Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

October 2023’s Cyber Security Awareness Month led to a flurry of blog posts about a new attack called Quishing (QR Code phishing) and how new AI powered email gateways can potentially block these attacks. Currently, most initial access attempts are carried out with social engineering, commonly phishing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cyber Security Awareness Month: Time to Act and Protect Trust. We’re approaching the end of Cyber Security Awareness Month , an annual event dedicated to increasing awareness of cybersecurity topics globally. Recognize phishing. Phishing is a popular tactic for cybercriminals. Tue, 10/25/2022 - 06:51.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Phishing attacks are a major threat to organizations, they remain a perennial choice of cybercriminals when it comes to hacking their victims.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Category News, Social Engineering. All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. Phishing and poor password practices. The couple claimed that they were able to trick an employee into downloading malware from a phishing email. Risk Level.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2020

Even the title of SecureWorld's first story about the incident had questions: "Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked: Insider Threat or Social Engineering Attack?". The hackers then used this level of account support to get through two-factor authentication (2FA) and access 130 widely followed Twitter accounts: Tweeting from 45.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A recently reported phishing and vishing campaign was designed to impersonate Geek Squad. A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. Amid the current threat landscape, Kaspersky has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the financial risks, pinpointing key trends and providing recommendations to effectively mitigate risks and enhance security posture. million detections compared to 5.04

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

According to researchers at INKY, in the last few months, there’s been a sharp rise in these work-related phishing lures. The emails pose as company updates and are often socially engineered to look like they have been personally tailored to the recipient. The kind that could throw off even your most security-aware employees.

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Spinone

MARCH 20, 2019

When considering a fully-featured and well thought out security plan , the human factor is an extremely important part of the equation, and arguably just as important as the technology component of the solution. In this article, we will take a look at cyber security awareness across an SMB organization.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 23, 2021

The webinar discussed how humans are turning into vulnerable resources for the hackers to explore as most threat actors are seen exploiting computer networks of shipping companies as they hardly show interest in securing their IT operations with adequate Cybersecurity measures.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

User Awareness Training: Educating employees about cybersecurity best practices and raising awareness about common threats like phishing emails and social engineering attacks can significantly reduce the risk of successful breaches.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 12, 2024

Regular updates often include security patches that address known vulnerabilities. Use Strong Passwords and Authentication Ensure that all users, especially administrators, use strong, unique passwords. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) to add an additional layer of security.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

This could include malware that antivirus and security solutions can’t detect; a secure internet connection to prevent tracing; initial access to victim companies’ networks or mailboxes (which is also key to many ransomware infections); effective social engineering content; fraudulent content hosting, and more.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 5, 2023

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a fundamental component of best practices for account security. Traditionally, this approach to authentication delivers a unique code to a user's email or phone, which is then inputted following the account password. SMS-based MFA MFA via SMS (i.e.,

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2024

Phish Ahoy! The post Dell Hell Redux — More Personal Info Stolen by ‘Menelik’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Hacker took advantage of Dell’s lack of anti-scraping defense.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

Why is identity management and security important in 2023? “In In the current digital landscape, identity security has gained paramount importance due to the growing cyber risks posed by phishing and social engineering attacks utilizing AI. Security awareness programs for all employees.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

We may think we know how to recognize a social engineering attack or phishing email, but with the amount of information available to attackers through open platforms and stolen information, they may know far more about us than we realize. Bill Santos, President and COO, Cerberus Sentinel. Brad Mackenzie, CEO, Clear Skies .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

We repeatedly say that companies need to invest significantly in advanced protection tools and security awareness, including a Zero Trust approach. The cyber attack succeeded when one of Sequoia’s employees fell victim to a phishing attack. Social engineering. Phishing, Spear-Phishing, Vishing, and Smishing.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 20, 2021

That “Microsoft Authenticator” extension you installed is actually malware, designed to phish for your passwords. The post Fake Chrome Extensions: Google Asleep at the Switch appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Diversity – Hacker creativity is at an all time high, with actors bringing in waves of zero-day threats into supply chain software attacks, phishing, and ransomware. It is always a good time for zero-trust authentication and a zero trust posture throughout the organization. This protects systems outside and inside the “castle.”.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 22, 2023

It was an old-school use of mirrored websites and social engineering to get USPS employees to enter their information into a fraudulent website. Randy Watkins, CTO at Critical Start, said: "This attack is an unfortunate example of exploitation of lacking foundational security controls.

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Hacker's King

JUNE 27, 2023

You may also like: Top Methods Used By Hackers To Bypass 2F-Authentication What is OSINT? It involves gathering and analyzing data from publicly accessible sources such as websites, social media platforms, news articles, and public records. Let’s explore how OSINT works and its practical applications.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

A recently discovered phishing scam that convincingly impersonates the Microsoft Windows logo with an HTML table serves as a new reminder of how social engineers can abuse various elements in emails to fool both human recipients and certain security solutions. A Microsoft building in Europe.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

From direct assaults on passwords via brute force attacks and password spraying to email phishing, ransomware and social engineering campaigns that act as precursors to credential stuffing attacks, adversaries are well aware that the path of least resistance almost always involves the compromising of a password.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2022

Other components of a good cybersecurity posture include two-factor authentication and continuous cybersecurity monitoring. Collecting security events from across your IT infrastructure, network, and applications, and reporting threats on a constant basis, are integral to enterprise network safety. Fiction: Strong passwords are enough.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

The abundance of personal information available online — including audio and video samples of business leaders — has already made it easier for threat actors to carry out social engineering attacks. However, by combining this data with deepfakes, cybercriminals can theoretically create almost undetectable phishing attacks.

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SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

The ever-present phishing challenge. We can forgive the general public for thinking that the phishing problem has largely been addressed, since these scams have littered our news pages and collective consciousness for many years. Security pros know better. Tips for security leaders. Authenticate all workflows.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

In the not-so-distant past, banks dealt with online and account takeover fraud, where hackers stole passwords and used phishing scams to target specific individuals. A solution will recognize that the user is always using the same device and allows for a more seamless authentication path.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

When openly available to the public, such information can be gathered and exploited in phishing, BEC and impersonation campaigns to craft more convincing scams. ” The good news is that sound cybersecurity procedures can significantly limit the damage of letting certain details slip via social media.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month taught us the importance of safe practices such as the use of multifactor authentication, strong passwords, and VPNs. They could pose as your hotel or airline by sending you convincing phishing emails. Also, beware of fake in-app purchases or shared links on social media.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Threat actors often gain initial access to a network through exposed and poorly secured remote services , and later traverse the network using the native Windows RDP client. Implement phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all services, particularly for email, VPNs, and accounts that access critical systems.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Data Security & Threat Detection Framework The data security and threat detection framework serves as the foundation for data protection plans, protecting intellectual property, customer data, and employee information. Social engineering, for example, is a threat that makes use of human vulnerabilities for illegal access.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Street, a self-described “hacker-helper-human,” contemplates bad password advice, investing in human behavior, and why social engineering continues to work. Most of the attackers that you’ve seen usually start nowadays with a phishing attack. What are some of the reasons that social engineering continues to work?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2022

He has over 20 years experience in identity and security. There are many issues like API security, authentication, data residency, privacy and compliance. Lee says that developers are implementing security much earlier in the process. This helps to explain the rise of social engineering attacks , especially with phishing.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Malware in Cloud Storage Buckets Malware threatens cloud storage buckets due to misconfigurations, infected data, and phishing. Monitor and develop an incident response plan : Employ continuous monitoring to spot suspicious behaviors early on and create a strong incident response strategy to resolve security breaches quickly.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

“The tech’s getting better and the cost is getting lower and those things are probably what’s working against the [security] community,” said Sean Nikkel, senior cyber threat intel analyst at Digital Shadows. Anyone today can create a domain and then leverage software such as WordPress to quickly create a website,” said Ventura. “We

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