Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A critical part of achieving balanced security is for the organization to execute an architecture optimization. By breaking out the various architecture domains of the organization relating to risk and cybersecurity, including: SecOps Processes aligning to current adaptive control capabilities.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

SMTP server and Mail credentials: Attackers can exploit this for sending emails disguised as legitimate company representatives.This could lead to social engineering attacks, malware distribution, or phishing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social engineering. Social engineering is the most prevalent way threat actors find their way into your environment. Getting an unexpected call from the Social Security administration or the IRS will never happen. Network design and architecture. Once the actor has embedded themselves, they will strike.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Wayne Schepens , Chief Cyber Market Analyst, CyberRisk Alliance Schepens The weakest link is still humans; attacks caused by social engineering remain a critical risk for all organizations. This will most probably lead to M&A within this space, for instance, Palo Alto Networks recently acquired Dig Security.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Accounting for nearly a quarter of reported incidents in Australia, phishing is a broad category of social engineering with several variations. These social engineering techniques tricked employees into revealing their login credentials, which allowed attackers to access additional systems and data. What is phishing?

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SC Magazine

APRIL 20, 2021

Morgan said attackers are more sophisticated today, but good old-fashioned lying and social engineering remain effective as many people are driven by relationships and engagement. Humans remain the weak link in any cyber and data security strategy, said John Morgan, CEO at Confluera.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Social engineering. Malware, social engineering , and cyber attacks. The architectural threat takes advantage of the weakness in components of the information system. Types of cyber threats There are multiple ways to categorize cybersecurity threats. By source: Physical damage. Cyberattack.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 18, 2021

With the move to remote work came an increase in malware and social engineering attacks that exploited general communications like emails. Social engineering and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks remain high. It’s fair to say that 2020 was impossible to predict, but had a significant impact.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

The trojan can run on both ARM and x86 architectures. The use of fake domains impersonating venture capital firms and social engineering tactics observed by Jamf lead the experts into attributing the attacks to BlueNoroff.

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SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

In this article we analyse the technical features of the Trojan’s components, giving a detailed overview of obfuscation techniques, the infection process and subsequent functions, as well as the social engineering tactics used by the cybercriminals to convince their victims to give away their personal online banking details.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Implement Zero-Trust Architecture. Distracted workers are particularly vulnerable to social engineering attacks, but thorough training can mitigate these risks. Thankfully, this is not an issue without a solution. One of the most comprehensive actions supply chains can take is implementing zero-trust security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2021

Experts pointed out that it also leverages social engineering to trick victims into downloading a mobile app. The MSI installer has two embedded links – which one is chosen depends on the victim’s processor architecture.” ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It’s encouraging to see that enterprises understand that zero-trust architectures present one of the most effective ways of providing secure access to business resources,” said Chris Hines, director, zero-trust solutions, at Zscaler.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 21, 2023

Explore topics such as social engineering, user-centric security design, security training and awareness programs, and the impact of human factors on the effectiveness of cybersecurity defenses. Human Factors in Cybersecurity: Investigate the role of human behavior, psychology, and user awareness in cybersecurity.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Specifically, the agency added: Recommendations for preventing common initial infection vectors Updated recommendations to address cloud backups and zero trust architecture (ZTA). Create policies to include cybersecurity awareness training about advanced forms of social engineering for personnel that have access to your network.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Now, rapid advancements in social engineering and easy-to-use deep fake technology are enabling attackers to trick more users into falling for their schemes. Users have long been a weak link in IT security, prone to opening infected email attachments, clicking malicious links and other risky behavior.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Microservices Architecture has Created a Security Blind Spot. Per a recent report from Q4 2020 to Q4 2021 , the average number of APIs per company increased by 221% in 12 months and that API attack traffic grew by 681% while overall API traffic grew by 321%. Microservices communicate over APIs. password guessing).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

Not long ago, it was revealed that T-Mobile had been breached by bad actors who convinced employees to switch their SIM cards to let them bypass two-factor identification — reminding us how effective social engineering can still be. Once this communication is blocked, the malicious software essentially becomes inert.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 7, 2023

This process involves selecting the desired output format and configuration options, such as specifying the target operating system and architecture, the icon to use for the executable file, and any additional data files or resources to include in the package.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2019

The Financial Times reported that according to Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, the vulnerabilities were due to “limitations that can’t be solved due to their structure and architecture.” ” continues the post.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Organizations today still have a massive problem with phishing attacks, ransomware, account takeaways, and social engineering. This “excessive” data creation with a lack of management is driving the need for a blockchain architecture with the puzzling need for quantum computing resources in every cloud provider. Probably not.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2019

Nation-state hacking reduced the use of complex malware and appears to go towards low profile social engineering attacks. “The need for generic IoT protection architectures/good practices will remain pressing.” ” reads the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018. ” continues the report.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 21, 2023

Permalink The post BSidesTLV 2023 – Andy Ellis – Hacking Harry Potter: The Untold Story Of Fantastical Social Engineering appeared first on Security Boulevard. Many thanks to BSidesTLV for publishing their presenter’s erudite BSidesTLV 2023 security content on the organizations’ YouTube channel.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Erin: What are some of the most common social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use? This new architecture must result in security getting baked deep inside the highly interconnected systems that will give us autonomous transportation, climate-rejuvenating buildings and spectacular medical breakthroughs.

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

RapperBot then determines the processor architecture and infects the device. This suggests some form of human interaction and social engineering. This method speeds up the brute forcing process significantly because it doesn’t have to go over a huge list of credentials. The downloader is written in.NET and called CUEMiner.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Attacks such as hacking, phishing, ransomware and social engineering are on the rise. I remember when I set out in IT Architecture and was making the switch to Cybersecurity. Awareness about the Importance of Cybersecurity Cybersecurity is vital in keeping safe both organisations and individuals.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In other systems, other types of scripts were found, namely webshells, and also SMTP senders to leverage social engineering campaigns (Figure 6). Figure 6: SMTP senders used by criminals to leverage social engineering campaigns. Figure 5: WordPress header.php file with the cryptominer script harcoded.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

You really want to try to limit the level of information you share because everything you put in that out-of-office reply can be used to provide context or make a social engineering attack even more convincing, said Tim Sadler, co-founder and CEO at Tessian. With that said, some details can be avoided.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Such hackers don’t bother with social engineering or complex scenarios that only give a low success rate. REST is a standardized client-server architecture for APIs where resources can be fetched at specific URLs. They already have backdoors. You may have heard about the Pegasus software created by the NSO Group.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

There is no need for social engineering , as the program can implant backdoors directly without forced consent. Standard approaches such as endpoint protection , aggressive patch management, and zero-trust architectures are effective ways to mitigate zero-click threats. Zero-click attacks remove this hurdle.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

This includes using easily guessed passwords and falling victim to phishing and socially engineered techniques such as business email compromise. Most successful malware and ransomware attacks gain an initial foothold in organizations due to user error.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

When the pandemic struck, online bad actors took it as an opportunity to double-down on their attacks through ransomware, malware, and social engineering. SASE network architecture, like multi-cloud storage, brings multiple systems together to link security solutions for the greatest effect. Article by Beau Peters.

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SecureList

JANUARY 23, 2023

The most common attack scenarios here are: attacks on employees (social engineering), attacks on IT infrastructure (DDoS), as well as attacks on critical infrastructure. This gives SOC a goal: to enhance the SOC team, architecture, and operations for better performance.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2021

The attackers may have wanted to combine a social engineering technique with a known exploit to maximize their chances of infecting targets. While both techniques rely on template injection to drop a full-featured Remote Access Trojan, the IE exploit (CVE-2021-26411) previously used by the Lazarus APT is an unusual discovery.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Lapsus$ has used tactics such as social engineering, SIM swapping, and paying employees and business partners for access to credentials and multifactor authentication approvals. The group specializes in stealing and extorting data in exchange for a ransom payment. You can read the ThreatLabz trust post here.

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

If the attacker knows their way around the target infrastructure, they can generate malware tailored to the specific configuration of the target’s network architecture, such as important files, administrative accounts, and critical systems. Then, the adversary generated custom ransomware using the privileged account they had access to.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Although there’s not yet a “standard” zero-trust model, the industry has steadily moved toward embracing the concept of zero-trust architecture. These attacks put valid credentials in the hands of attackers, and are often the gateway to supply chain attacks, exposing companies to risk even when their own networks are secure.

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