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Ingenious Phishing Tactics in the Modern Scammer's Toolbox

SecureWorld News

When it comes to impactful types of internet-borne crime, phishing is the name of the game. According to Verizon's 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), a whopping 74% of breaches involve a human element, which is exactly what phishing aims to exploit. And for good reason. Tactics matter a lot, too.

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Is Cisco’s Acquisition of Splunk a Shade of Brilliance or Madness?

Security Boulevard

In cybersecurity, Cisco invested early in IPS, Firewall, VPN, and endpoint security; they produced exceptional results. A significant component of this is the emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning to become embedded across every aspect of the enterprise, service provider, and government systems.

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Why BYOD Is the Favored Ransomware Backdoor

eSecurity Planet

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) estimated that 90% of all successful attacks begin with phishing, which points at user’s devices instead of routers, IoT, and other types of unmanaged endpoints. Ransomware attackers seek access to devices with sufficient local memory to perform resource-intensive encryption.

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How to Protect Against COVID-19 Email Scams

Security Affairs

The increasing number of news articles circulating on the internet in the wake of COVID-19 has resulted in the rise of Phishing attacks which feed on people’s fears. Phishing emails have been driven up to 600% since the end of February as cybercriminals capitalize on people’s fears. How Phishing Attack Works?

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4 Best Antivirus Software of 2021

eSecurity Planet

Virtual private network ( VPN ). Anti- phishing , anti-fraud and anti-spam features. For an introductory price of $45 a year for 10 Windows and macOS devices and unlimited Android and iOS devices, you get predictive artificial intelligence (AI) threat detection that can stop unknown threats and learns by experience (how cool is that?),

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Best Internet Security Suites & Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Originally developed to detect and remove malware or computer viruses, modern antivirus software can now protect against ransomware, browser attacks, keyloggers, malicious websites, and even sometimes phishing attempts. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). A virtual private network (VPN) takes a public internet connection (i.e.

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Bitdefender vs. McAfee: Consumer & Enterprise Endpoint Security Software Compared

eSecurity Planet

As the name suggests, Bitdefender Premium Security is a premium endpoint antivirus solution that offers malware protection, unlimited virtual private network (VPN) traffic, and priority support for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS endpoints. The software includes Premium Antivirus, Secure VPN, and Safe Browsing. Key Differentiators.

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