{"id":223384,"date":"2026-03-13T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/cybersecurity-expert-warns-vermont-of-evolving-phishing-schemes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T00:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:10:14","slug":"cybersecurity-expert-warns-vermont-of-evolving-phishing-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/cybersecurity-expert-warns-vermont-of-evolving-phishing-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity expert warns Vermont of evolving phishing schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynbc5.com\/article\/phishing-scams-evolving-norwich-university-cybersecurity\/70738999\">Cybersecurity expert warns Vermont of evolving phishing schemes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynbc5.com\/article\/phishing-scams-evolving-norwich-university-cybersecurity\/70738999\">https:\/\/www.mynbc5.com\/article\/phishing-scams-evolving-norwich-university-cybersecurity\/70738999<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-13 18:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.mynbc5.com\">www.mynbc5.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA cybersecurity expert says the phishing scam that cost the Chittenden Solid Waste District $3 million should be a wake-up call to individuals, municipalities, businesses, and other organizations everywhere.&#8221;The scammers are getting better at what they&#8217;re doing out there,&#8221; warned George Silowash, who leads cybersecurity efforts at Norwich University. &#8220;It&#8217;s only going to get worse.&#8221;In an exclusive NBC5 News interview this week, the waste and recycling handlers at CSWD explained that an ultra-realistic invoice came in via email, using names, photos, and other credible information they thought came from a trusted partner on a project to build a major new recycling facility in Williston. However, it was a phony invoice, CSWD Executive Director Sarah Reeves said. Despite its normal checks and balances, the municipality ended up wiring $3 million to the scammers, Reeves said. She insisted construction on the new recycling center will continue in the wake of the $3 million loss.Silowash said scammers often abuse publicly available information about organizations, such as staff lists, logos, or announcements about contracts to build a credible phishing attempt. He said he fears the rise of artificial intelligence will only help scammers make their attempts more convincing.&#8221;AI is going to make things much worse and much more authentic,&#8221; Silowash predicted. &#8220;That&#8217;s going to allow attackers to scale rather quickly and gather that information quickly. But not only that, AI is getting very good at duplicating voices. With that type of thing, you need to have certain controls in place, such as having passwords that are only known internally\u2014a code word that you would have to say over the phone to prove your authenticity.&#8221;Silowash strongly recommends organizations invest in regular, high-quality cybersecurity awareness training. He also encouraged businesses, towns, and non-profit groups to create multiple layers of oversight for significant financial transactions,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynbc5.com\/article\/phishing-scams-evolving-norwich-university-cybersecurity\/70738999\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersecurity expert warns Vermont of evolving phishing schemes https:\/\/www.mynbc5.com\/article\/phishing-scams-evolving-norwich-university-cybersecurity\/70738999 Publish Date: 2026-03-13 18:19:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/vidthumb\/a1ba8bd9-6e5d-4581-aebf-74a6dc340495\/ec85e130-ee86-442a-b410-3b3dc1659c8d.jpg?crop=1xw:1.0xh;center,top&resize=1200:*","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[20,25],"class_list":["post-223384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-phishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223386,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223384\/revisions\/223386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}