Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This blog will delve into the various types of impersonation scams, shed light on their insidious nature, and provide practical tips on how to protect yourself from falling prey to them. How to Spot Them: Phishing emails could contain spelling and grammatical errors. They may also request the input of sensitive information.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

How to protect your organization from a social engineering attack. In my experience, one of the most difficult aspects of protecting an organization is making sure all team members understand the importance of building security into their everyday roles. Employees need to adopt the mindset of "security first."

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Protect your website from hackers and cybercrime. As a protest against the Indian government’s recent push on net neutrality and Digital India, AnonOpsIndia, a hacktivist group, compromised BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) Telecommunications’ websites on Friday. Mastercard Testing Facial Recognition Security App.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The education sector is increasingly vulnerable to simple and sophisticated cyber threats, and higher learning is especially vulnerable. Here are a few prime examples of cyber-attacks in the education sector. Freshly on the heels of this cyber security nightmare, the Albuquerque school system was breached.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Scamalot: police point to ongoing online fraud… It may be the low-hanging fruit of the security profession, but every now and again it’s worth re-familiarising ourselves with how scams work. The report details operation SKEIN, an ongoing investigation into an organised crime gang carrying out business email compromise from Ireland.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Target the human, swipe the cash: Verizon DBIR 2023 highlights crime trends Manage the human risk and mind your money: those are two key takeaways from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. Dark Reading led with this angle, drawing the connection between social engineering and the high instance of human involvement.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But hold your horses, because in the midst of this tech utopia, there’s a lurking menace we need to address – prompt injection. Well, that ranges from wonky outputs to a full-blown security meltdown. Sure, AI can be a hero– the sidekick that makes your experience smoother. What is AI and what are its uses?

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

So, how can organizations successfully emerge resilient in the face of a third-party security data breach ? This openness helps affected individuals make informed decisions about their compromised data. Understanding where organizations commonly falter is crucial for effective response and recovery. How Often Do Data Breaches Occur?

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Security Boulevard

MAY 24, 2021

<a href='/blog?tag=Data tag=Data Security'>Data Security</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Data tag=Data Breach'>Data Breach</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Information Consequently, the challenge for most organizations now is: how do we share data safely and securely? how much data?is

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

This is not going to be a full path analysis so If you are interested in a more complete one, including dissection steps on final payloads, please refer to some of my previous analysis ( HERE , HERE , HERE ) or to Yoroi’s Blog. The “autoopen()” function implements a “Resume Error” obfuscation technique. String manipulation on stage2.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

Two of the largest government security agencies are laying out the key cyberthreats to Kubernetes, the popular platform for orchestrating and managing containers, and ways to harden the open-source tool against attacks. In addition to resource theft, cyber actors may also target Kubernetes to cause a denial of service.”

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

of polled executives report that their organizations' accounting and financial data were targeted by cyber adversaries.” ” And, “Nearly half (48.8%) of C-suite and other executives expect the number and size of cyber events targeting their organizations’ accounting and financial data to increase in the year ahead.”

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Weekly cyber-attacks have increased worldwide by 7% in Q1 2023 compared to the same period last year. Gone are the days of slapping security on as an afterthought. The only way to ensure software is safe is to integrate security testing into your DevOps process. The problem? So what DevSecOps tools do you need?

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Webroot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Employees represent the first line of defense from malicious vectors that attempt to compromise your organization’s information technology infrastructure through common access points. Being aware is the first step towards protecting your business. Security awareness training (SAT) can help. Why Webroot?

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

This research was done with support from Culinda – a trusted leader in the medical cyber-security space. For a brief overview please see our summary blog here. What Security Research has Already Been Performed? Designed for Safety Rather than Security. What security research has already been performed?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Security enthusiast and Linux evangelist Binni Shah consistently offers valuable tutorials, guides, and insights for the cybersecurity community. Binni Shah | @binitamshah.

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Fox IT

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Thus, in the first part of this blog we will look back at how our own Security Operations Center (SOC) tackled the problem in the initial days of the ‘code red’. The second part of this blog discusses the remainder of the year. Reflection firstly requires us to critically look at ourselves.

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NetSpi Executives

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have vast applications in the cyber space. Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence is a broader field that focuses on creating machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. While they are closely related areas, they do have nuanced differences.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

According to security firm Gemini Advisory, the Fin7 hacker group stole data on more than five million credit and debit cards that had been used at HBC credit card terminals beginning in May 2017. Errors to avoid. Evolving threats. vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013. The starting point: PCI DSS compliance.

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