CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 8, 2023

When most people think about social media and cybersecurity, they typically think about hackers taking over Instagram accounts or Facebook Messenger scammers taking private information. The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2022 Consumer Impact Report revealed that social media account takeovers have grown by 1,000% in one year.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2023

Explore the cost of rising chargebacks, strategies for fighting ATO, and how new social media features may fuel scams. The post Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Costly chargebacks, dynamically fighting ATO, and social media scam risks appeared first on Sift Blog.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

While the internet and social media have been very positive for businesses, there remains an inherent risk when it comes to how brands manage their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Here are five potential pitfalls of social media marketing.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2022

Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting center for fraud and cybercrime , is warning of a very disturbing scam involving social media and “indecent images of children.” ” Details are light, but social media fans should take this as a warning to lock down their accounts immediately.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 2, 2021

With the increased global use of social media, there are more opportunities than ever for scammers to steal identities or perpetrate fraud online. It can even put your family at physical risk. How Can You Protect Your Information on Social Media? There are all kinds of quizzes, tests and other games on social media.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 22, 2022

Social media is allowing companies to show their creativity and personality to customers and the world like never before. Today, businesses have the ability to reach millions of people through social media—regularly and as creatively as they dare. How does AI boost social media? A staggering 4.62

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2022

Action Fraud, the UK's national reporting center for fraud and cybercrime , is warning of a very disturbing scam involving social media and "indecent images of children." Details are light, but social media fans should take this as a warning to lock down their accounts immediately. They simply steal accounts and begin posting.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

On January 31, 2024, the CEOs of the most widely used social media platforms appeared before the Committee. In his opening statement, Ranking Member Senator Lindsey Graham held Mark Zuckerberg and the other CEOs to immediate account: “Mr. … You have a product that’s killing people.”

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 24, 2023

Category Awareness, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Guides Risk Level Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, AHOY! Try these tips for securing the digital treasure trove that is your social media presence. The age of digitization has transformed social media platforms into essential tools for personal and professional communication.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 24, 2023

Category Awareness, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Guides Risk Level Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, AHOY! Try these tips for securing the digital treasure trove that is your social media presence. The age of digitization has transformed social media platforms into essential tools for personal and professional communication.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

We have seen several high-profile accounts that were taken over on X (formerly Twitter) only to be used for cryptocurrency related promotional activities, like expressing the approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The @SECGov X account was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted. .” You’re all set.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing. trillion by 2025, a 300% increase since 2015 1.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 21, 2022

TikTok moms have started a movement: Calling out potential creeps who follow child influencer accounts on the platform. The latest account in the spotlight is @wren.eleanor, a TikTok account with a massive 17.3 Let them decide how they want to use it when they are old enough to understand and navigate the risks they face.

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Identity IQ

MAY 13, 2024

What Are the Risks of a Data Breach? IdentityIQ In a society dominated by digital interconnectedness, the risks associated with data breaches loom over individuals, businesses, and society at large. The ramifications extend past financial losses due to personal, corporate, and regulatory privacy being at risk.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

US CISA added remote code execution vulnerability in Plex Media Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The three-year-old high-severity flaw is a deserialization of untrusted data in Plex Media Server on Windows, a remote, authenticated attacker can trigger it to execute arbitrary Python code. in May 2020. .”

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Malwarebytes

MAY 16, 2024

More and more websites and services are making multi-factor-authentication (MFA) mandatory, which makes it much harder for cybercriminals to access your accounts. A type of phishing we’re calling authentication-in-the-middle is showing up in online media. That’s a great thing. The user is then prompted for their MFA step.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

More than three-quarters of organizations in the sector had at least 500 accounts that expire, and even more than that had at least a thousand “ghost accounts” of former employees that were never closed. “When information that sensitive is open to every employee, or to too many accounts or too many users. .

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For the most popular operating system in the world—which is Android and it isn’t even a contest —there’s a sneaky cyberthreat that can empty out a person’s bank accounts to fill the illicit coffers of cybercriminals. The ATS framework uses the harvested credentials to initiate unauthorized money transfers to accounts held by the attacker.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

They gained access to the social media accounts of some of the biggest names in sports. This included account takeovers of both NFL and NBA players. NFL and NBA social media takeover attack started with phishing. Washington then sold access to the compromised accounts to others for amounts ranging from $500 to $1,000.".

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Employees and executives are often oversharing personal details on social media and even in automated out-of-office (OOO) email messages. Of course, OOO instructions serve an important business communications function, and a strong strong social media profile is a great way to network with your peers and brand yourself. Social media.

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Hot for Security

MAY 5, 2021

The security risks of web scraping are endless, since malicious actors abuse the process of gathering publicly available data. Social media platforms are especially prone to criminal data scraping due to the high volume of personally identifiable information (PII) that users regularly share. The dark side of web scraping.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

A recent ransomware attack highlight the dangers of extraneous accounts sitting on your network – particularly those belonging to former employees. Standard cyber hygiene calls for the purging of employees’ credentials accounts from a corporate network once they quit or are fired from their position.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2022

million customers have had their user accounts compromised in credential stuffing attacks. Credential stuffing is the automated injection of stolen username and password pairs in to website login forms, in order to fraudulently gain access to user accounts. Using a forum or social media account to send phishing messages or spam.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

An OIG audit found security gaps in the NIH and CMS enterprise risk management (ERM) programs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services enterprise risk management policies and procedures do not account for national security risks. Another OIG review found risks with the way NIH shared sensitive data.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 21, 2022

Twitter philanthropists are a controversial emergence on the social media platform. His account, specifically, has developed a few barnacles of the copycat variety. The bio and profile on both accounts is a straight copy of the real thing. The fake accounts take the unusual decision to retweet the real William a few times.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Epic have made some alterations to how accounts for kids work , with multiple features disabled for what are now known as “ Cabined Accounts ” If your children are big fans of Epic games like Fortnite and Rocket League, you may well have worried about their gaming interactions with other players at some point.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

If hard-coded cryptographic keys are used, it is almost certain that malicious users will gain access through the account in question,” according to the alert. The flaw also maintains the account ID in a plaintext browser cookie, increasing the risk of exposure if a device is compromised.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

The media paid close attention to ransomware attacks last year, as they had a significant impact on Colonial Pipeline, the nation’s largest fuel distributor, and JBS, the nation’s largest meat distributor. You’ll significantly reduce your risk if you enforce a minimum security bar for all devices accessing your data. Best practices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The popular video conferencing application Zoom implemented the new “At-Risk Meeting Notifier” feature to warn of Zoombombing threat. Zoom announced the launch a new feature dubbed “At-Risk Meeting Notifier” to warn conference organizers of potential Zoombombing attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Read our guide on privilege escalation attacks next to learn about the detection and prevention strategies for your privileged accounts and data. Users are strongly recommended to quickly upgrade their Bricks Builder Theme installations to this current version to reduce the risk of exploitation.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 18, 2018

exposed to greater risks unless actions are taken to improve security and reduce the. The BMDS isn’t the only military defense system to receive a failing grade in security; a report issued by the Government Accountability Office earlier this year found that nearly all of U.S. At Risk of Missile Attacks appeared first on Adam Levin.

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SC Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

Average total annual financial loss for companies from compromised cloud accounts is more than $500,000, according to new research. Average total annual financial loss for companies from compromised cloud accounts is more than $500,000, according to new research. . Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2023

Google announced the introduction of the passwordless secure sign-in with Passkeys for Google Accounts on all platforms. Google is rolling out the passwordless secure sign-in with Passkeys for Google Accounts on all platforms. In 2022, Google announced it would begin work to support passkeys on its platform to replace passwords.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

million accounts was caused by the exploitation of a zero-day flaw. million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. Twitter confirmed that the recent data breach that exposed data of 5.4 At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4

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SecureList

JANUARY 18, 2023

The media routinely report incidents and leaks of data that end up publicly accessible on the dark web. More personal data leaks; corporate email at risk. Media blackmail: businesses to learn they were hacked from hackers’ public posts with a countdown to publication. These add up to 144 million annually.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

The details of around four million users are now being shared for free on underground hacking forums, according to ZDNet that has obtained samples from different sources, exposed records include usernames, email addresses, and hashed account passwords (bcrypt hashing algorithm). ” reads the post published Risk Based Security.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

LinkedIn knows it has a problem with bots and fake accounts, and has acknowledged this on more than one occasion. In 2018, LinkedIn rolled out a way to automatically detect fake accounts. Accounts with positive detections will be removed before they can be used to reach out to members. What's new?

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