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Threat Report Portugal: Q3 & Q4 2022

Security Affairs

The Threat Report Portugal: H2 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to December, H2, 2022. This makes it a reliable, trustworthy, continuously updated source, focused on the threats targeting Portuguese citizens. The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware.

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New Report on Current and Emerging Cyber Threats to Healthcare

CyberSecurity Insiders

Health-ISAC, a nonprofit, private sector, member-driven organization, has released its annual cyber threat report on current and emerging threat activity in the healthcare industry, in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton Cyber Threat Intelligence.

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New Linux Malware Shikitega Can Take Full Control of Devices

eSecurity Planet

Two of them regard the current user and the rest are for the root account. Employees should be trained against various social engineering and phishing attacks, as it’s a classic vector used by cybercriminals to deploy malware. Advanced configuration hardenings are strongly recommended.

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Top 5 Insider Threats to Look Out For in 2023

Security Affairs

According to statistics on insider threats, these threats may originate from employees, business contractors, or other reliable partners with simple access to your network. However, insider threat reports and recent developments have shown a sharp rise in the frequency of insider attacks.

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Security Roundup September 2023

BH Consulting

Among the most popular lures and themes for the scams were payroll diversion, where the scammer asks to change their bank account or direct debit information. Its 2023 phishing threats report combines findings from email security data with a survey of security decision makers.

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2022 Security Challenges and 2023 Security Predictions

CyberSecurity Insiders

This report states that 59% of organizations fail to maintain strict user account lifecycle management, leaving credentials that are no longer needed in the environment that can be compromised. It is this type of failure in credential management that bad actors leverage to gain access to accounts, and data.

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Hacker Personas Explained: Know Your Enemy and Protect Your Business

Webroot

As we mentioned in a previous blog , hackers come in many forms, but their methods can generally be classified into three distinct types of cybercriminals: The Impersonator – Hackers that pretend to be others, often using social engineering and human psychology to trick users. Let’s look at a few primary examples.

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