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What are Common Types of Social Engineering Attacks?

eSecurity Planet

Social engineering is a common technique that cybercriminals use to lure their victims into a false sense of security. As social engineering tactics become more advanced, it’s important to know how to identify them in the context of cybersecurity. Social engineering in cybersecurity attacks.

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IP or just generic tech? Palo Alto argues Centripetal patent claims are overly broad

SC Magazine

Adrian Sanabria, senior research engineer with SC Media sister brand SW Labs, said that he did have concerns that some of the technologies and processes cited in Centripetal’s complaint “describe basic IDS/IPS functionality that has been around for 20-plus years.”.

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ZeroFox Fights Back Against External Threats with New Adversary Disruption Service

CyberSecurity Insiders

ZeroFox quickly pivots on attack indicators collected across thousands of validated threats and automatically distributes them to various third-party providers including ISPs, Telcos, CDNs, DNS providers and registrars, and endpoint security platforms.

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Spear Phishing Prevention: 10 Ways to Protect Your Organization

eSecurity Planet

Spear phishing is a highly effective technique as it uses personalization, mind manipulation, and social engineering to exploit human vulnerabilities. Using Social Engineering Methods Social engineering involves the manipulation of people’s psychology so that they respond in a specific way.

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Security Ledger Podcast: Security Automation Is (And Isn't) The Future Of InfoSec

ForAllSecure

pool party in 2019 might have young Benjamin being advised to look into “AI” – artificial intelligence. But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? That same L.A. Like plastics in the 1960s, AI and machine learning are already big and getting bigger.

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Security Ledger Podcast: Security Automation Is (And Isn't) The Future Of InfoSec

ForAllSecure

pool party in 2019 might have young Benjamin being advised to look into “AI” – artificial intelligence. But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? That same L.A. Like plastics in the 1960s, AI and machine learning are already big and getting bigger.

InfoSec 40
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SECURITY LEDGER PODCAST: SECURITY AUTOMATION IS (AND ISN'T) THE FUTURE OF INFOSEC

ForAllSecure

pool party in 2019 might have young Benjamin being advised to look into “AI” – artificial intelligence. But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? That same L.A. Like plastics in the 1960s, AI and machine learning are already big and getting bigger.

InfoSec 40