Identity IQ

APRIL 2, 2021

The recent Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Report shows that cybercrime has spiked, leaving hundreds of thousands of victims and costing more than $4 billion. Moreover, losses due to internet crime increased by $700 million, growing from $3.5 Phishing Scams. Keep your computer safe and virus-free.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2022

The RSOCKS was composed of millions of compromised computers and other electronic devices around the world, including industrial control systems, time clocks, routers, audio/video streaming devices, and smart garage door openers. “The U.S. ” reads the announcement published by DoJ. 1 day, 1 week, or one month).

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 20, 2022

The DOJ says RSOCKS initially targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as industrial control systems, time clocks, routers, audio/video streaming devices, and smart garage door openers, though it expanded to targeting additional types of devices including conventional computers.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

However, traditional financial threats – such as banking malware and financial phishing, continue to take up a significant share of such financially-motivated cyberattacks. BlueNoroff developed an elaborate phishing campaign that targeted startups and distributed malware for stealing all crypto in the account tied to the device.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 24, 2023

In a cybersecurity notice, TGH said it noticed unusual activity on its computer systems on May 31, 2023. According to TGH, the criminals did not access the hospital's electronic medical record system. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password. Watch out for fake vendors.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Microsoft sued Thallium North Korea-linked APT for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. Microsoft sued a North Korea-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Thallium for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. 27 in the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 24, 2018

Hackers used phishing emails to break into a Virginia bank in two separate cyber intrusions over an eight-month period, making off with more than $2.4 That second computer had the ability to manage National Bank customer accounts and their use of ATMs and bank cards. million total. Between Jan.

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Security Through Education

JUNE 22, 2021

Throughout the scam, fraudsters will often build trust with their targets via computer, phone, and the mail. Computer tech support scams. Computer technical support scams prey on people’s lack of knowledge about computers and cybersecurity. Internet and email fraud. Sweepstakes & lottery scams. Romance Scams.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In Q3 2021 , online stores were in second place by share of recorded phishing attacks (20.63%). In this research, we analyzed various types of threats: financial malware associated with major online shopping platforms as well as phishing pages and fake websites mimicking the world’s biggest retail platforms. Methodology.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

billion from banks in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Mexico, Malta, and Africa by hacking the banks' computer networks and sending fraudulent Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) messages. The hackers employed false and fraudulent personas when they sent spear-phishing messages to victims.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 10, 2018

. » Related Stories Episode 100: Estonia’s Former CIO talks about engineering a secure electronic vote Fitness apps: Good for your health, not so much for military security Episode 101: The Dystopian IoT looks a lot like the Printer Ink Aisle and City of Atlanta Employees phished on Rogue Wi-Fi. That future seems bright.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Experts at Cisco Talos and other security firms quickly drew parallels between the two mass spam campaigns, pointing to a significant overlap in Russia-based Internet addresses used to send the junk emails. domaincontrol.com and ns18.domaincontrol.com). domaincontrol.com).

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. It is thought to be the first computer virus. . years of probation.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. How did the contagion stop?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In their 2021 report, Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all breach events. In their 2022 report, System Intrusion took the lead, accounting for 40% of all breach events. phish email, not Phish the band), and tallied the number of hits in each category by outlet.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Source: Verizon DBIR [1] In last year’s DBIR report [2], Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all cybersecurity data breach events, with Denial of Service being the number one cybersecurity incident covering almost 50% of all events. Social Engineering: phishing emails, texts, phone calls.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

The Shamoon “wiper” virus , for instance, devastated Saudi oil company Aramaco, destroying the hard drives of more than 30,000 Aramaco computers and forcing a weeklong shutdown of the company’s internal network. A few months later the UAE stood up its National Electronic Security Authority (NESA) which proceeded to do much the same thing.

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Security Through Education

APRIL 7, 2021

In fact, the FBI’s (Federal Bureau of Investigation) 2020 Internet Crime Report , refers to what is happening as an “ Internet crime spree.” billion people were active internet users as of October 2020. “Mobile phishing increases more than 300% as 2020 chaos continues.” COVID-19 Scams.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Anyone who has used a computer for any significant length of time has probably at least heard of malware. Today, malware is a common threat to the devices and data of anyone who uses the Internet. Ransomware is one of the most virulent forms of malware on the modern Internet. Need More Intel on Rootkits?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

According to DBIR, social engineering and basic web application attacks account for over 50% of all incidents of breaches. If the news media and the internet are leading us astray, maybe we can pinpoint what those influences are and systematically reduce our bias on those topics. But that isn’t what Verizon’s data showed.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Source: Verizon DBIR [1] In last year’s DBIR report [2], Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all cybersecurity data breach events, with Denial of Service being the number one cybersecurity incident covering almost 50% of all events. Social Engineering: phishing emails, texts, phone calls.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In fact, 62 percent of professionals admitted to sharing passwords over text messages or email and 46 percent said their company shares passwords for accounts used by multiple people. A token acts as an electronic cryptographic key that unlocks the device or application, usually with an encrypted password or biometric data.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In their 2021 report, Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all breach events. In their 2022 report, System Intrusion took the lead, accounting for 40% of all breach events. phish email, not Phish the band), and tallied the number of hits in each category by outlet.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This is a perfectly adequate solution, adding yet another computer to their little network would be overkill, and add as many security problems as it solved. Dominion simply uses “role based security” instead of normal user accounts. The auditors claim account passwords must “be changed every 90 days”. Credential Management.

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Errata Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This is a perfectly adequate solution, adding yet another computer to their little network would be overkill, and add as many security problems as it solved. Dominion simply uses “role based security” instead of normal user accounts. The auditors claim account passwords must “be changed every 90 days”. This is false.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Data from the Brazilian Federation of Banks registered a considerable increase in crime (such as explosions at bank branches to steal money) and cybercrime (increased phishing and social-engineering attacks) against banking customers and banking infrastructure. Of course, this is the result of economic problems caused by the pandemic.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud. As is true with any cloud service, the Seattle cloud computing company emphasizes the shared responsibility model. One such example is the addition of cloud computing service Microsoft Azure in 2008. Alibaba Cloud.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 25, 2021

I grew up as a computer obsessed misfit in sportsmad rural Ireland. The teachers in the local high school, St Muredachs, did their best to cover the emerging field of Computer Science, and I cannot thank them enough for being my introduction to everything cyber. universities, upskilling programs and more.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

By the time Ehuan gets involved, victims just want to put their computers and their lives back together as quickly as possible. The anonymity of the Internet, cryptocurrency and the lack of international cooperation between the U.S. They are using the old, time-tested phishing, unpatched systems, etc.,

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Spinone

DECEMBER 28, 2018

All too often businesses assign more permissions or system rights to user accounts than the accounts need to have. User accounts need to have appropriate permissions to only the resources they should have access to. User accounts need to have appropriate permissions to only the resources they should have access to.

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Spinone

MARCH 18, 2019

The healthcare industry in general houses a massive amount of electronic data about patients including protected health information to financial information. Today’s hospitals use a myriad of electronic devices to service patients. Health information is also becoming a target of attackers. billion registered Indian citizens.

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