In today's organizational cybersecurity initiatives, incremental change is no longer enough. Bad actors are too organized and focused on using sophisticated AI-driven attacks that shred incremental security attempts. These AI hacking tools enable even novice hackers to carry out advanced attacks across the entire network.
SecOps has always been at the cutting edge of cybersecurity innovation. Historically, it has had to be, given that teams sit on the front line against adversaries who are constantly innovating to achieve their goals. This cat-and-mouse game continues to this day as threat actors and security operations centre (SOC) analysts both tap the power of AI. But could the arrival of AI agents be a game changer for defenders?
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Stopping fraud is a major focus of cybersecurity is criminal fraud. Largely, the industry is winning that war. Nowhere is that protection more successful than in combatting deepfake crime, even though industry marketing is geared to promote fear over success. Where deepfakes are causing the real problem is in legal fraud.
Digital fraud represents 0.02 percent of all fraud claims according the National Crime Insurance Bureau (NCIB). While there is evidence that criminal use of AI is increasing the number of attacks, the number of successful attacks is too low to warrant recording.
Deepfake crime a trifle
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) lumps all forms of online fraud into a single category. Even so, the IC3 fielded 859,532 complaints of suspected internet crime in 2024. Of those complaints, 256,256 incidents resulted in actual monetary losses, representing an average loss of $19,372 per complaint. Overall, the reported losses exceeded $16.6 billion, a 33% increase from 2023. However, the top three cybercrimes in 2024 reported to IC3 were phishing/spoofing, extortion, and personal data breaches. None of those required the use of deepfake technology, and rarely did.
Extrapolating the data from NCIB with IC3’s indicates successful deepfake fraud cases were less than 50 in total in 2024 with 94% of those occurring during a spike of activity between November and December 2024.
Cyberattacks continue to be among the top business risks. A recent Hiscox survey showed that cyberattacks increased in 2024, with………more...
With the Internet of Things (IoT) expected to reach 55.7 billion devices next year, the scale and complexity of cyber threats have grown at an alarming rate. Many of these environments rely on outdated operational technology (OT) and devices with minimal defenses, making them highly vulnerable to attack and infiltration.
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Handheld devices are inherently limited in range and sensitivity. Their compact size and basic receiver capabilities make them impractical for covering large or complex environments like military bases, office buildings, or airports. Effective WIDS solutions require continuous, widespread monitoring through strategically deployed fixed sensors that offer broader sensitivity and coverage.
As we start wrapping up the year we are in planning mode, and we have questions… lots of questions. We will be asking them next year. Here are some of the things we are concerned about.
Statistics — We hear how bad the situation is in security. Lots of jobs going unfilled. Cyber attacks on the increase. The cost of cybercrime approaching $25 trillion dollars. But is it that bad?
AI-Driven Cyber Attacks — As artificial intelligence advances, cybercriminals are expected to use it to craft highly sophisticated phishing scams, automate attacks, and develop malware that can rapidly evolve. Defenders will need AI-powered tools to detect and mitigate these threats in real time. Which way will….
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The Zero Trust approach treats every user and every access request in the system as a potential threat and approaches them with suspicion. This approach may seem difficult and complicated at first glance, but its basis is extremely simple.
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As we approach 2025, the notion of warfare is increasingly shifting from the physical to the digital domain. Cyberwarfare, once considered a supplementary tool for traditional military operations, has now emerged as a primary weapon for nations
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Just when you thought the political fundraising texts were done, you get this screamer on your phone… Now that readsmore
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