The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

It even took steps to make it harder for victims to recover from data backups. Bill Lawrence, CISO, SecurityGate.io. VPNs, firewalls, email gateways have all been misused recently to gain a foothold with privilege inside an organization’s network without having to phish a user or hope for open RDP to compromise.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 22, 2024

Steven Aiello , Field CISO, AHEAD, said lack of funding may be an inhibitor for better securing critical infrastructure like water treatment facilities. "I Allocating funds for specific assets, such as those that are internet facing, would be an excellent way to start mitigating risks in these environments," Aiello added.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Here’s a scenario for how AD is factoring into ransomware attacks: The attacker gets a toehold inside the network by phishing an employee login , or via a targeted credential stuffing exercise, or through cross-site scripting. Hackers recognize this and so AD has become a favorite target. You should be able to recover in less than 24 hours.”

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Phishing Campaign Assessment (PCA) : Evaluates an organization’s susceptibility and reaction to phishing emails. End use of unsupported/end of life software and hardware that are accessible from the Internet. Conducted free of charge by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Enhanced logging. Consider outsourcing.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. Used active multi-email engagements after effective phishing screenings. Deployed malvertising and SEO poisoning to evade detection tools.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

After all, it does demand a level of research to “hook” the target into interactions and establishing fake profiles are more work than simply finding an open relay somewhere on the internet. Adversaries will leverage techniques like phishing, known vulnerabilities, malware, crimeware and more to attain their goal. By Christiaan Beek.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To protect personal information and feel safe while surfing the internet; 2. Phishing Simulations from Cyber Aware Phishing simulation is a program designed for business owners and employers to train their staff to identify phishing scams. The list will save your time and make a choice easier.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Understand that until the mid 1990s interconnectivity via the internet was largely academic. Vamosi: So you’re CISO at a major corporation and all of sudden there’s been a ransomware attack in your network, and it’s spreading throughout your infrastructure. Is it a phishing campaign? Januszkiewicz: Absolutely.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

It’s pretty devastating in that it arrives through phishing or some other common attack vector, sits on your network for a period of time, and then encrypts your data such that the system is inoperable until you pay a ransom for the decryption key. He was the first CISO for a US presidential campaign, working for Pete Buttigieg.

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