SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2024

Between checking scores, streaming games, participating in office pools, and inevitably some placing of bets, users will be presenting an abundance of new openings for threat actors to attack.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 13, 2021

Passwords are the first line of defense when it comes to digital security. For most businesses, each employee is going to have at least one username and password that they need to remember. Here are the top 5 things you should be on the look out for when you’re shopping for a password reset tool: . 24/7 Password Reset Options.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Cybernews research team discovered that Strendus, a Mexican-licensed online casino, had left public access to 85GB of its authentication logs, with hundreds of thousands of entries containing private gamblers’ data. The data was likely compromised by unauthorized actors. Amount of leaked data.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2023

These attacks can come from malicious instructions, social engineering, or authentication attacks, as well as heavy network traffic. These methods aim to put end-users in an advantageous position when under attack or presented with anything suspicious. Social engineering has its tells, though.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Your passwords are on the internet. Talks of passkeys, passphrases, and even password less all point in one direction: eroding faith in the previously trusty password tucked under your keyboard. These habits highlight the need for more modern password technology and stronger authentication methods.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 13, 2023

Another risk associated with ChatGPT is the potential for social engineering attacks. These attacks involve tricking users into providing sensitive information, such as passwords or login credentials. In addition to security risks associated with external threats, ChatGPT can also pose an internal threat to enterprises.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In this thorough presentation, Grimes covers all elements of ransomware attacks, from working with lawyers to how attackers run a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation. Bring awareness to social engineering and mitigate those risks. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA). Educate users how to spot rogue URLs.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

ITPro reports that unnamed individuals have been compromising accounts and using them to install malware capable of password theft. Additionally, existing JavaScript files already present in the project are tampered with to add malware. GitHub is experiencing issues of the “breached account and malicious code” variety.

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Don’t make passwords easy to guess. Watch what you post on social media; cybercriminals often use them to gather Personal Identifying Information (PII) and corporate information. A human firewall is made up of the defenses the target presents to the attacker during a request for information. Privacy and Security Settings.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 30, 2022

I recently learned that you can coerce NTLM authentication from SCCM servers using any Windows SCCM client when automatic site-wide client push installation is enabled and NTLM has not been explicitly disabled. Next, we need to set up ntlmrelayx to capture and relay NTLM authentication received from our target computers.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The most common algorithms are those patented by RSA Data Security: This algorithm, also called asymmetric key cryptography, provides a pair of keys (a public and private key) associated with an entity that authenticates the identity of the key itself. Hash encryption is used to ensure integrity and authentication. The hash function.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

Additionally, tests can be internal or external and with or without authentication. Social engineering tests Social engineering is a technique used by cyber criminals to trick users into giving away credentials or sensitive information. Most cyberattacks today start with social engineering, phishing , or smishing.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

With those, he broke into social media profiles / web storage and stole nude images and movies, and traded them with others. To gain access to the email accounts, he appears to have reset account passwords by correctly guessing password reset questions. The easiest way to do this is by letting a password manager do it for you.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2023

Particularly in the workplace, staff can become overwhelmed with security warnings, IT alerts, cybersecurity policy documents, password change requests, or even media consumption of stories about data breaches at other companies. If employees aren't careful, they can fall for this social engineering tactic.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This challenge aligns with risks such as Broken Authentication (OWASP API2) and Broken Function Level Authorization (OWASP API5), where weak authentication mechanisms or flawed access controls can result in unauthorized access. APIs, however, present a unique set of challenges.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At Social-Engineer, we define impersonation as “the practice of pretexting as another person with the goal of obtaining information or access to a person, company, or computer system.” These emails can present a fake sense of authority that can very easily pressure an individual to take actions they normally wouldn’t.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report observes passwords caused 89% of web application breaches, either through stolen credentials or brute force attacks, making the protection of credentials a high priority. Hackers are well aware of this and collect passwords from credential dumps or the dark web. million to $4.24

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Supply chain challenges have always been present, but they’re growing increasingly common and severe. Distracted workers are particularly vulnerable to social engineering attacks, but thorough training can mitigate these risks. Studies show that regular education leads to a ninefold reduction in phishing vulnerability.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 22, 2022

The final credential phishing page attempts to steal the Office 365 credentials of the users by presenting them with a fake login screen. If you use a password manager that autofills your login details, it will not enter your credentials on a phishing site because it will have a different URL. Enable 2-factor authentication (2FA).

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And yet, as we presented in our recent guide, Protecting Against Ransomware: Zero Trust Security for a Modern Workforce , the advice for protecting against ransomware has remained steady and straightforward — with 90% of attacks being preventable , according to Gartner. At the top of the list of recommendations is multi-factor authentication.

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

For example, LB3_pass.exe is a password-protected version of the ransomware, while the reflective DLL can be used to bypass the standard operating system loader and inject malware directly into memory. The TXT files contain instructions on how to execute the password-protected files.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2022

The industry is strained by so many factors that proper cybersecurity protocols can be overlooked, presenting an opportunity for threat actors to try to turn a quick buck. The healthcare sector continues to be a high priority target for malicious threat actors, as it has been throughout the pandemic. million of its patients.

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Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 29, 2024

These are common con techniques and used by social engineers. Some easily accessible breaches are over a decade old and hold passwords which are no longer in use, were invalid at time of capture, or have been incorrectly cross referenced to accounts that the users have no knowledge of.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

is an electronic cyberattack that targets a user by email and falsely poses as an authentic entity to bait individuals into providing sensitive data, corporate passwords, clicks on a malicious web link, or execute malware. SMishing is social engineering in the form of SMS text messages. Remote access. Remote Access.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Besides Artificial Intelligence to scale operations, in a novel approach to circumvent two-factor authentication (2FA), the perpetrators crafted malicious Android code that mimics official mobile banking applications. Utilizing AI-driven bots for advanced social engineering techniques.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2022

The report explains in more detail: "Since the Twitter API provides direct access to a Twitter account, there must be some form of authentication involved. Sending passwords with each request to the API is not an efficient and secure method. To understand it intuitively, suppose that you have the color red as your password.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

Card-Not-Present (CNP) fraud constituted 72% of these losses, with a substantial portion attributed to Chinese fraudsters. Chinese fraudster ecosystem: actor’s value chain The value chain of Card Non-present fraud is shown as the following picture. billion in 2021, according to Insider Intelligence.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Rapid7 found a bypass for the recently patched actively exploited Ivanti EPMM bug Russian APT29 conducts phishing attacks through Microsoft Teams Hackers already installed web shells on 581 Citrix servers in CVE-2023-3519 attacks Zero-day in Salesforce email services exploited in targeted Facebook phishing campaign Burger King forgets to put a password (..)

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2023

This is essentially the main password for the wallet. Fairly simple and devoid of software or social engineering tricks, scams like these typically target non-technical users. As is the case with hot wallets, scammers use social engineering techniques to get to users’ funds.

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Identity IQ

MAY 16, 2023

Phishing Attacks Scammers may send out phishing messages, pretending to be a legitimate company or person to lure recipients into revealing personal information, such as passwords, credit card details, or Social Security numbers. They leverage this information to collect additional details and construct a comprehensive profile.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2021

Remember, if you’re in doubt, it is not stupid or rude to contact a sender by direct mail or another method, and verify the email’s authenticity (just don’t hit “reply”). Opening the attachment presents the user with a fake Microsoft login screen, hoping to harvest the target’s password.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

Methodology In this report, we present an analysis of financial cyberthreats in 2023, focusing on banking Trojans and phishing pages that target online banking, shopping accounts, cryptocurrency wallets and other financial assets. To authorize passkey authentication , the user has to unlock the device the passkey was issued for.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

This trend presents a valuable opportunity for hackers if there’s no in-transit encryption. Social engineering avoidance should be part of all workers’ onboarding processes. Training should cover best practices like using multifactor authentication and strong, unique passwords.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It was the week before Christmas, the time when the Christmas feeling really kicks in, the weather cooled on cue, and presents began to populate the area beneath our Charlie Brown fake Christmas tree. Next, use robust authentication practices. Also, turn on two-factor authentication wherever you can. Last week was special.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

Payload Ingress When delivering payloads to clients through RBI solutions, these solutions’ sandboxing and scanning capabilities present significant hurdles that must be overcome to achieve code execution in your target environment. Other RBI solutions are set to a fail-closed state that blocks the download of a file if it cannot scan it.

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