Does it seem that Cyber Attacks are on the rise? This may be because the types of Cyber Attacks have increased.
Expanded Types of Attacks
Ransomware is not new and remains a major threat. However, the goals of the ransomware attack have broadened. The attackers may not be just after money, but also recognition for themselves or the destruction of the victim’s reputation. Ransomware attackers can use shame sites to publicly reveal who their victims are, turning ransomware into a broad weapon for cybercriminals.
Artificial Intelligence has also opened the door to more types of hacks. For instance Deepfakes, Disinformation campagns and Social Engineering.
We are also seeing an increase in hacks being used by activists. The cybercriminal can be driven by political or social issues Hacking may also be used by governments as a way to attack adversary countries indirectly.
These new methods of Cyber Attacks throw a wide net. Your company may not even be aware that they are a target for these types of expanded hacks. But they can be caught up in political or adversarial causes that are completely off their risk charts.
Checkpoint has published its 2024 Cyber Security Report which goes well beyond Ransomware and other common hacks. The Main Highlights of their report are:
- Ransomware Evolution: Explore major ransomware attacks exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities, highlighting the economic considerations behind these attacks.
- Expanding Attack Surface: Learn about the increased risk from edge devices, targeted by both nation-state APTs and sophisticated cybercriminals.
- State-Affiliated Hacktivism and Wipers: Uncover the shift towards government-involved hacktivism, employing disruptive wipers for political motives.
- Cloud’s Achilles Heel: Understand the challenges in token security, crucial for remote access and authentication in cloud environments.
- Software Repositories Under Siege: Discover the rise in malicious software packages within open-source repositories, posing significant risks to software supply chains.
- AI: The cutting-edge defender in today’s cybersecurity battle: In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer, revolutionizing the way we prevent, protect against, and respond to cyber threats.
As identified in the Checkpoint report, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing an increasing role in Cyber Attacks in 2024.
However, AI is also playing a key role in predicting threats before they happen or recognizing a threat before it becomes systemic. This may be another example of the answer being in the problem. ISC2 – the world’s leading nonprofit member organization for cybersecurity professionals, announced findings regarding AI from its latest study,
AI in Cyber 2024: Is the Cybersecurity Profession Ready?, revealing the real-world impacts that artificial intelligence (AI) has had on cybersecurity. With responses from more than 1,100 cybersecurity professionals, 88% of respondents believe that AI will significantly impact their jobs, now or in the near future, and 35% have already witnessed its effects. While there is considerable positivity about the role of AI in dealing with cyberattacks, these findings also recognize the urgent demand from professionals for industry preparedness to mitigate cyber risks and safeguard the entire ecosystem.
Effective Alerts and Communications are Key
While the counter-offensive by cybersecurity professionals will prevail over the cyber-criminals, communications remain at the heart of success. Communications begin with critical alerts. Those alerts that get people’s attention are not emails. The communication mode that gets attention is still a ringing phone. Phone calls get people’s attention when you need them to act on a critical event. When you send an email, it just does not get the necessary level of attention for critical time-sensitive alerts.
How EmailToVoice.Net Works
All you have to do is subscribe to the EmailToVoice.Net service and then add an email destination to your alert monitoring service that looks something like 5551234567@tts.message-service.org
The recipient will receive a call on their phone. The text in the email is converted to a nice-sounding voice. If the recipient answers, they will hear the message right away. If they do not answer, the message will be left on their voicemail system. You can even leave a different message if the call goes to voice mail! There are many mission-critical features in the service, such as escalation lists, message parsing, and more. We also can convert the email content to an SMS message if required.
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