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Social Engineering Stories: One Phish, Two Vish, and Tips for Stronger Defenses

NetSpi Executives

In this article, we will dive deep into the sea of phishing and vishing, sharing real-world stories and insights we’ve encountered during social engineering tests to highlight the importance of awareness. Unfortunately for me, they had MFA enabled on all of their accounts. The following email was sent: From: noreply@[company].com

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LastPass: hackers breached the computer of a DevOps engineer in a second attack

Security Affairs

Threat actors hacked the home computer of a DevOp engineer, they installed a keylogger as part of a sophisticated cyber attack. Password management software firm LastPass disclosed a “second attack,” a threat actor used data stolen from the August security breach and combined it with information available from a third-party data breach.

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Scattered Spider x RansomHub: A New Partnership

Digital Shadows

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. This concealed their attack until the environment was encrypted and backups were sabotaged. Leveraging its English proficiency, the collective uses social engineering for initial access.

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Retailer Orvis.com Leaked Hundreds of Internal Passwords on Pastebin

Krebs on Security

In late October, this author received a tip from Wisconsin-based security firm Hold Security that a file containing a staggering number of internal usernames and passwords for Orvis had been posted to Pastebin. Data backup services. Microsoft Active Directory accounts and passwords. Battery backup systems.

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How to Backup Outlook Account Settings: Manual vs. Automatic tools

Spinone

Outlook account settings contain important information essential for your inbox to operate properly. Restoring this data in case of loss might take much time especially when you have multiple accounts. This article describes several ways to backup Outlook account settings in great detail. How do I backup my Outlook rules?

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How to Use A Password Manager: Setup, Benefits & Best Practices in 2024

eSecurity Planet

We need secure and unique passwords to use business applications , access e-mail, and social media securely, and even watch movies on a streaming service. Password managers take some strain from generating, associating, and remembering those passwords. Table of Contents Toggle What Is a Password Manager?

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Beyond Passwords: 2FA, U2F and Google Advanced Protection

Troy Hunt

Last week I wrote a couple of different pieces on passwords, firstly about why we're going to be stuck with them for a long time yet and then secondly, about how we all bear some responsibility for making good password choices. This week, I wanted to focus on going beyond passwords and talk about 2FA.

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