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Intro to Phishing: How Dangerous Is Phishing in 2023?

Duo's Security Blog

Through the first two months of 2023 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch reported more than 19,000 phishing reports with estimated financial losses of more than $5.2 What is phishing? What is phishing? This is part of what makes phishing attacks so dangerous.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 418 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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Duo Makes Verifying Device Trust as Easy as 1-2-3

Duo's Security Blog

“There are primarily three ways you can authenticate someone: with their username and password, with two-factor authentication, and with a company-supplied device that you can trace. For critical applications and environments with sensitive data (e.g., For most stuff, you should have two of those things.

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How to Stop Phishing Attacks with Protective DNS

Security Boulevard

Phishing Threats Are Increasing in Scale and Sophistication Phishing remains one of the most dangerous and widespread cybersecurity threats. Phishing is now the most common initial attack vector, overtaking stolen or compromised credentials. Phishing attacks are becoming more difficult to detect. billion USD globally.

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News Alert: Survey shows vast majority of IT pros consider ‘passwordless’ access a top priority

The Last Watchdog

. – June 21, 2023 – Axiad , a leading provider of organization-wide passwordless orchestration, today announced the results of its Passwordless Authentication survey fielded by Enterprise Research Group (ERG), a full-service market research company. and Canada were surveyed.

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Retail and Hospitality Trending Holiday Cyber Threats

Duo's Security Blog

The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) just released the 2022 Holiday Season Cyber Threat Trends report that reveals the most prevalent malware tools leveraged by cyber criminals this year, with phishing and fraud dominating the list.

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Protecting Against Ransomware 3.0 and Building Resilience

Duo's Security Blog

Twenty-nine per cent of incidents reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) were attributed to ransomware between July and December of 2022, making it the most reported type of security breach of the year. When users get phished, bad guys start attempting to use the stolen credentials within 10 minutes.