Why Scammers Want You to Allow Push Notifications
Pieter Arntz, Malwarebytes
A website asks you to click “Allow” to start a quiz or read an interesting story. A little later, your device starts warning you about viruses, missed payments, or legal trouble.
While every message may look like a new security problem, the cause could be a permission you granted earlier. For scammers, browser push notifications turn a passing visit into something much more valuable: access to your attention after you have left their website. Pushpaganda…
Read moreCyber Insurance: The Impact of Evolving Threats From AI, Ransomware and Social Engineering
Olivia Overman, Independent Agent Magazine
From 2024 to 2026, disruption risk, technology obsolescence and IP risk showed steady or declining levels of risk concern, according to Beazley’s “Spotlight on Cyber Threat and Tech Advances 2026.”
Cyber risk did not decline. In fact, it is the threat executives are most worried about, the report said. The increased concern is driven by a changing threat landscape, where artificial intelligence (AI), connected technology systems and supply-chain relationships make it easier for cyberattacks to spread…
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‘They Don’t Understand Hackers’: Cyber Pros explain AI-powered Hacks
Chris Stokel-Walker, Fast Company
CrowdStrike’s counter-adversary operations head and other cyber pros explain the business problems these freakouts cause, who benefits from the AI security doom, and the potential secret upside to the mania.
As head of counter-adversary operations at CrowdStrike, Adam Meyers has a front-row seat to the threats facing companies. Yet even for him, a recent trip to South Korea was out of the ordinary…
Read moreRansomware Group Claims Responsibility for Cyberattacks on One CU, Five Banks
Frank Diekmann, CU Daily
Ransomware group Storm has claimed responsibility for cyberattacks against five U.S. banks with $6.1B in combined assets and $614M Insight Credit Union in Florida. Two institutions have confirmed data breaches.
According to reporting by American Banker on Nov. 11, the attacks have raised questions about the security of third-party technology providers used by financial institutions and the potential exposure of sensitive consumer information…
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