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The cybersecurity landscape is poised for significant evolution in 2024 , marked by the emergence of new and refined threat vectors , as well as an increase in the tried and true attacks of the past .

Attackers have spent years honing their techniques , making social engineering tactics more nuanced and personalized . These advanced attacks are already adept at exploiting human vulnerabilities , often leveraging trust and familiarity to deceive recipients and make it challenging for conventional security measures and humans alike to discern malicious intent . But the rise of new technologies , and especially generative AI , makes the attacks coming in 2024 more dangerous than those of the past .

For example , the usage of QR codes for various legitimate purposes such as making payments , accessing websites , or joining Wi-Fi networks has grown significantly . As the public became more familiar with them , attackers saw how to exploit them – using similar themes to encourage their targets to provide credentials , money , or sensitive information .

But not every new attack is truly brand new . . . sometimes all it takes is a new variation . This is especially true of business email compromise ( BEC ) and its sub-categories , as attackers continue to move away from the CEO fraud of the past and lean more into vendor compromise and impersonation to trick victims . In the coming year , we expect this vendor fraud to increase as more threat actors leverage partner relationships to increase the success rate of their attacks .

While we do not have a crystal ball and cannot predict the future with complete accuracy , we are confident about one thing : email attacks are more sophisticated than ever before , and they will continue to evolve in 2024 . To help prepare organizations against them , we ’ ve gathered five specific attack types that we expect to increase in the coming year . These real-world email attacks , sent to Abnormal customers in 2023 , illustrate how attackers are constantly changing their tactics and showcase why security leaders must take the necessary steps today to safeguard their email infrastructure from these continuouslyevolving threats . �

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