SC Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

After all, “there are more variables,” explained Ackerman, who recently authored a Kroll blog post on these findings. For instance, “actors know the limitations of online chat services, which commonly draw on a knowledge base of FAQs to answer visitor queries,” Ackerman wrote in his blog post.

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Security Through Education

APRIL 7, 2021

In fact, the FBI’s (Federal Bureau of Investigation) 2020 Internet Crime Report , refers to what is happening as an “ Internet crime spree.” If vishing is an unfamiliar word to you, we define it as the practice of eliciting information or attempting to influence action via the telephone. COVID-19 Scams.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I have yet to hear anyone in the public groups I work with say vish smish or phish. In a recent blog, she made a persuasive case for security teams and IT professionals to stop referring to ‘users’. In a recent blog, she made a persuasive case for security teams and IT professionals to stop referring to ‘users’.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 22, 2023

What does a government scam, an IT support scam and a romance scam have in common? Let’s see what lessons we can learn from scam artists to better protect ourselves. Impersonation is often used in phishing , SMiShing , and vishing. It’s easy to think “I know better” or “that will never happen to me.” Knowledge is power.

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NetSpi Technical

MARCH 11, 2024

This blog will cover how we discovered CVE-2024-21378 and weaponized it by modifying Ruler , an Outlook penetration testing tool published by SensePost. The first attachment of the form description and a special property, 0x6902001F , determines what registry keys need to be added under the CLSID to install the form.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 14, 2023

Spam vs. Phishing: What’s the Difference? 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? What is Phishing? IdentityIQ Day by day, threats to online security continue to rise.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

What is social engineering? Vishing uses the telephone or, in some cases, video conferencing. Water holing uses websites that users often visit to spread malware links, for example, social networking websites, forums, popular blogs, or trusted online media. Social engineering is seldom a stand-alone operation.

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Security Through Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Every year, thousands of people fall victim to vishing attacks conducted by malicious actors. These statistics are no doubt very concerning and may lead to some questions; What do these kinds of scams look like, what can I do to protect myself? Robocalls Robocalls are the most well-known form of a vishing attack.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Microsoft blogged about its attack at the hands of LAPSUS$, and about the group targeting its customers. ” LAPSUS$ seems to have conjured some worst-case scenarios in the minds of many security experts, who worry what will happen when more organized cybercriminal groups start adopting these techniques. “vishing”).

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Security Through Education

APRIL 26, 2021

First Things First – What is the Human Hacking Conference? Using our virtual platform, several of our attendees showed up at 8am (coffee in hand) to talk about their lives, their interests, and what they looked forward to from the conference. Each day focused on a different area—OSINT, vishing, and phishing.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Before I do that, a caveat: every single time I see discussion on what these terms mean, it descends into arguments about the true meaning and mechanics of each. This post will be partly about 2FA in general, but also specifically about Google's program because of the masses of people dependent on them for Gmail. It's a subset of MFA.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 16, 2021

This blog post was originally created by Jeremy Rasmussan, Chief Technology Officer at Abacode. Read the original blog here. . What is RDP? What should you do? Once is a fluke. Twice a pattern. But when you see something dozens of times, it’s a bona fide trend.

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