SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home. (Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons).

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Phishing Social Engineering Scams Engineering 81

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2021

Google searches for DocuSign almost doubled during March 2020, and stayed there, as so many people around the world started working from home. If the phishing site is unknown, a password manager can help. This helps users from getting their passwords harvested. Keep your passwords safe! Bad signs to look for.

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Phishing Password Management Passwords Accountability 142

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

This is a huge leak even by today’s standards, with an average of 7 million records being exposed daily in 2020. . They can then conduct elaborate phishing and social engineering attacks to gain access to the victims’ accounts on other digital services such as entertainment and shopping platforms or even online banking.

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Social Engineering Passwords Marketing Phishing 123

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Harrington is an executive partner at Independent Security Evaluators ( ISE ), a company of ethical hackers known for hacking cars, medical devices and password managers. Application security is the soft underbelly to almost all security domains, from network security to social engineering and everything in between.

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Risk Social Engineering Password Management Software 154

Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Such lapses in database security can (and often do) lead to hundreds of millions of people having their personal information exposed on the internet, allowing threat actors to use that data for a variety of malicious purposes, including phishing and other types of social engineering attacks , as well as identity theft.

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Passwords Authentication Identity Theft Engineering 130

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

I’m going to speculate that the sudden shift to work-from-home in 2020 has led to quick decisions to meet immediate needs. Cybercriminals capture authentication information, and they are often using social engineering tactics to target key employees and executives, putting human capital at major risk.

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Mobile Data breaches Authentication Accountability 306

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Ransomware and BEC attacks pivot off social engineering that begins with criminals using search engines and haunting social media sites to gather intelligence about a specific employee at a targeted company. Cyber hygiene isn’t difficult.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. — Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020. link] pic.twitter.com/cVIyB44o6q — Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) June 22, 2020. — Parisa Tabriz (@laparisa) January 26, 2020.

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Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

Passwords: An Easy Target. Let’s not mince words: passwords are difficult for most organizations to manage. Despite the ready availability of password management software, deployment and strategic management of passwords is difficult as your employment numbers skyrocket. Regular employee training.

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Cybersecurity Social Engineering Passwords Malware 98

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Like in the case of SolarWinds in 2020, masked threat actors aren’t afraid to linger for months during reconnaissance. These stays can mean extended exposure to sensitive client data or proprietary information or enough time to parse through a managed service provider’s client network. Extended Stays and Attack Execution.

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SecureList

JULY 29, 2021

There are indications of previous activity from this threat actor dating back to at least October 2020, based on other Cobalt Strike payloads and loaders bearing similar toolmarks. Previous activity also connected with this group relied heavily on spear-phishing and Cobalt Strike throughout 2020. Chinese-speaking activity.

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Malware Phishing Password Management Social Engineering 144

Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

2020 is a case in point. Hacked social media accounts’ prices are decreasing across all platforms. Use a reliable password manager. These tools allow you to set highly secure passwords (of the kind that you will never learn by heart), and you only need to remember the master password.

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Accountability Marketing Hacking Cryptocurrency 114

BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In all, the agency grouped the main risks into eight categories: ransomware, malware, social engineering, threats against data, threats against availability, disinformation/misinformation, and supply chain targeting. The latter category made up 17 per cent of all reported intrusions in 2021, up from just 1 per cent in 2020.

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