HackNotice’s CEO and co-founder Steve Thomas has been busy making the rounds of the interview circuit! This time, Steve and SafetyDetectives sat down for a detailed cybersecurity chat. SafetyDetectives’ mission: to give readers accurate and valuable information so they can make informed decisions about staying safe, secure and protected on the internet.

In the interview, Steve talks about the current threat landscape, how individuals and businesses can protect themselves, the growing role of AI and machine learning in cybersecurity, and about the HackNotice platform itself.

HackNotice helps businesses respond to threats by giving them the ability to keep track of their third-party vendors, employee identities, end-user clients, and any of their critical human threat surfaces. From there, HackNotice provides details about the threats, how hackers are gathering information about their business, and what attacks hackers are likely planning. That way, businesses identify and stop attacks before they occur, on both a company and human level. 

HackNotice also offers a digital identity protection service to every employee, helping them identify their threats and protect themselves from fraud.

Here’s a quick preview of the interview:

The king of threats has always been social engineering – old-fashioned trickery to get people to do stuff or give up access. The aim hasn’t changed much: wire fraud, financial fraud, identity theft, account takeover, or, sometimes, just messing with lives. Nowadays, it’s more common to see data breaches and ransomware attacks, with bad guys holding businesses to ransom.

Things get extra spicy when you add in all the data stolen through breaches, leaks, and ransomware attacks.

We’ve seen a shift in how these threats play out, too. What used to go down in emails is now happening via social media DMs, SMS smishing, voice vishing, and a bunch of other communication routes. Usually, it all leads back to the same nasty outcomes: wire fraud, financial fraud, identity theft, or account takeover.

Businesses, in particular, are grappling with the growing threat of ransomware, data incidents via third-party vendors, and operational disruptions due to their infrastructure (or their vendors’ infrastructure) getting hit with ransomware.

And let’s not forget, what used to be a steady stream of shared intel among hackers has turned into a deluge. These guys know a scary amount about everyone and, with the aid of AI, their attacks are becoming more potent and more successful than ever before. So, the stakes have definitely ramped up!

There’s a lot more, so check out the full interview here!