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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

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Over the course of 2024, researchers from security firm CrowdStrike observed a 150% average increase in intrusions by Chinese threat actors worldwide, with some sectors experiencing two- to three-fold surges. The group regularly exploits vulnerabilities in public-facing web applications to gain initial access.

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Radar Trends to Watch: November 2024

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Meta is releasing a free dataset named Open Materials 2024 to help materials scientists discover new materials. OpenAI has shut down the accounts of threat actors using GPT for a number of activities including developing malware, generating and propagating misinformation, and phishing. Web Videos from XOXO 2024 have been posted.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

Over the course of 2024, researchers from security firm CrowdStrike observed a 150% average increase in intrusions by Chinese threat actors worldwide, with some sectors experiencing two- to three-fold surges. The group regularly exploits vulnerabilities in public-facing web applications to gain initial access.

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AI in the Enterprise: 5 key findings of AI usage and threat trends

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5 key findings: AI usage and threat trends The ThreatLabz research team analyzed activity from over 800 known AI/ML applications between February and December 2024. AI-powered cyberthreat protection: Detect and block AI-generated phishing campaigns, adversarial exploits, and AI-driven malware in real time.

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Beyond the inbox: ThreatLabz 2025 Phishing Report reveals how phishing is evolving in the age of genAI

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Tech support and job scams thrive: With over 159 million hits in 2024, scammers use job sites, social media, and live chat tools to impersonate recruiters or IT staff, stealing sensitive information, credentials, and payment details.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Warns of Global Spear-Phishing Threat, While OWASP Releases AI Security Resources

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Meanwhile, cybercriminals have amplified their use of malware for fake software-update attacks. That’s the main takeaway from the Center for Internet Security’s list of the 10 most prevalent malware used during the third quarter. Collectively, they accounted for 77% of the quarter’s malware infections.

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Microsoft’s May 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 59 CVEs (CVE-2024-30051, CVE-2024-30040)

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1 Critical 57 Important 1 Moderate 0 Low Microsoft addresses 59 CVEs in its May 2024 Patch Tuesday release with one critical vulnerability and three zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which were exploited in the wild. Researchers at Kaspersky have linked this zero-day vulnerability to QakBot and other malware. and is rated as important.

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