Phishing attempts on government offices surged 360% between May 2023 and 2024, according to email security company Abnormal Security. The surge has largely been attributed to a rise in popularity of business email compromise (BEC) attacks, which increased by 70% in the same period. Successful BEC attacks, which use social-engineering tactics to evade conventional security measures, can result in substantial financial losses.
Week in review: PostgreSQL 0-day exploited in US Treasury hack, top OSINT books to learn from
Two zero-day exploits were used in the December 2024 US Treasury hack, suspect Chinese hackers leveraged, say Rapid7 researchers. Self-phishing platform Darcula is set to
