Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

In fact, last year, scams accounted for 80% of reported identity compromises to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). Attackers may mimic the identity of a person or an institution to gain the trust of their targets and exploit them. Phishing attacks. Spear phishing attacks.

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Social Engineering Scams Engineering Identity Theft 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

More than half of the breaches started with the network servers being compromised either through email phishing, malware or privileged credential misuse. For many of these hospitals and rural clinics, insufficient security measures dramatically escalate the risk of an attack.

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Ransomware Social Engineering Identity Theft 105

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It is also important to highlight that misinformation can be used to launch cyber-attacks, like phishing emails or messages. How do they protect all these identities? Do they understand the risks of identity theft and impersonation? Who posted it? How was it shared? Why was it published?

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Internet Internet Media Identity Theft 71

Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. Mobile devices pave the way to launch ransomware attacks on Australian businesses of every scale and domain.

Social Engineering 92

Social Engineering Mobile Scams Engineering 92

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In this case, it reported that attackers accessed “a small number of” customers who fell victim to the theft of personal information and/or so-called SIM swapping attacks, which enable hackers to often bypass two-factor security authentication.

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Cybersecurity Data breaches Identity Theft Cyber Attacks 119

IT Security Guru

JANUARY 26, 2024

A data breach could result in the disclosure of this information to hackers who may then commit identity theft, fraud or other illicit activities. This includes determining the weak points in network infrastructure like unprotected communication channels or outdated software that can be a point of entry for cyber-attacks.

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IoT Risk Cybersecurity Cyber threats 57

CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 3, 2021

Identity and user authentication continue to be a concern for IT managers. It’s still entirely too easy to steal someone’s credentials, which is why identity theft continues to be a primary cause of data breaches. It’s time to take a closer look at alternative identity management and authentication strategies.

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Authentication Identity Theft Technology InfoSec 140

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks are one of the most common and successful methods used by hackers. In a phishing attack, hackers impersonate legitimate organizations or individuals to trick employees into revealing sensitive information such as login credentials or financial details.

Cyber threats 52

Cyber threats Penetration Testing Passwords Backups 52

IT Security Guru

MAY 20, 2021

The traditional approach to preventing ransomware – or any cyber attack – is to try to stop the malicious threat actors getting in, using multiple layers of defence. What is needed is universal file-level encryption where security and authentication is built right into each file for all data, all of the time. Hard to manage?

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Ransomware Encryption Identity Theft Technology 53

Identity IQ

APRIL 12, 2023

Common Data Threats in the Workplace Many of the most common data threats involve an employee being careless or making a simple mistake: Phishing and smishing. Phishing and smishing scams impersonate a legitimate person over email or text messages to trick you into taking action , like providing sensitive information or downloading a virus.

Passwords 52

Passwords Data breaches Antivirus Password Management 52

Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Authenticator – a method of how a user can prove his/her identity to a system. Exploit – a weak spot in a computer system, which can be used to attack this system. Group Authenticator – used to allow access to specific data or functions that may be shared by all members of a particular group. You did it!

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Passwords Social Engineering Malware Encryption 40

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

These “Best Practices for Keeping Data Private” explain why MFA remains one of the best defenses for mitigating password risk and preventing cyber criminals from exploiting user credentials. .–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Keyavi Data Corp. , million per incident. million per incident. Earlier this month, the company released an enhanced 2.0

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Data privacy Data breaches Technology Passwords 52

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Less common types.

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Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. Less Common Types of Malware.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2021

Agency for International Development (USAID) to launch phishing campaigns against a broad array of targets. Microsoft officials said the attack targeted 3,000 email accounts at 150 organizations. Now the group is back with the USAID phishing campaign. … Attacks are more difficult to spot on mobile.

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Phishing Mobile Government Cybersecurity 70

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

An industry expert estimates the attacks resulted in $1.2 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. The worst time to decide how to respond to a cyber-attack is after the incident has occurred.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135