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The Ultimate Guide to Phishing

A curated Irish edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Phishing.

What to know about Phishing

Phishing, a pervasive form of cybercrime, continues to evolve in sophistication and scale, posing significant risks to individuals and organisations worldwide. This tag gathers extensive insights into phishing tactics, including traditional email scams, spear-phishing, SMS phishing (smishing), and emerging AI-assisted attacks that exploit human vulnerabilities and trusted brand impersonations.

Recent stories highlight the increasing frequency and complexity of phishing attacks, such as operations targeting specific sectors like finance, industrial engineering, and healthcare. Reports reveal how cybercriminal groups adapt by leveraging multi-factor authentication exploits, brandjacking, and sophisticated social engineering to compromise credentials and infiltrate networks.

Readers exploring this tag will gain valuable understanding of how phishing attacks are conducted, who the most vulnerable targets are—from individual contributors to C-suite executives—and what measures organisations and individuals can take to mitigate risks. The tag also delves into cybersecurity solutions, training programs, and industry collaborations designed to bolster phishing resistance, emphasizing the critical role of combining technology, awareness, and proactive defense to combat this ever-changing threat landscape.

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Recent Phishing News

Google Cloud outlines targeted response to cyber threats
Privileged Access Management

Google Cloud outlines targeted response to cyber threats

Customers will face narrower disruptions as Google Cloud moves to throttle malicious traffic, isolate risky identities and preserve legitimate usage.

Today

Google links UNC6671 to cloud extortion brand shift
Virtual Private Networks

Google links UNC6671 to cloud extortion brand shift

Google says the campaign is shifting towards financial and legal firms, with rebranded extortion sites still stealing cloud logins and tokens.

Last week

RiskProfiler launches KnyX Autonomous Investigations
Risk & Compliance

RiskProfiler launches KnyX Autonomous Investigations

Security teams can now automate repetitive threat triage and response as AI agents assess alerts, gather evidence and act under policy controls.

Last week

Autonomous AI agents could drive 90% of fraud by 2028
Scams

Autonomous AI agents could drive 90% of fraud by 2028

Scam losses are rising faster than human fraudsters alone can explain, with AI-enabled cases in the US already topping USD $900 million.

Last week

RiskProfiler launches KnyX for automated cyber response
Chief Information Security Officer

RiskProfiler launches KnyX for automated cyber response

Security teams can now automate triage of leaked credentials, phishing pages and breach claims while keeping policy controls and audit trails in place.

Last week

Visa to buy BioCatch in USD $2.4 billion cash deal
Scams

Visa to buy BioCatch in USD $2.4 billion cash deal

The deal would bolster Visa's push into fraud prevention as banks battle account takeovers, scams and money mule activity.

Last week

Gen launches global cyber risk index for consumers
Law

Gen launches global cyber risk index for consumers

Consumers can now track scams, identity risks and cyber threats by country through a new global index that monitors daily changes across 245 countries and territories.

Last week

CrowdStrike says AI is now central to cyberattacks
Digital Transformation

CrowdStrike says AI is now central to cyberattacks

Defenders now face a 48-hour window after proof-of-concept code appears, as attackers use AI to speed exploits and hit software chains.

Last week

Infoblox warns cybercrime is becoming industrialised
Threat intelligence

Infoblox warns cybercrime is becoming industrialised

Nearly 25 per cent of newly observed domains were high-risk, underscoring how AI and rented infrastructure are making attacks harder to detect.

This month

Doppel launches AI email security & human risk service
Risk & Compliance

Doppel launches AI email security & human risk service

Security teams face faster, more convincing phishing as Doppel rolls out tools that link inbox alerts to attack infrastructure and automate awareness training.

Last month

Cybercriminals shift from ransomware to data theft
Risk & Compliance

Cybercriminals shift from ransomware to data theft

Organisations face a growing risk of silent data theft as criminals exploit cloud identities and credentials for extortion instead of encryption.

Last month

Finance teams face rise of behavioural cyber attacks
Risk & Compliance

Finance teams face rise of behavioural cyber attacks

Attackers are exploiting urgency and trust in payment and payroll processes, putting finance teams at risk of fraud, disruption and scrutiny.

Last month

Digimune & AnyTech365 launch AntiScam Mobile service
Managed Security Services Provider

Digimune & AnyTech365 launch AntiScam Mobile service

Rising smartphone fraud is pushing banks, insurers and telecoms to add scam protection without building it in-house.

Last month

Google warns of rise in open source supply chain attacks
Risk & Compliance

Google warns of rise in open source supply chain attacks

Malicious packages are now spreading faster across code repositories, with Google saying open source ecosystems face the sharpest rise in risk.

Last month

Proofpoint flags underground AI prompt injection tools
Risk & Compliance

Proofpoint flags underground AI prompt injection tools

Proofpoint says underground forums are advertising tools that use indirect prompt injection across emails, PDFs, calendar invites and web pages.

Last month

Russia-aligned hackers used Zimbra flaw in email attack
Threat intelligence

Russia-aligned hackers used Zimbra flaw in email attack

Ukrainian and US organisations were exposed for months after a Zimbra bug let attackers steal emails and credentials without a click.

Last month

Logokit phishing kit builds real-time fake login pages
Threat intelligence

Logokit phishing kit builds real-time fake login pages

Victims can be tricked more easily as Logokit now tailors fake login pages in real time, sending stolen credentials to Telegram bots.

Last month

Compromised credential monitoring lags threat awareness
Risk & Compliance

Compromised credential monitoring lags threat awareness

Despite widespread concern over stolen logins, only 19% of organisations continuously monitor and automatically remediate exposed credentials.

Last month

Netskope says downstream AI data breaches are surging
Digital Transformation

Netskope says downstream AI data breaches are surging

Downstream AI data leaks have more than doubled in a year, with connected services now returning unauthorised information to staff and agents.

Last month

Integrity360 launches threat intelligence portfolio
Risk & Compliance

Integrity360 launches threat intelligence portfolio

Demand is rising for outside-in cyber monitoring as firms seek earlier warning of impersonation, leaks and fraud before systems are breached.

Last month