Spinone

APRIL 13, 2020

As you probably know, phishing involves various social engineering methods. Back Up Your Data A backup is a safe copy of your data, stored separately from the original data. Backups are helpful against phishing, ransomware, and insider threats alike. And not without a reason. Though everything is not so scary.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 14, 2025

By mid-2024, Scattered Spiders hallmark tactics, including social engineering and SIM-swapping, were evident in RansomHubs double extortion attacks, cementing their collaboration. The groups adaptabilityevident in its seamless transition to RansomHuband its expertise in social engineering keep it highly valuable to ransomware partners.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Role of Social Engineering Social engineering has emerged as the predominant attack vector, accounting for 41% of initial breach incidents. The training should focus on recognizing social engineering attempts, understanding security policies, and maintaining proper data handling procedures.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Together, they use native English speakers to execute sophisticated social engineering operations, contributing significantly to their newfound dominance. This relentless innovation makes threat actors more refined, targeted, and efficient, enabling them to have a bigger impact despite efforts to curb their activities.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Data Security & Recovery Measures Reliable CSPs provide high-level security and backup services; in the event of data loss, recovery is possible. Users have direct control over data security but are also responsible for backup procedures and permanently lost data in the event of device damage or loss.

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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. Backup crucial data and configurations on a regular basis to a safe remote location.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Inadequate Training Employees play a crucial role in cybersecurity, serving as the first line of defense against threats. Without proper training, however, they may unknowingly expose the business to risks such as phishing scams or social engineering attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This includes the ability to install software, change its settings, manage backup operations, and more. Social engineering. In a somewhat simplified way, a privilege is a special right or permission inaccessible to the general mass of users. The presence of such rights for a user does not mean that he becomes an administrator.

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Cytelligence

MAY 24, 2023

Here are seven best practices for cybersecurity in small businesses: Employee Education and Training: Provide cybersecurity awareness training to your employees, teaching them about common threats such as phishing emails, social engineering, and the importance of strong passwords. WPA2 or WPA3).

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Social engineering attacks: These involve manipulating individuals to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or systems. In order to do this, infected systems must be isolated, malicious components must be eliminated, backup data must be restored, and regular operations must be resumed.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

While Office 365 automatically disables macros to prevent malware from entering the system, Cerber uses social engineering to trick the user into bypassing this security feature. However these examples do not mean that using the cloud for backup and collaboration is riskier than confining all software to in-house.

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Spinone

JANUARY 12, 2019

The CEO-fraud attack is a special form of social engineering that plays upon employee’s general respect and regard for C-level executives. The social engineering involved allows the attacker to play on the emotions and willingness to quickly please individuals who are in a C-level position by lower-level employees.

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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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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This underscores the importance of having additional compensating controls and educating employees on the risks associated with phishing and other social engineering attacks. By leveraging our expertise in interacting with threat actors, we gained valuable insights into their intentions.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 13, 2023

Latest email security trends Phishing and spear-phishing attacks: Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where cybercriminals use deceptive emails to trick recipients into divulging sensitive information or downloading malware. These attacks often rely on social engineering tactics and email spoofing.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

These plans should align with cloud services, including backup strategies and the ability to restore operations cloud-natively. Social Engineering and Cyberattacks Phishing attacks and social engineering methods continue exploiting technical and human vulnerabilities.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need. This course covers a broad range of security topics, explaining it with a simple language.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Among these experienced affiliates is the “Scattered Spider” group, known for its custom tools and advanced social engineering skills, which helped RansomHub become the most active ransomware group in Q3 2024 (see Figure 1). Set up alerts via network monitoring tools for unusual patterns of data exfiltration and C2.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Among these experienced affiliates is the “Scattered Spider” group, known for its custom tools and advanced social engineering skills, which helped RansomHub become the most active ransomware group in Q3 2024 (see Figure 1). Set up alerts via network monitoring tools for unusual patterns of data exfiltration and C2.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This underscores the importance of having additional compensating controls and educating employees on the risks associated with phishing and other social engineering attacks. By leveraging our expertise in interacting with threat actors, we gained valuable insights into their intentions.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Best network security practices are essential, including using anti-malware, firewalls, intrusion prevention and detection (IPDS), network and log monitoring, data protection, security information and event management (SIEM), and threat intelligence. Phishing and Social Engineering. Examples of Crimeware Malware Attacks.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

Social engineering training. Offline backups. Dedicated detection and response. Social Engineering Training and Two-Factor Authentication Two-factor authentication and social engineering training are both are highly effective countermeasures to put in place. Monitoring. Regular patching.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

AI's ability to evolve and adapt will redefine the cybersecurity landscape, making threat detection smarter and more proactive.' Attacks that we see today impacting single agent systems, such as data poisoning, prompt injection, or social engineering to influence agent behavior, could all be vulnerabilities within a multi-agent system.

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