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Allure Security Series B funding announcement raising $17 million for AI-driven disinformation security platform

Industry Insights

March 19, 2026

Why We Raised $17M to Build the Future of Disinformation Security

Allure Security has closed a $17 million Series B to scale the AI-native platform for disinformation defense. CEO Josh Shaul...

Deepfake executive impersonation using AI-generated identities to deceive organizations

Disinformation Security

January 20, 2026

What Is Disinformation Security? Gartner’s Emerging Category Defined

Disinformation security protects organizations from deepfakes, brand impersonation, and synthetic fraud. Gartner predicts 50% enterprise adoption by 2028.When Patrick Hillmann...

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Phishing

February 13, 2026

LOTS Attacks and the Death of Domain Reputation

The detection model that protected organizations for two decades assumed malicious infrastructure would look…

Phishing

February 13, 2026

Why Your Security Tools Can’t Block npm-Hosted Phishing

Phishing pages served from npm’s CDN infrastructure pass every check your security tools perform:…

PDF document hooked by a red phishing hook illustrating MatrixPDF credential theft hidden inside trusted files

Threat Intelligence

February 11, 2026

When PDFs Become Phishing Pages: The MatrixPDF Technique

A phishing-as-a-service toolkit is turning the most trusted document format into a credential harvesting…

Judge’s gavel in front of a digitally generated face illustrating deepfake fraud and the legal response gap

Industry Insights

February 11, 2026

Deepfake Legislation Gap: Why Banks Can’t Wait

The Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act would create the first federal task force dedicated…

Computer screen showing “Verify You Are Human” prompt illustrating ClickFix phishing that evades security scanners

Threat Intelligence

February 9, 2026

ClickFix: The Attack Scanners Can’t See

Security teams have grown accustomed to a particular workflow: a customer reports something suspicious,…

Digital counter displaying 194,001 malicious domains registered, illustrating large-scale phishing infrastructure overwhelming domain protection

Domain Protection

February 9, 2026

The Infrastructure That Broke Domain Protection

Traditional domain monitoring assumed attackers registered malicious domains one at a time. At 194,000…

Smartphone displaying job search listings illustrating fake job posting and recruitment fraud schemes

Online Fraud

February 6, 2026

Fake Job Postings: The $500 Million Fraud Hiding in Plain Sight

Scammers are exploiting LinkedIn, Indeed, and other trusted platforms to impersonate employers, harvest credentials,…

Online Fraud

February 6, 2026

$158 Billion in Fraud: Why Reactive Defense Has Failed

A landmark Aspen Institute report reveals the staggering scale of online fraud losses and…

Glowing human brain with digital wave signals illustrating AI-driven neuro-phishing targeting cognitive biases

Disinformation Security

February 4, 2026

Neuro-Phishing: Why Your Brain Is the Target

AI-powered phishing doesn’t just bypass your security tools. It exploits the cognitive shortcuts your…

Digital Risk Protection

February 4, 2026

What Is Digital Risk Protection? A Security Leader’s Guide

The threats that matter most to your organization increasingly originate outside your perimeter, where…

Silhouette of a person speaking with digital audio waveform illustrating AI voice cloning and CEO impersonation fraud

Disinformation Security

February 4, 2026

Voice Cloning Attacks: When Your CEO’s Voice Becomes a Weapon

Three seconds of audio is now enough to clone a voice. The attacks exploiting…

Magnifying glass over cybersecurity dashboard showing malicious traffic and scanner alerts

Digital Risk Protection

February 2, 2026

How to Evaluate Digital Risk Protection Solutions

The capabilities that matter most in a DRP platform are often the ones vendors…

Card reading “You can trust me” with the word “can’t” crossed out in red, symbolizing deception in romance scams

Online Fraud

January 30, 2026

Romance Scams: The $12 Billion Fraud Your Brand Enables

The world’s fastest-growing online fraud runs on fake investment platforms that clone legitimate brands—and…

Fake “Verify you are human” prompt with warning icon in front of shadowy figure, illustrating phishing kit using CAPTCHA to evade scanners

Threat Intelligence

January 29, 2026

Tykit: Inside the Phishing Kit Turning Defenses Into Weapons

A sophisticated credential-theft operation is deploying Cloudflare’s anti-bot technology to shield its own attacks…

Phishing

January 28, 2026

Smishing Statistics: Why SMS Phishing Grew 328% Since 2020

Click rates for text message scams run nine times higher than email. Attackers have…

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