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Cybersecurity teams are facing another critical warning after Progress Software urged ShareFile customers to immediately shut down internet-accessible Storage Zone Controllers due to an active security threat. The advisory highlights how quickly vulnerabilities can become attack vectors and why domain monitoring is no longer optional for enterprises handling sensitive data. 🔐 The incident also reinforces…

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming an essential part of modern business operations, helping organizations automate coding, customer support, financial workflows, and cybersecurity tasks. However, as AI systems become more capable, cybercriminals are discovering new ways to manipulate them. Recent research highlighted by GBHackers revealed a concerning technique where attackers publish fake API documentation designed to…

As cybercriminals continue to evolve their tactics, a brand protection platform has become an essential defense against increasingly sophisticated phishing and malware campaigns. Recent research published by GBHackers and Netcrook reveals how attackers are abusing user interface (UI) spoofing and hidden iFrames to convince victims to download malicious installers. Instead of relying on traditional phishing…

Email phishing has evolved far beyond fake links and suspicious attachments. Today, attackers increasingly exploit internal infrastructure weaknesses — especially email routing misconfigurations — to impersonate organizations from within. Domain threat intelligence has become essential because modern phishing campaigns no longer rely solely on external spoofing; they manipulate trusted systems themselves. Recent research from Microsoft…

Every day, cybercriminals register thousands of SSL certificates for domains designed to impersonate legitimate brands. These fraudulent certificates create the illusion of security, displaying the reassuring padlock icon while users unknowingly surrender credentials to sophisticated phishing operations. Certificate transparency logs offer organizations a critical advantage: detecting brand impersonation attempts the moment attackers obtain SSL certificates,…

Malvertising has evolved from banner‑ad nuisances into precision scams that drain budgets, steal credentials, and drop malware at scale. Attackers now hijack ad platforms, impersonate brands in search, and weaponize redirect chains to bypass filters. In 2024–2025, researchers documented sustained growth in malvertising and search‑ad scams, with campaigns targeting both consumers and advertisers. 🔍 Authoritative…

Phishing websites have grown more sophisticated, making detection harder than ever. One of the stealthiest tactics now in use is user agent cloaking, where websites present different content depending on who — or what — is visiting. If a security scanner or crawler loads the page, it sees a harmless blank site or a redirect…

The most common passwords 2024 list delivers a shocking verdict on corporate security: “secret” topped US rankings while “123456” dominated globally, contributing to an unprecedented 10 billion plaintext passwords leaked in the RockYou2024 breach alone. This catastrophic exposure affected 5.5 billion accounts, an eightfold increase from 2023, costing businesses $4.88 million per breach on average.…

Email authentication protocols like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are important building blocks in protecting email. They help prevent direct spoofing of your organization’s exact domain name, and they provide reporting insights into who is sending mail on your behalf. But in 2025, phishing remains the top reported cybercrime, and billions in losses are still attributed…