Despite ever-improving junk mail filters and more sophisticated defense measures, phishing is still one of the biggest threats to cyber security and they're becoming increasingly difficult to recognize. Criminals are using Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT to formulate their emails, which results in largely error-free texts with correct grammar and understandable sentence structure. As hackers become more advanced, you'll need to learn new methods to detect them and stay one step ahead of the game. Below we'll share a few ways you can catch them in the act, and hopefully avoid falling prey to their scams. Barracuda Networks draws attention to new phishing emails that attempt to steal access to the paid ChatGPT accounts.

Picking the perfect password comes down to a battle between two competing priorities: creating safe passwords that are lengthy and unique, and creating ones you can remember. You might think to yourself, I already have more passwords than I need! I've created passwords for years! But with the rise of password breaches, and with more passwords exposed that are linked to usernames, a solid password strategy is becoming more essential every day. We'll start out with the basics: the best ways to store passwords, and how to avoid using popular, easily-guessed passwords.