eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

LODEINFO has been observed engaged in a spear- phishing campaign since December 2019 by JPCERT/CC. Clearly, companies and individuals should not rely exclusively on built-in security. Complete security can’t be achieved, especially against global actors or state-sponsored groups. during their investigation.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

From direct assaults on passwords via brute force attacks and password spraying to email phishing, ransomware and social engineering campaigns that act as precursors to credential stuffing attacks, adversaries are well aware that the path of least resistance almost always involves the compromising of a password.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

Today’s columnist, Rob Shavell of Abine, points out that better employee training about deepfake technology can possibly stop the famous 2019 case where a UK executive was duped by phone into transferring $200,000+ to a Hungarian bank, but companies also need to do a better job of managing the personal information of employees.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 28, 2024

A study by Verizon in their 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report found that 68% of breaches involved a human element, such as social engineering, misuse of privileges, or simple mistakes. Capital One case study In 2019, Capital One experienced a data breach that exposed the personal information of over 100 million customers.

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Jane Frankland

AUGUST 18, 2020

Furthermore, from 2019–2023E, approximately USD 5.2 Whilst this is concerning, when talking to executives outside of security, like I did on a recent masterclass with Nowcomm , it’s vital they understand of the following: 1. IBM found that the average time to identify a breach in 2019 was 206 days. billion by 2022.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2022

In 2018 and 2019, for instance, the volume of reported digital attacks related to machine identities grew by over 400%. They can do that by leveraging security awareness training to augment their familiarity with phishing attacks and other social engineering techniques.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 23, 2022

To get to their targets, the attackers used social engineering via LinkedIn “hiding behind the ruse of attractive, but bogus, job offers,” ESET said, adding that it was likely part of the Lazarus campaign for Mac and is similar to research done by ESET in May. As a result, Macs with macOS Catalina v10.15 Long History.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Georgia Bafoutsou of ENISA, the EU’s information security agency, called on those attending to amplify messages about security awareness. Rich Mogull, SVP of cloud security at Firemon, and Colm Gallagher of Commsec Security covered incident response and forensics in their respective talks.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2 – It demonstrates the importance of security awareness training for your employees! 2019 – Alibaba – A telemarketing employee privately obtained 1.1 I love it for a few reasons. #1 1 – It’s a reminder that history can and will repeat itself — if we continue to prepare and respond in the same way ! #2

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

“Cyber Security is so much more than a matter of IT.” ” ― Stephane Nappo The amount of compromised data in August 2019 composed 114,686,290 breached records. A big plus of this cyber security certification course is that you can get all the information for free if you don’t want to purchase a certificate.

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NopSec

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The US Department of Homeland Security initially released it in 2007 to improve software assurance through security awareness at the development stage. and affects Microsoft Exchange Server software versions between 2013 and 2019 with cumulative updates. In this case, the CVE represents a severity score of 7.2

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Between 2019 and 2023, 29% to 35% of breaches reported to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) were due to human error. This case study underscores the importance of stringent data-handling and sharing practices, as well as comprehensive security awareness training to prevent accidental data exposures.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Between 2019 and 2023, 29% to 35% of breaches reported to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) were due to human error. This case study underscores the importance of stringent data-handling and sharing practices, as well as comprehensive security awareness training to prevent accidental data exposures.

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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. Employees are aware of the cybersecurity best practices, and regular security awareness workshops are conducted.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Employees are aware of the cybersecurity best practices, and regular security awareness workshops are conducted.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

That is why hackers use social engineering tricks to pressure victims into paying a ransom. In 2019 the game has changed: general ransomware activity has dropped, but the number of attacks targeting enterprises has increased by 12%. Pass some security awareness courses for beginners.

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SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

This year’s report reveals 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime in 2020 – an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019 – and reported losses exceeding $4.2 The IC3 received 241,342 complaints on phishing and related attacks like smishing, vishing, and pharming in 2020, a 110% increase over complaints received in 2019.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

We repeatedly say that companies need to invest significantly in advanced protection tools and security awareness, including a Zero Trust approach. This incident was the impetus for Joe Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order that now enforces all organizations to strengthen their supply chain security efforts.

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