What Is Business Email Compromise? BEC Defined
Business email compromise (BEC) is a phishing scam where threat actors impersonate a trusted source to convince others to give them sensitive information or take…
Month: March 2026
What Is Business Email Compromise? BEC Defined
Business email compromise (BEC) is a phishing scam where threat actors impersonate a trusted source to convince others to give them sensitive information or take…
Going Deep on Deepfakes (feat. Hany Farid)
Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week’s episode: We sit down with deepfake expert Hany Farid to discuss the real-world harms of synthetic…
Is the role of the CISO adding to the confusion?
Show Notes: As cybersecurity has matured, the field has become more formalized within businesses with CISOs leading the way. However, despite the value of the…
Meta to Permanently Remove end-to-end Encryption Feature in Instagram DMs
Meta has confirmed it will permanently remove end-to-end encryption (E2EE) support from Instagram direct messages, with the feature officially shutting down after May 8, 2026.…
Do Tigers Really Change Their Stripes?
Something we often hear within the cybersecurity community, and particularly within digital forensics and incident response (DFIR), is that “threat actors are always changing their…
Europol and Interpol announce counter-cybercrime operations.
Google issues patches for two Chrome zero-days. US Justice Department charges a third ransomware negotiator for partnering with criminals. Source link
Rapid Response: Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server Flaw
TL;DR: While reports have indicated the latest version of Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server fixes a high-severity flaw (CVE-2024-7399), Huntress has independently verified that the latest…
Socks pulled, patches pushed.
Europol dismantles the SocksEscort proxy service. Cyber operations highlight imbalance in the war in Iran. Google rushes Chrome zero-day patches. Veeam fixes critical backup flaws.…
Utilizing ASNs for Hunting & Response
Whether responding to incidents or hunting through large and complex data sets, IP addresses usually feature fairly heavily as a key analysis data point. When…
Utilizing ASNs for Hunting & Response
Whether responding to incidents or hunting through large and complex data sets, IP addresses usually feature fairly heavily as a key analysis data point. When…
Pro-Iranian hackers claim cyberattack against Stryker.
By the N2K CyberWire staff Top stories. Pro-Iranian hackers claim cyberattack against Stryker. US Senate confirms Gen. Joshua Rudd as head of NSA and Cyber…