Remove 2007 Remove Accountability Remove Social Engineering
article thumbnail

The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. since Q3 of 2007. Social Tactics. According to data from the Federal Reserve , the 55-69 age group currently controls 41.2%

article thumbnail

How cybercrime is impacting SMBs in 2023

SecureList

According to a report by the Barracuda cybersecurity company, in 2021, businesses with fewer than 100 employees experienced far more social engineering attacks than larger ones. On the phishing page that claims to offer personal banking services, they ask users to log in with their corporate banking account credentials.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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?

Backups 52
article thumbnail

Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S.

article thumbnail

Top Network Detection & Response (NDR) Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Today, both outsiders with the right social engineering skills and disgruntled personnel pose risks to sensitive data when network architectures fail to implement microsegmentation and advanced network traffic analysis (NTA). Analyze thousands of metrics for known and unknown malware techniques. ExtraHop Networks.

article thumbnail

6 Dangerous Microsoft Office 365 Security Concerns for Business

Spinone

Imagine for a moment that your employee uses one password to access their social media profiles and to sign in to their Office 365 corporate account. This way, a system ensures only veritable users can get access to the account. This approach puts your data at a huge risk. All software has it’s “expiration date.”

article thumbnail

How to spot the signs of a virtual kidnap scam

Malwarebytes

You can reach back to 2007 and look in amazement at the 419 death threat. Things become even worse when social engineering combines with publicly available data to make it even more convincing. Don’t leave contact details of family members stored in easily compromised email accounts. Profiling the victim.

Scams 129