NSTIC

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This blog will officially wrap up our 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month blog series — today we have a special interview from Marian Merritt, deputy director, lead for industry engagement for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)! This week’s Cybersecurity Awareness

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

One area where campuses have been collaborating recently are changes around cyber liability insurance for higher education, an opportunity for campus cybersecurity teams to combine forces with their risk management team. In a recent Duo blog post, we gave an overview of cyber liability insurance. Higher education campuses in the U.S.

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PCI perspectives

OCTOBER 13, 2021

of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), the Council will be sharing educational resources on payment security best practices on the PCI Perspectives blog, and through our Twitter ( @PCISSC ) and? Official Champion ?of

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. The combination of these factors created an environment in which phishing attempts were easily successful, targeting the population by utilizing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) name as a cover.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 28, 2022

Phishing attacks have steadily been on the rise, and according to Proofpoint's 2021 State of the Phish Report , over half of all participants reported receiving a successful phishing attack in 2020. Criminals use departmental reputation to trick users into trusting phishing lures.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2022

Microsoft has disrupted activity by SEABORGIUM, a Russia-based actor launching persistent phishing, credential and data theft, intrusions, and hack-and-leak campaigns tied to espionage. More details + TTPs in this MSTIC blog: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) August 15, 2022. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

companies as a primary target of a new phishing scheme. Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders. The company could not be certain, however, if the V4 phishing kit was involved.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 14, 2023

Spam vs. Phishing: What’s the Difference? Among these threats, spam and phishing are two commonly misunderstood but distinct challenges. In this blog, we shed light on the differences between spam and phishing and provide valuable insights to help you avoid falling victim to these malicious activities What is Spam?

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2022

This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. The spear phishing emails are warning people that use websites, social networks, instant messengers and VPN services that have been banned by the Russian Government and that criminal charges will be laid. Figure 1: Phishing template. Figure 2: Phishing template. Victimology.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

Phishing Gets Personal Phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated, thanks to tools like generative AI, which enable attackers to personalize their campaigns for maximum impact. Educate yourself on common phishing tactics and train employees to recognize fraudulent emails.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 2, 2024

Lack of security awareness and education. Often, employees within organizations lack sufficient security awareness and education. This lack of knowledge makes them susceptible to phishing attacks, social engineering, and other cyber threats. Promote security awareness and education among employees.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of targeted phishing attacks conducted by threat actors based in Russia and Iran. The UK agency reported ongoing spear-phishing campaigns carried out by Russia-based group SEABORGIUM and Iran-based group TA453 to gather intelligence on the victims.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

SubDoMailing phishing campaign hijacked 8000 abandoned domains and 13,000 subdomains to avoid spam detection. The campaign exploited the credibility of big brands in tech, education, charity, e-commerce, and the press industry. Hackers sent 5 million malicious emails daily.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 5, 2021

Phishing has been around since the mid-nineties, with the first-ever malicious email of this kind being discovered in 1995. The post Phishing Prevention 101: How to Recognize an Attack and Other Useful Tips appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 8, 2024

Educational organizations are a particularly attractive target for cybercriminals, especially from phishing and ransomware attacks, due to their valuable personal data on students and lack. The post Pondurance Announces Partnership With E&I Cooperative Services appeared first on Pondurance.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A recently reported phishing and vishing campaign was designed to impersonate Geek Squad. A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home.

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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Phishing and the Internet Boom: With the rise of the internet, phishing became a prevalent social engineering tactic. As technology advanced, phishing techniques evolved to include more sophisticated email designs and persuasive content. As seen in the modern day, phishing is still a viable option for malicious actors.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This tool, from Cofense, proactively engages employees via simulated attacks based on real-time threats for various phishing tactics. PhishMe’s online forum provides a series of scenarios, landing pages, attachments and educational pages. Organizations select the phishing templates and landing page for simulation. PhishingBox.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Phishing emails are well-crafted emails that trick the user into clicking on links or attachments that collect personal and financial information or contain malware. Signs of a Phishing Email. A cybercriminal may disguise themselves as Amazon and send you a phishing email targeting your login information. Educate yourself.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 24, 2021

What is Second Factor Phishing? At Duo, some of our customers are worried about second factor phishing or push phishing. Second factor phishing can occur when a bad actor has stolen a user's primary credentials (usually a username and password) and then attempts to gain access to that user’s environment.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

But to expand on the conversation and share more of his experiences and expertise, Enric has kindly returned to the hotseat for our latest blog. . The following is a guest blog authored by Enric Cuixeres Saez, Head of IT at Leng-d’Or. During our 55-year history, Leng-d’Or – like our world – has been subject to a lot of change.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Year after year, phishing tops the list of the leading causes of data breaches. Security professionals have been sounding the alarm about phishing for many, many years — and companies are starting to take notice. Many organizations even test their workers by sending them dummy phishing emails to see who falls for them.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means. ” reads the alert published by the FBI. To nominate, please visit:?.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The experts pointed out that crooks engaged in phishing activities have started to rely on the popular instant messaging platform more in recent months. On Telegram is possible to find channels that offer: Free phishing kits that can be used to target users of a large number of global and local brands. ” Phishing-as-a-Service.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

The tool was developed by a company named Kodex, which claims that the tool was developed for an educational purpose. FortiGuard Labs observed this malware in a phishing email campaign on 30 March, which we traced back to the samples included in this blog.” The malware environment checking and Anti-VM functions.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 12, 2021

The post University Cyberattacks Justify the Incorporation of Higher Education in Critical Infrastructure Bill appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Last year, Australia was the target of a sophisticated cyberattack […].

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Everything becomes clear(er) if I manually change the font in the browser dev tools to a serif version: The victim I was referring to in the opening of this blog post? Obviously, the image is resized to the width of paragraphs on this blog, give it a click if you want to check it out at 1:1 size. Poor Googie! More on that soon.

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Anton on Security

JULY 7, 2022

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our third Threat Horizons Report ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blog for #2 ).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

This day serves as an annual reminder to increase awareness and education for leaders, IT decision-makers and the general public on the importance of identity management. If you are interested in participating in future blog surveys, please let us know by completing an (ISC)² Volunteer Application.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

The researchers from Google TAG are warning of Russia-linked threat actors targeting Ukraine with phishing campaigns. Russia-linked threat actors launched large-volume phishing campaigns against hundreds of users in Ukraine to gather intelligence and aimed at spreading disinformation, states Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG).

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IT Security Guru

JULY 4, 2023

Educational institutions own many sensitive data, such as personnel and financial information, as well as intellectual property. In this blog post, we’ll look at the factors that make schools susceptible to cyberattacks and discuss why it’s crucial to have robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard the academic community.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported. In 2021, CISA added Remcos to the list of top malware strains due to its use in mass phishing attacks using COVID-19 pandemic themes targeting businesses and individuals.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) announced the seizure of domains used by Iran-linked APT Bohrium in spear-phishing campaigns. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) announced to have taken legal action to disrupt a spear-phishing operation linked to Iran-linked APT Bohrium. Middle East, and India. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The attack chain associated with ARCHIPELAGO starts with phishing emails that embed malicious links. Upon clicking the link, the recipient is redirected to a phishing page that masquerades as a login prompt. Upon clicking the link, the recipient is redirected to a phishing page that masquerades as a login prompt.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

The report points out that Stark Industries continues to host a Russian disinformation news outlet called “Recent Reliable News” (RRN) that was sanctioned by the European Union in 2023 for spreading links to propaganda blogs and fake European media and government websites.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2023

However, malvertising is also a great vehicle for phishing attacks which we usually see more often via spam emails. In this blog post, we review a recent phishing attack that was targeting both mobile and Desktop users looking up to track their packages via the United States Postal Service website. com super-trackings[.]com

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

For instance, an employee might accidentally click a phishing link. By encouraging ongoing education, awareness, and […]. Our greatest asset and weakest link are our employees. Unfortunately, data breaches caused by human error account for up to 90% of all incidents. The post How To Implement Assume-Breach Security?

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