Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 22, 2021

Category Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Guides Risk Level. Every errant click runs the risk of completely grinding your company to a halt. Through phishing. What’s phishing again?” Phishing is a specific type of cyber attack through which hackers and scammers use email to trick you. Who’s at risk?”

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Category News, Social Engineering. Risk Level. All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. IHG’s booking sites and apps were unavailable for several days as a result. Phishing and poor password practices. The common theme?

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

This could include malware that antivirus and security solutions can’t detect; a secure internet connection to prevent tracing; initial access to victim companies’ networks or mailboxes (which is also key to many ransomware infections); effective social engineering content; fraudulent content hosting, and more.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Identify assets and their associated risks. The best asset management software sets up a stock of your organization’s assets, phases of their entire life cycles, most recent software upgrades, the risks they could face, and the approaches to ensure their security. . . Handle the threats’ possible risks. .

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords.

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Jane Frankland

AUGUST 18, 2020

trillion in global value will be at risk from cyberattacks. That could be through common hacking techniques like phishing, bait and switch, cookie theft, deep fake , password cracking , social engineering , and so on. Most organisations don’t define what risk means to them, which ironically is a threat. INSIGHT #2.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 18, 2023

Fake customer support on social media is one current major area of concern. The risk of this has increased since Twitter started charging for blue checkmarks, as many legitimate accounts now sport no visible means of authentication. The fraudster has merely reserved a seat, as opposed to booking the desired ticket.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Promoting the social impact of cybersecurity can motivate individuals who want to make a meaningful contribution to society. Attacks such as hacking, phishing, ransomware and social engineering are on the rise. I wrote several books to share knowledge with those embarking on a career in cybersecurity.

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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. Half of all social engineering attacks involve ‘pretexting’, where criminals fabricate a story to trick the victim.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Many businesses concentrate their cybersecurity efforts solely on external attacks, which leaves more openings for internal risks. Some are unaware of their involvement and fall victim to social engineering techniques like phishing scams. Cyberattacks are growing more complex as technology advances.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick learned early on to use emotion to manipulate and socially engineer his targets. At the time, his targets were typically sysadmins, and the social engineering started with a phone call. Hacker targets victims with fear. Mitnick says his favorite emotional tool was fear.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In Q3 2021 , online stores were in second place by share of recorded phishing attacks (20.63%). In this research, we analyzed various types of threats: financial malware associated with major online shopping platforms as well as phishing pages and fake websites mimicking the world’s biggest retail platforms. Methodology.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The Difference Between Threats and Risks. The problem we have as humans is that opportunity is usually coupled with risk, so the question is one of which opportunities should you take and which should you pass on. And If you want to take a certain risk, which controls should you put in place to keep the risk at an acceptable level?

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

It’s a roller coaster of a time to lead, as CIOs, CISOs and CTOs are having to deal with more users, data, devices, technologies, connectivity, mobility, regulations, risks, and threats than they care to. Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022. The digital skills gap comes at a cost. Women can enable this.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In order to mitigate the risk of exposure to malware threats and improve security, it would be advisable, at all levels, to adopt a policy of precautionary behaviour, to ensure the periodic patching of computer systems, but above all to share with everyone the information that has come to light. What should we learn from this?

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

Some password managers pre-fill your usernames and passwords on websites for you, but they won’t do that if you land on a phishing page, so that gives you extra protection too. Depending on your needs, or even those of a relative, it might be that a password book fits the bill. Social engineers will trick you however they can.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Training must be more frequent and go beyond covering phishing and passwords. In the past 5-10 years, privacy and information security training vendors have moved to narrowing focus to largely phishing awareness and password security. Phishing and passwords are certainly important and should be covered with effective training.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

By understanding their motivations, we can better comprehend the risks and develop effective strategies to protect ourselves. Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks are one of the most common and successful methods used by hackers. Book a chat with a cybersecurity expert [contact-form-7] Is this article helpful to you?

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Either businesses or individuals, we are all in the same boat when it comes to the risk of data loss. The growing risks leave us with the fact that cybersecurity education is not a matter of choice anymore – it’s a matter of necessity. To pursue a career in the cybersecurity field and find a course to get started.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

With the vast array of apps available at our fingertips, it’s easy to overlook the potential risks they may pose. This permission is often misused in phishing and spamming attacks. If misused, this permission could lead to unauthorized access to personal account information or potential phishing attacks.

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SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. Statistics: phishing. In phishing terms, Q2 2021 was fairly uneventful. Geography of phishing attacks. Top-level domains.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2023

Yet all too many companies and individual employees till lack a full appreciation of the significant risks they, and their organizations, face online. My book emphasizes the heightened responsibility of C-suite leaders, considering the increased public, media, and regulator scrutiny. How does your main theme of tie in?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

His 1994 book detailing cryptographic algorithms ( Applied Cryptography ) was just the beginning of his contributions to technical perspectives on system design, cybersecurity, privacy, and more. Haddix continues to provide his insights while serving as the Head of Security and Risk Management for Ubisoft. Rachel Tobac | @RachelTobac.

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Security Through Education

JUNE 22, 2021

Not The Oldest Tricks in the Book. Government impostors call unsuspecting victims and pretend to be from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security Administration, or Medicare. Phishing emails and text messages may look like they’re from a company you know or trust. billion a year to as high as $35 billion a year.

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SecureList

MARCH 7, 2024

To get access to the content (or contest), phishing sites prompted the victim to sign in to one of their gaming accounts. If the victim entered their credentials on the phishing form, the account was hijacked. Cryptocurrency scams Phishing aimed at stealing crypto wallet credentials remained a common money-making tool.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

I've been either lucky or fortunate to spend just over 20 years in the identity and access management space just through luck and chance and, and booked with industry in different software vendors and such and it's been really fascinating to see things change in the identity space. Vamosi: So let’s define some terms. What is identity?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

It was the summer cyberattack that had social media buzzing. A group of teenagers used social engineering to breach Twitter's network and take over the accounts of a whole bunch of A-listers. I still remember reading hacker Kevin Mitnick's book "Ghost in the Wires" a few years ago. You could lose your data.'.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

However, the security community and those wary of artificial intelligence’s steady drumbeat forward have warned organizations to exercise caution over a myriad of potential risks. While the chatbot can produce a clean phishing email that’s free from grammatical or spelling errors, many modern phishing samples already do the same.

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