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How to protect your small business from social engineering

Malwarebytes

In the email, Gary Bragg, then-president of Pennsylvania law firm O'Neill, Bragg & Staffin, asked Staffin to wire $580,000 to a Bank of China account. Lastly, tailgating is when a fraudster follows an authorized person into a restricted area without proper authorization. Use at least two people for financial transactions.

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Personal info of students and parents leaked in Buffalo Public school cyber attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

A ransomware attack that took place on Buffalo Public Schools (BPS) in March this year is said to have leaked personal info of students, parents, and employees to hackers and that includes some super-sensitive info such as bank account information like wire transfer details of vendors. .

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Two U.S. Men Charged in 2022 Hacking of DEA Portal

Krebs on Security

” Sources tell KrebsOnSecurity in addition to being members of ViLE, both Weep and Ominous are or were staff members for Doxbin , a highly toxic online community that provides a forum for digging up personal information on people and posting it publicly. federal government portal without authorization.

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Impersonation Scams: Why Are They So Dangerous?

Security Through Education

These emails can present a fake sense of authority that can very easily pressure an individual to take actions they normally wouldn’t. An attacker could then use the account to make out-of-the-ordinary requests from other staff members. This provides a cyber-security conscious environment amongst all staff.

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Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring

Krebs on Security

Richard Clayton , a co-author of the report and director of Cambridge’s Cybercrime Centre, said the findings suggest policymakers and law enforcement agencies may be doing nobody a favor when they issue aggrandizing press releases that couch their cybercrime investigations as targeting sophisticated actors.

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Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do.

Krebs on Security

” Aaron Mackey , a staff attorney at the EFF, said that on the location data-sharing issue, federal law already bars the wireless carriers from sharing this with third parties without the expressed consent of consumers. And on Monday, the U.S. ” So far, there is zero indication that the U.S.

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InfoExpress CyberGatekeeper: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

CyberGatekeeper Server resides within the network and blocks unauthorized connections and quarantines authorized devices that are out of compliance. CyberGatekeeper Remote installs between the remote access point (VPN, secure gateway, etc.)

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