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Phishing attacks rise 58% in the year of AI

Network World

Voice phishing (vishing) and deepfake phishing attacks are on the rise as attackers harness generative AI tools to amplify their social engineering tactics. Yet on the flip side of this transformation is a perilous truth: AI is also turning novice to average threat actors into skilled social engineers and sophisticated phishing attackers.

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Passwordless MFA for Customers: How to Fortify Security without Introducing Friction

CIO Business Intelligence

Password-based authentication is likely the most widely used method of authenticating users to online services. Password-based authentication is used because it is easy to understand and implement. They provide multifactor authentication (MFA) without the usual burden on the user. on a user’s other online accounts.

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Why You Need to Get on the Zero Trust Network Access Express Lane

CIO Business Intelligence

With VPN, there’s nothing to stop a user from unintentionally sending out files with sensitive data, such as customer Social Security numbers and payment card details. In a zero trust world, everything is authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated wherever it is found. Zero trust is the way forward.

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Overcoming the Equation: Security = Friction

CTOvision

That derived credential is transferred to a mobile device’s internal storage or microSD card, and can be used to authenticate an individual to an organization’s resources. Definitely not instant access! Their two-factor authentication solution consists of a unique device ID and the big data pattern associated with it.

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Product Security Explained: Definition, Tools, and Recommendations

SecureWorld News

In this post, we cover: Product security definition Key differences between product security vs application security The main elements of efficient product cybersecurity frameworks The categories of tools that can enhance the security of your product What is product security?

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

Cybsafe Some organizations are tailoring their social policies to be more inclusive, such as at security awareness training firm Cybsafe. Yet if considering and including Black women in social gatherings is one issue, a bigger obstacle lies in conscious and unconscious bias. Jessie Auguste, software engineer at Cybsafe.

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Why ‘deepfake geography’ presents significant risks — and how researchers are detecting it

GeekWire

Half of these were authentic images of the three cities. Zhao pointed out that they’re cautious about having detection tools report an image as being definitively fake or genuine. From a social perspective, we found if something is described as definitely fake, people interpret this very negatively,” Zhao said. “So,

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