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

eSecurity Planet

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. Phishing complaints were reported over 300,000 times in 2021 to IC3, the only Internet crime to crack 100,000+ complaints. since Q3 of 2007.

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QBot banker delivered through business correspondence

SecureList

A short look at QBot The banking Trojan QBot was detected for the first time in 2007. Now the banker is delivered to potential victims through malware already residing on their computers, social engineering, and spam mailings. In 2021, we published a detailed QBot technical analysis.

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The Life and Death of Passwords: Improving Security With Passwords and People

Duo's Security Blog

Our documentary, “ The Life and Death of Passwords ,” explores with industry experts the history of passwords, why passwords have become less effective over time, and how trust is established in a passwordless future. Spacebar changes the whole paradigm because instead of writing a password, you can write a passphrase.

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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. One of the methods often utilized to hack into employees’ smartphones is so-called “ smishing ” (a combination of SMS and phishing).

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6 Dangerous Microsoft Office 365 Security Concerns for Business

Spinone

The Absence of a Password Policy for Employees – About 81% of company data breaches happened due to poor passwords One of the main O365 security concerns is password carelessness. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, more than 70% of workers reuse passwords. How to make passwords secure: 1.

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

Herjavec Group

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. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S.