UK Police Take Down LabHost Phishing Service
Europol and a collection of UK law enforcement agencies have disrupted the LabHost phishing platform, which targeted victims
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Dennis Fisher
Editor in ChiefDennis Fisher is an award-winning journalist who has been covering information security and privacy since 2000.
He is one of the co-founders of Threatpost and previously wrote for TechTarget and eWeek, when magazines were still a thing that existed. Dennis enjoys finding the stories behind the headlines and digging into the motivations and thinking of both defenders and attackers. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Improper Bostonian, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge, and most of his kids’ English papers.
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Decipher Podcast: Kevin Tian and Rahul Madduluri
Kevin Tian and Rahhul Madduluri, co-founders of Doppel, join Dennis Fisher to discuss the emerging threats of AI-enabled phishing and brand impersonation and how AI can also be used to detect and stop these attacks.
For AI Risk, ‘The Real Answer Has to be Regulation’
The development and deployment of AI systems based on LLMs includes many inherent risks and should be regulated, and soon, experts say.
Apple Patches WebKit Zero Day, Adds Stolen Device Protection in iOS
Apple has fixed a actively exploited WebKit bug (CVE-2024-23222) in iOS and macOS. and added a new security feature called Stolen Device Protection.
Russian COLDRIVER Group Uses New Backdoor to Target Governments
The Russian APT known as COLDRIVER is using a new backdoor called SPICA in phishing campaigns against NGOs and governments.