversight. The visibility and…

A joint operation involving Google has disrupted NetNut, a residential proxy network that gave access to millions of compromised Android devices, including smart TVs and streaming boxes. Also known as Popa, the NetNut botnet allowed cybercriminals and espionage groups to hide behind legitimate home internet addresses when launching attacks. According to the Google Threat Intelligence…

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in OpenAI’s ChatGPT Workspace Agents that could have allowed a single phishing link to stealthily build, authorize, and deploy an autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent inside a victim’s organization. The vulnerability has been codenamed AgentForger by Zenity Labs. The issue has since been addressed by OpenAI as of…