CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

What is social engineering? Social engineering is the art of exploiting human psychology, rather than technical hacking techniques, to gain access to buildings, systems, or data. Learn what makes these 6 social engineering techniques so effective. | To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Social engineering definition. Social engineering is the art of exploiting human psychology, rather than technical hacking techniques, to gain access to buildings, systems or data. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Whether it’s advanced phishing techniques, credential stuffing, or even credentials compromised through social engineering or breaches of a third-party service, credentials are easily the most vulnerable point in defending corporate systems. Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

They had super weak, easily guessable passwords, which was visible to anyone who looked. The “people problem” is a phrase I heard in many different occasions when I met with IT managers (CISO, CSO, CIOs), many in leading research labs, national security establishments, and such. Did SolarWinds leave the proverbial door open?

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“It took nearly 11 months (328 days) to identity and contain data breaches resulting from stolen or compromised credentials.” – IBM’s Cost of Data Breach Report 2023 I recently came across a 2012 article from CSO Online , and realized that it has been more than 11 years since the phrase “Identity is the new perimeter” was coined!

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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. Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016.

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