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Security Roundup August 2023

BH Consulting

The first will cover cyber attacks as part of crime-as-a-service; the second will examine online fraud; while the third will tackle child exploitation offences. Her book, “The Privacy Leader Compass” is available to pre-order from 1 November. The group’s eighth annual Security Awareness Report is also its largest ever.

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Why the Language of Cybersecurity Awareness Needs to be More Accessible

BH Consulting

Most importantly of all, is it really helping them to change their security behaviour security for the better? Victoria Baines has literally written the book about the language we often find in the industry, ‘ Rhetoric of Insecurity ’. The guest, Andra Zaharia, is a content marketer and champion of ‘cyber empathy’.

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Cybersecurity Is Not A One-Stop-Shop

Security Boulevard

For instance, research by the National Cyber Security Centre shows that there has been a rise in COVID-19 related cyber attacks over the past year, with more than one in four UK hacks being related to the pandemic. This trend is not likely to ease up any time soon either.

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September Snafus: Hackers Take Advantage of Unwitting Employees

Approachable Cyber Threats

All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. So far in September, IHG , Uber , and Rockstar Games have all been victims of major independent cyber attacks. IHG’s booking sites and apps were unavailable for several days as a result.

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Top 5 Insider Threats to Look Out For in 2023

Security Affairs

These third parties are occasionally easy targets for cyber attackers because they lack advanced security protocols. In that case, you can bet that the bad actors will infiltrate your system after compromising the partner’s security network, resulting in a third-party data breach.

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Security Roundup October 2022

BH Consulting

trillion, said it experiences close to 100,000 cyber attacks a year. The level of attacks have doubled in the past two to three years, the fund told the FT. A major survey of security incident responders uncovers stresses of the job. An excerpt from Mikko Hypponen’s new book, “If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable”.

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7 Cyber Security Courses Online For Everybody

Spinone

Security Awareness Training from Advisera Advisera offers lots of tools like books, courses, and guidelines for those who want to know more about compliance standards and become security-aware. It includes parsing of malicious programs like Trojan horse, worms, different types of network attacks.