eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2005, Sony BMG delivered millions of CDs with a rootkit that monitored listening habits and unintentionally left a backdoor to the device for cybercriminals. Phishing and Social Engineering. Other forms of ransomware threaten to publicize sensitive information within the encrypted data. How to Defend Against Phishing.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

If the US government dictating iPhone encryption design sounds ok to you, ask yourself how you'll feel when China demands the same. Formerly on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, Kevin Mitnick is a crucial figure in the history of information security, including approaches to social engineering and penetration testing.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Ransomware programs gain access to a computer’s file system and execute a payload to encrypt all data. Unfortunately, most of the data it encrypted was lost for good due to faulty code.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

This lead into WHAX in 2005, which used Slax. Merging into BackTrack At the same time, there was a similar project happening over at remote-exploit, Auditor Security Collection (based on Knoppix), which first started in 2005. There is a quick answer, and a not so quick answer.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2021

billion in investments,” since 2005. Cape Privacy Encrypted learning privacy software 2018 New York, NY $25M. As mentioned in their presentation, socially engineered attacks are the most costly security threat at $2.1B Also Read: Tokenization vs. Encryption: Which is Better for Protecting Critical 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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