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Major Hotel Group Leaks 1TB of Customer Data

Adam Levin

“Our team was able to access this server because it was completely unsecured and unencrypted,” announced VPN review website vpnMentor in a blog article describing their findings. . Gekko Group is a worldwide B2B hotel booking platform that serves over 600,000 hotels worldwide.

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Top 5 Attack Vectors to Look Out For in 2022

Security Affairs

Phishing techniques use social engineering to trick victims into taking an action that helps an attacker compromise your network or access your sensitive information assets. Fraudulent emails purporting to be from authoritative company sources are the main phishing attacks that employees fall victim to. Stolen Credentials.

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Multi-Factor Authentication Best Practices & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Recently, hackers leaked 87,000 Fortinet VPN passwords , mostly from companies who hadn’t yet patched a two-year-old vulnerability. And it’s not hard for them to use social engineering to get around it, or else phishing attacks wouldn’t be so popular. VPN Authentication. Be sure to include VPNs when evaluating MFA solutions.

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ChatGPT at work: how chatbots help employees, but threaten business

SecureList

It is quite possible for attackers to gain access to employee accounts — and the data in them — for example, through phishing attacks or credential stuffing. Use a VPN sometimes there are empty hides without accounts. The threat of account hacking is not hypothetical.

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The story of the year: remote work

SecureList

A virtual private network (VPN) allows for much more secure connections, but only 53% of workers are using one to access their corporate networks. Scam and phishing. One of the most common concerns for workers is related to phishing scams. Phishing in delivery. The results of the year 2020 are still waiting to be studied.

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