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Cyber Resilience – AI Threats and the Need for a Prevention-first Strategy

The presence of AI-related threats is leading the cybersecurity community at large to change strategies and focus more on prevention capabilities. According to Deep Instinct, a cybersecurity company that implements artificial intelligence for the purpose of preventing and detecting malware, 75% of security professionals had to change their cybersecurity strategy in the past year due to AI-powered threats. In particular, deepfakes are on the rise with 61% of organizations experiencing a rise in deepfake incidents over the past year.

Threat Awareness – Threat Actors Target Recruiters Posing as Job Applicants

Cybersecurity researchers have recently identified a phishing campaign designed to distribute More_eggs malware through malicious resumes in fake job applications. This attack specifically targets recruiters, whereby posing as a job applicant, the threat actor lures the recruiter to a malicious website. More_eggs malware acts as a backdoor and is capable of harvesting sensitive information. It operates under a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) model making it available to other less-sophisticated threat actors, expanding its use.

CISA ICS Vulnerability Advisories and Alerts, Updates, and Bulletins – June 11, 2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the following ICS vulnerability advisories, as well as alerts, updates, and bulletins:

ICS Vulnerability Advisories:

CISA Releases Six Industrial Control Systems Advisories

Products are used across multiple sectors, please check these latest advisories for specific equipment used across your ICS environments and address accordingly.

SMB Resilience – Reasonable Actions to Help Bolster Cybersecurity

In a noticeable shift in threat actor behavior, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are increasingly finding themselves targeted by cyber threats. This may be caused due to the complexity of threats and increasing difficulty for SMBs to protect against them. No matter the reason, SMBs are more concerned about cyber attacks than ever, with 78% saying they fear cyber attacks could shut down their business.

Ransomware Awareness – 7,000 LockBit Decryption Keys Recovered by FBI, Victims are Urged to Reach Out

The FBI announced yesterday it has obtained over 7,000 decryption keys from the LockBit ransomware group that victims can use to recover encrypted data for free. The FBI urges past victims of LockBit ransomware attacks to come forward: "From our ongoing disruption of LockBit, we now have over 7,000 decryption keys and can help victims reclaim their data and get back online," the FBI Cyber Lead said in a keynote.

CISA ICS Vulnerability Advisories and Alerts, Updates, and Bulletins – June 6, 2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the following ICS vulnerability advisories, as well as alerts, updates, and bulletins:

ICS Vulnerability Advisories:

CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories

Products are used across multiple sectors, please check these latest advisories for specific equipment used across your ICS environments and address accordingly.

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