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HSI's Cornerstone, launched in July 2003, is a monthly newsletter that focuses on spreading awareness and creating partnerships to detect and close vulnerabilities within our Nation's financial, trade and transportation sectors that criminals use to launder their illicit proceeds.

This month's issue focuses on AI and its use in fraud detection and prevention.

The threat landscape continues to evolve, with cybercriminals leveraging new tactics to get through traditional email defenses and turning to multi-channel attacks to ramp up the pressure on their targets.

This report discusses the current threats, who answers when you call a vishing number and how platforms are being hijacked. 

Initial Access Brokers (IABs) are financially motivated threat actors that profit through the sale of remote access to corporate networks. IABs are a crucial component that lies at the beginning of the attack chain, working solely as intermediaries that supply attackers with the means for a future attack.