SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Persistent exploitation of legacy systems One of the most alarming aspects of Ghost ransomware is its focus on legacy IoT and OT environments. Cybersecurity awareness and incident response Train employees to recognize phishing attempts and social engineering. Enforce DMARC, DKIM, and SPF to prevent spoofing.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 13, 2018

With our affiliations and preferences put in play by search engines and social media, we’re perfect patsies for social engineering. And now we are on the verge of making matters dramatically worse as smartphones and IoT devices proliferate. It’s carbon-based life forms. Humans tend to be gullible and impatient.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

One tried-and-true incursion method pivots off social engineering. Allegedly developed by US and Israeli operatives, Stuxnet was discovered circulating through Iranian nuclear energy facilities in 2010. A network breach begins, of course, with an incursion. The first worm of note that accomplished this was Stuxnet.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

He retired as a colonel in 2010. He was previously senior manager at Deloitte, focused on IoT and industrial cybersecurity. His expertise is in social engineering, technology, security algorithms and business. Since founding Cedric Leighton Associates, he has become an internationally known strategic risk expert.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

The Obama sanctions helped security analysts and the FBI piece together how Bogachev, around 2010, began running unusual searches on well-placed PCs he controlled, via Gameover Zeus infections. Meanwhile, a recent report from Nokia identifies the hottest new source of bots: IoT devices, such as home routers, baby cams and office equipment.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

Mitnick was known for his social engineering skills, which he used to trick employees into divulging sensitive information or passwords. The most famous example of this was the Stuxnet worm , which was discovered in 2010 and was believed to have been created by the US and Israeli governments to sabotage Iran's nuclear program.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. Internet of Things, or IoT devices, already represent a mature technological industry. It is harder to dupe informed people. AI and Machine Learning Hacking.

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