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Octo Tempest cybercriminal group is "a growing concern"—Microsoft

Malwarebytes

Microsoft reports that in doing so, Octo Tempest progressively broadened the number of industries it targeted for extortion, including natural resources, gaming, hospitality, consumer products, retail, managed service providers, manufacturing, law, technology, and financial services.

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Anomali Harris Poll Research Shows 87 Percent of Enterprise Security Decision Makers Have Had Successful Cyberattacks Perpetrated Against Their Businesses Over the Past Three Years, Ransomware Payments Topped $1 Million

CyberSecurity Insiders

Since the pandemic started, 83 percent have experienced more attempted cyberattacks, 87 percent report an increase in phishing emails, with many leveraging COVID-19 related themes. Overall losses, due to cyberattacks, phishing email campaigns, and data breaches jumped significantly between 2019 and 2020. About Anomali.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

Your company stakeholders — especially the employees — should know the strategies your security team is using to prevent data breaches, and they should know simple ways they can help, like password protection and not clicking on malicious links or files or falling for phishing attacks. This varies between organizations.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

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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Top GRC Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files. See our in-depth look at RSA Archer.

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Top 10 Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files. See our in-depth look at RSA Archer.