Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 29, 2022

Category Awareness, Guides, News, Social Engineering. Here are some of the scams we see most frequently, and some of the quick tips for avoiding them: Scammers impersonate tax officials to trick you into giving them your money and data. Phishing remains the leading cause of big data breaches. Risk Level.

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Scams Phishing Social Engineering Big data 98

Tech Republic Security

MAY 10, 2024

TechRepublic consolidated expert advice on how businesses can defend themselves against the most common cyberthreats, including zero-days, ransomware and deepfakes.

Ransomware 138

Ransomware Big data Social Engineering Artificial Intelligence 138

Lenny Zeltser

JULY 25, 2018

Scammers use a variety of social engineering tactics when persuading victims to follow the desired course of action. In reality, the sender probably obtained the data from one of the many breaches that provide swindlers with an almost unlimited supply of personal information.

Scams 60

Scams Social Engineering Passwords Big data 60

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

When the pandemic struck, online bad actors took it as an opportunity to double-down on their attacks through ransomware, malware, and social engineering. These technologies are built to manage big data usage to ensure compliance with government standards. Article by Beau Peters.

Cybersecurity 105

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Risk Cybercrime 105

Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A November report from Google Cloud details possible nation-state malware tactics in 2024 and new angles of cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity 193

Cybersecurity Malware Big data Social Engineering 193

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Here are some air travel tips from The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data by Kevin Mitnick and Robert Vamosi. Kevin did time, and afterward has devoted his life to teaching others about social engineering attacks.

Computers and Electronics 40

Computers and Electronics Surveillance Big data Social Engineering 40

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

To date these incidents have not had a material impact on our or our clients’ operations; however, there is no assurance that such impacts will not be material in the future, and such incidents have in the past and may in the future have the impacts discussed below.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

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.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Some of these include: Advanced persistent threats (APTs); Insider threats; Social engineering; and, Human error. If we focus primarily on perimeter defense, we will continue to see data breaches and exposure to our critical infrastructure.

Technology 66

Technology Cybersecurity Education Unstructured Data 66

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. Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations.

Security Awareness 40

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“As organizations quickly adopt technologies like Okta Fastpass which uses biometrics for authentication instead of passwords, … we expect an increase in two areas: breaches caused by social engineering (already on the rise), and breaches caused by Insiders (already over 40% of all breaches).

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Cybersecurity CISO Government Technology 140