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Strangest social engineering attacks of 2021

CSO Magazine

New research has highlighted the creative and occasionally unusual lengths fraudsters take to carry out social engineering attacks. global resident CISO at Proofpoint, tells CSO. To read this article in full, please click here

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NCSC warns industry, academia of foreign threats to their intellectual property

CSO Magazine

CISOs of companies both small and large understand how intellectual property (IP) and company infrastructure may be targeted from one of four vectors: malevolent insiders, unscrupulous competitors, criminals, or nation states. To read this article in full, please click here

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Navy Insider Threat Bust: Encryption, Social Engineering, and Crypto

SecureWorld News

They are words that could strike fear into the heart of a CISO, Chief Risk Officer, or corporate counsel. A Nuclear Engineer for the U.S. This happened through social engineering, which included a secret signal for him in Washington D.C. Once again he unknowingly told the FBI, 'this is how you socially engineer me.'.

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Meta, Apple emergency data request scam holds lessons for CISOs

CSO Magazine

had been successfully socially engineered into providing customer data in response to “emergency data requests” to individuals who they believed to be representing the U.S. To read this article in full, please click here A recent Bloomberg piece highlighted how Meta Platforms, Inc., parent company of Facebook) and Apple, Inc.,

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GUEST ESSAY: Essential cyber hygiene practices all charities must embrace to protect their donors

The Last Watchdog

In a 2023 survey, 30% of CISOs named insider threats one of the biggest cybersecurity threats for the year. Social engineering: These attacks exploit human error to gain unauthorized access to organizational systems. Follow him on Twitter or LinkedIn for more articles on emerging cybersecurity trends.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 467 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Government actions will increase: Expect more government regulations, state-sponsored cyberattacks, and increased documentation required to protect CISOs. For more on governance and policies, check out our article on IT security policies , including their importance and benefits, plus tips to create or improve your own policy.