Security Boulevard

JANUARY 7, 2022

million online accounts have been compromised by cyberattacks involving credential stuffing. In a “Business Guide for Credential Stuffing Attacks” that described her office’s investigation, the AG provided details on the attacks and how, through automated attempts using usernames and passwords nicked.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2022

It can be easy to understand then, that cybersecurity may not have been a huge priority for businesses . Another major element of the cybersecurity crisis is the fact that so many people are now working from home. Many in-office workers are used to doing their job with a degree of simplicity with regards to cybersecurity.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

Carnival Corporation – which has been plagued by cyberattacks over the past few years – issued a breach disclosure on Thursday confirming hackers attacked email accounts and gained access to data about its customers and employees. The post Carnival discloses new data breach on email accounts appeared first on SC Media.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2022

If you like anti-phishing efforts, hashtags, and confusing but colourful video games, you’ll be interested to know that a security initiative involving all three is now live. The American Bankers Association and other banks in the US are involved in an awareness campaign tied in with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A new survey from EY reveals it is not the assumed tech-challenged Gen X and Baby Boomers who put organizations at greater risk when it comes to cybersecurity; it's Gen Z and Millennial employees who take it less seriously. 30% of Gen Z and 31% of Millennials are more likely to use the same password for professional and personal accounts (vs.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Cybersecurity today is about more than just having the right technical defenses. This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, businesses should assess how they're fostering a culture of online security. Here's how organizations can create a cybersecurity culture from onboarding onward. Ensure security from the start.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

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. Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations.

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Webroot

APRIL 3, 2024

In a world where our lives are increasingly navigated through digital apps and online accounts, understanding and managing our online identities has become paramount. Simply put, it’s the practice of ensuring that only authorized individuals have access to your sensitive information and online accounts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of AvosLocker ransomware attacks targeting multiple US critical infrastructure. Regularly back up data, password protect backup copies offline. Avoid reusing passwords for multiple accounts. hard drive, storage device, the cloud).

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The first is that they handle troves of sensitive data, especially personally identifiable information (PII) , and the second is that they operate on shoestring budgets with little to no cybersecurity staff or leadership buy-in. We’ll break down five best practices for local government cybersecurity in this post.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 22, 2023

In reality, cybercriminals had for months lured employees searching for their payroll system with a mirror-image-like website that reportedly tricked hundreds of employees into providing their usernames and passwords. Fischer said: "The USPS matter is an example of how challenging it is to remove the human from cybersecurity.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This bad news from UScellular follows similarly troubling disclosures from networking software supplier SolarWinds and from email security vendor Mimecast. The SolarWinds hack came to light in mid-December and has since become a red hot topic in the global cybersecurity community. Meanwhile, Mimecast followed its Jan.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The FBI provided the following mitigations to protect against ransomware attacks: Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. Use strong passwords and regularly change passwords to network systems and accounts, implementing the shortest acceptable timeframe for password changes.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2023

In our most recent Remote Sessions webcast, Roger Grimes, computer security expert and Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, gave a deep dive on phishing and how to properly mitigate and prevent phishing attacks. Grimes has worked in the cybersecurity industry for more than 30 years, authoring 13 books and more than 1,300 articles.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

The kind that could throw off even your most security-aware employees. Carefully crafted emails like these containing a malicious link can fool even the most security-aware of employees. The post Hopeful employees targeted as phishers identify new windows of opportunity appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This article from the National Cybersecurity Alliance was published originally here. Making a cybersecurity list, checking it twice This year, give yourself the gift of peace of mind by following our Core 4 behaviors: Protect each account with a unique, complex password that is at least 12 characters long—and use a password manager!

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Agriculture may not be the first industry you associate with cybersecurity problems, but we all need to aware of the risks created by connecting this ancient part of our food supply chain to the Internet. The FBI notice includes the following recommendations: Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 14, 2021

Among the many practical challenges is shoring up your cybersecurity defences. A 2021 phishing report by Proofpoint found that just over half of organisations provide company-wide cyber-security training, and consequently, only 63% of respondents within organisations were able to answer what phishing was correctly. Great, right?

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 22, 2021

In this case, we speak notably of the concerns over cybersecurity. For instance, employees should be encouraged to create independent user accounts for family members and friends, where access to work files is restricted. More importantly, organizations should deliver frequent and regular security awareness training.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles. MI5 said the faked LinkedIn accounts are created and operation by nation-state spy agencies, with an intent to recruit individuals or gather sensitive information.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Further, all computers shared the same password for remote access and appeared to be connected directly to the Internet without any type of firewall protection installed,” the report continued. You have to drive a level of real technical and control accountability,” said Harkins. Are you forcing password resets?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

These attacks have become more complex and challenging to detect, leading to increased instances of data breaches, account takeovers, and impersonation attacks. For instance, popular social media platforms such as YouTube and Twitter have seen a surge in account takeovers and impersonation incidents.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Indeed, 55% of respondents said they have public Facebook profiles only 33% said they set their Instagram accounts set to private. Rather than abandon the benefit an OOO provides employees and customers, specific considerations for OOO use should be implemented in security awareness training,” said Carruthers.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Individuals and organizations should prioritize security awareness training, implement email security measures, and encourage vigilance when dealing with unusual or urgent requests. In order to send a message, they could be using spoof email addresses, making use of compromised accounts, or exploiting weak security measures.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 18, 2023

Microsoft has hardened security following a Chinese hack of U.S. government agency email accounts, but some details remain a mystery. government accounts using a stolen inactive Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key. This was made possible by a validation error in Microsoft code. This issue has been corrected.”

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

As we didn’t have a comprehensive cybersecurity plan in place, the attack brought the entire business to its knees.”. Chubb set the company up with Ankura, a cybersecurity recovery specialist that has also trained the FBI on cybersecurity. Instructions were issued to change passwords immediately.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders. The scheme highlights the role and responsibility upper management plays in ensuring the security of their own company’s assets.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Tens of thousands of applications that are critical to the operations of data centers around the globe are exposed to the internet, with many secured with default factory passwords, posing a significant cyber risk to enterprises worldwide. Default passwords protected these data centers. This is laziness at its worst.”.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Unquestionably, ‘insider threats’ is one of the most neglected aspects of cybersecurity and some companies fail to recognize associated dangers. Many businesses concentrate their cybersecurity efforts solely on external attacks, which leaves more openings for internal risks.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is exactly what happened on October 12, 2016, when the Mirai botnet used an army of IoT devices — like security cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs) and routers — to execute a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack which left much of the internet inaccessible. Think your table lamps can’t expose you to danger?

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its #StopRansomware guide to account for the fact that ransomware actors have accelerated their tactics and techniques since the original guide was released in September of 2020. a fingerprint, facial recognition, device pin, or a cryptographic key).

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2023

charity and movement by the cybersecurity industry that supports more than 2,000 individuals and sole traders impacted by cybercrime and online harm every month. It encompasses various forms of cybercrime and online harm, including cyberstalking, tracking, hacking accounts and intimate image abuse.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Somehow, somewhere this email was attached to a service that suffered a security breach, or maybe the phishing scammer looked up my public information. Time to panic and start changing every password? Yes, I would recommend using a password vault manager software solution. Your name is not on the email.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2022

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. As the security industry cliche goes, there’s no such thing as a silver bullet. Many professionals agree multi-factor authentication (MFA) can improve security, but a recent discovery showed that it’s no panacea either.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

Conti ransomware is created and distributed by a group the cybersecurity industry has named Wizard Spider, the same Russian cybercriminal group that created the infamous Ryuk ransomware. Use strong passwords and regularly change passwords to network systems and accounts, implementing the shortest acceptable timeframe for password changes.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 2, 2022

Employees should undergo frequent cyber security awareness programs to keep them up to date on the latest cyber risks and how to recognize an attack in its early stages. To reduce the chance of infiltration, use proper security practices such as never browsing links and downloading files from unknown sources. Final Remarks.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 1, 2023

When it comes to cybersecurity, the use of automatic protection tools is half the battle. Any organization with a well-guarded security perimeter is low-hanging fruit as long as its employees fall for phishing hoaxes. That being said, security awareness training is indispensable these days.

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