The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

As coronavirus-themed cyber attacks ramp up, consumers and companies must practice digital distancing to keep themselves protected. That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear.

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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. Password stuffing, cracking, guessing, spraying.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The Bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued two separate statements on this note and asked the residents of Texas, Florida and New Mexico to be extra vigilant as the residents of the said regions were termed to be most vulnerable to such forms of online crimes. And the trend becomes severe during valentines season.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. Navigating the internet in 2022 is more dangerous than ever for Australian netizens. There is an increase in attacks on users who subscribe to Fintech services.

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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. This time around, if you thought ransomware and phishing should have been at the top (these fall under System Intrusion and Social Engineering ) you would have been right! Google (search results).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

It is an online scam attack quite similar to Phishing. It is a type of social engineering cyberattack in which the website’s traffic is manipulated to steal confidential credentials from the users. You notice some messages or posts on your Social Media channels that you don’t remember posting.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Let us know what you think on social media! 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.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron: Since I started, the cyber threat landscape has grown exponentially, with more sophisticated attacks and diverse attackers ranging from individual hackers to professional criminal rings to state-sponsored entities. Erin: What are some of the most common social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use?

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In 2021, we endured the fallout of a seemingly endless parade of privacy controversies and milestone cyber attacks. The faster organizations understand their exposures, the better the chances of preventing any attack from escalating. Ransomware, phishing and social engineering attacks will all continue to increase.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Defending our technology against cyber threats is an increasingly important issue, and these grants will allow our cities and towns to train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.” “As As a former mayor, I know that cyber attacks are a constant threat to municipalities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 20, 2023

Cyber Attacks Against Executives: Phishing, Whaling, and More Most data can be sold to anyone who will pay for it–including bad actors. They can use it to personalize their workplace phishing attacks and business email compromise schemes to make them more effective. In the U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

The cyber attack succeeded when one of Sequoia’s employees fell victim to a phishing attack. Focused on energy, enterprise, financial, healthcare, mobile, and internet start-ups, this VC firm has more than 1100 corporate clients and more than 200 international clients. Social engineering. Sina Weibo

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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. Let's use that as our baseline.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

In the early 1990s, the Internet industry needed to move packets as fast as possible because some marketing genius came up with the idea that everyone could have “Unlimited Internet Access” for $9.95 Those people belong in the Internet Hall of Fame. Phishing attacks? Consecutive attacks occurring every second of the day?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. Phishing scams remain such a widely used attack vector because of their efficiency.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2022

According to Forbes , the cyberthreats that SMBs most commonly face are “ransomware, misconfigurations and unpatched systems, credential stuffing and social engineering.”. Multi-factor authentication is a must, not only on your financial accounts, but also on social media accounts and email.

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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. This time around, if you thought ransomware and phishing should have been at the top (these fall under System Intrusion and Social Engineering ) you would have been right!

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit. During our research we collected dozens of social media pages impersonating assets belonging to the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Reflecting on the Wannacry ransomware attack, which is the lesson learnt e why most organizations are still ignoring it. The spread of this ransomware was considered to be the worst cyber attack in terms of contamination rate and scope, putting public offices and companies (especially healthcare facilities) out of operation.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

These virtual SOCs are providing greater visibility into these low noise attacks on smaller and medium sized organizations. And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet. So from software, media, everything else of that nature. GRAY: The Internet is a penetration test.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Your passwords are on the internet. The answer, like most other cybersecurity-adjacent answers, lies in a combination of factors including social engineering , weak passwords, and other risky security moves or attacks. But once the keys are compromised, what are attackers ultimately looking to achieve?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the precursor of the modern Internet we know, love, and sometimes hate. Worms and the Dawn of the Internet Age: 1987-2000. Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

As we look forward into 2017 cyber attacks , information security teams have to think like hackers in order to stay ahead of the challenges to come. Media reports in 2016 brought nation-state-sponsored cyber attacks to the public consciousness to an unprecedented degree. For a preview, read on.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Add to that widespread warnings to use social media circumspectly. Ransomware and BEC attacks pivot off social engineering that begins with criminals using search engines and haunting social media sites to gather intelligence about a specific employee at a targeted company.

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

MotW is a Windows security measure — the system displays a warning message when someone tries to open a file downloaded from the internet. The threat actor uses social engineering to infect a PoS terminal. The threat actor also seems to be experimenting with new file types to deliver its malware.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 18, 2018

. » Related Stories Episode 124: The Twitter Accounts Pushing French Protests and Social Engineering the Software Supply Chain Before Senate Facebook, Twitter Defend Efforts to Stop Fake News Criminals, Not State Actors, Target Russian Oil Company in 3-Year Cyber Attack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

It was one of the worst years (if not the worst) for cyber attacks. With the pandemic pushing so many people to have economic activities on the internet, payment processors are now more relevant than ever before. Social Media. Hacked social media accounts’ prices are decreasing across all platforms.

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

The pandemic has further increased opportunities for cyber attackers as employees access company resources from myriad devices/networks not managed by the corporate IT team. How exactly do attackers get in? Today’s users are accustomed to rapidly scrolling and browsing through emails, social media, and news articles.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

What Is a Cyber Attack? A cyber attack refers to a type of attack that is carried out by cybercriminals using a computer or group of computers to attack another computer, group of computers, or network. Cyber attacks target data in one way or another. Who are behind cyber attacks?

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Hosting content on this portion of the internet does however come with challenges for the extortion groups, with internet speeds capped and only individuals with dedicated software—such as the Onion Router (ToR)—capable of accessing breached data.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1970-1995 — Kevin Mitnick — Beginning in 1970, Kevin Mitnick penetrates some of the most highly-guarded networks in the world, including Nokia and Motorola, using elaborate social engineering schemes, tricking insiders into handing over codes and passwords, and using the codes to access internal computer systems.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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