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What are Common Types of Social Engineering Attacks?

eSecurity Planet

These types of attacks usually involve spoofed emails that attempt to impersonate a legitimate sender and convince the recipient to divulge confidential information or click a link or attachment that’s laced with malware. Any action that the user takes in response usually results in a malware launch or a similar kind of attack.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

There are many other types of attacks that organizations should be aware of, but the end result of these types of schemes is typically the installation of malware through malicious software viruses, data theft , and ransomware attacks that limit access to your organization’s valuable data.

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2022 Cybersecurity Trends and Predictions

CyberSecurity Insiders

It started out as a variant of traditional malware—just a different way for threat actors to make a profit when compromising a target. Threat actors gained access to telecommunications providers, which then enabled them to access and monitor communications for customers of those providers. What we see today is not that simple.

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Anomali Harris Poll Research Shows 87 Percent of Enterprise Security Decision Makers Have Had Successful Cyberattacks Perpetrated Against Their Businesses Over the Past Three Years, Ransomware Payments Topped $1 Million

CyberSecurity Insiders

While all this is occurring, more sophisticated groups can hide in the noise while creating custom tools and malware, or abusing legitimate software, to conduct targeted attacks. Anomali is the leader in intelligence-driven extended detection and response (XDR) cybersecurity solutions. About Anomali.

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Becoming an MSSP: Tools, Services & Tips for Managed Security Services

eSecurity Planet

According to Jay McBain, an analyst at Forrester Research, spending on IT and telecommunications will be worth about $7 trillion by 2030. In the survey, cybersecurity spending came out ahead of other hot areas such as the cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). The next few years will see a surge in channel spending.

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Spam and phishing in 2023

SecureList

Some of the scam sites discovered promised to reimburse a certain sum to the customers of a major international telecommunications company. Remember that by installing any software from unverified sources, you risk infecting your device with malware. However, the list of employees they distributed was malware in disguise.

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Top 18 Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Darktrace‘s Cyber artificial intelligence (AI) platform detects and fights cyber threats in real-time. It combines the talents of IT specialists from the University of Cambridge with intelligence experts from MI5. Cybereason also made eSecurity Planet ‘s list of top EDR solutions. Darktrace – Threat detection. SentinelOne.