The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Memory hacking is being carried out across paths that have been left comparatively wide open to threat actors who are happy to take full advantage of the rather fragile framework of processes that execute deep inside the kernel of computer operating systems.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The threat actors leverage perfectly orchestrated social engineering technique by “persuading” people holding significant corporate positions to open a non-malicious PDF email attachment coming from an authentic address in their contacts. However, this is a specially crafted presentation page which abuses Sway default borderless view.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Comprehensive training should include basic security knowledge like how to create a strong password and identify possible social engineering attacks as well as more advanced topics like risk management. This article was originally published on May 24, 2017. Read more: Best Penetration Testing Tools for 2021.

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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. In this article we will learn how to address and effectively respond to major enterprise cybersecurity threats and provide tips to mitigate IT security risk.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

Going back a bit, it was also the top attack vector in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and well, hopefully, you get the picture. The social engineering aspect around phishing works because humans want to be helpful, informed, paid well, get stuff for free sometimes, and generally not end up on the wrong side of management.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Being a system administrator, a patch could contain a security update to stop a vulnerability. Teaser - Kali Sana 2017-08-22: Kali 2017.1 - KDE Desktop Fun Hacked We know everyone is a target, but also being apart of the industry we paint ourselves as a bigger target. From time-to-time we have made slip ups.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. Bruce Schneier | @schneierblog.

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