SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2024

Agnidipta Sarkar, Vice President, CISO Advisory, at ColorTokens: "Because the data supposedly contains information about systems purchased from Dell between 2017-2024, and it contains personal information such as full names, addresses, cities, etc., Cybersecurity experts in the vendor space had additional comments.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

What’s more, Hodson observed, the email addresses and phone numbers in the leak can easily be leveraged for email or phone scams, spam campaigns, and identity theft. Qualys CISO Ben Carr told eSecurity Planet that all platforms should be constantly reviewing and logging where their data resides and how it’s accessed.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 10, 2022

Successful attackers can then use the credentials to leverage stored credit card data to make fraudulent purchases, steal gift cards saved on the customer’s account, use the information in phishing attempts against victims or sell the login information and personal data to other bad actors.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

.” “It would be possible, on detailed examination of video, to compromise elements of operational security,” agreed Mike Hamilton, co-founder and chief information security officer of CI Security and former Seattle CISO. That type of information can be extremely valuable for things like identity theft.”.

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 27, 2021

In this episode of the podcast (#212), Brandon Hoffman, the CISO of Intel 471 joins us to discuss that company’s latest report that looks at China’s diversified marketplace for stolen data and stolen identities. Brandon Hoffman, CISO Intel 471. Read the whole entry. » Don’t Hold Your Breath.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 17, 2023

As a result, cybersecurity has become a top priority for organisations of all sizes, and the C-suite, including CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and CISOs, plays a critical role in managing and mitigating cyber risk. Email remains the primary communication tool for businesses, but it also poses significant security risks. More about J2 Software ( www.j2.co.za

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 1, 2021

To minimize the reputational damage from this attack, the firm offered 2-years of complimentary access to credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services for affected individuals. . Now It’s crystal clear from just these few stories that the cyber threat to the legal sector is significant and growing.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 14, 2024

To counter these methods, organizations should prioritize educating users on phishing and social engineering techniques. For a CISO, sticking to policy terms is crucial to maintain coverage and avoid financial burdens. However, some cyber insurance policies explicitly forbid ransom payments.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

In our previous two features, we covered the dangers of phishing (one method of credential compromise) and how to mitigate its impact on users. Cisco CISO Wolfgang Goerlich highlights the case for why passwords are kept around in The Life and Death of Passwords : “In an ideal world, we say goodbye to passwords altogether.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Also, that threat actors, especially state-sponsored, and criminal enterprises would take advantage of the expanding cyber-attack surface by using their resources to employ more sophisticated means for discovering target vulnerabilities, automating phishing, and finding new deceptive paths for infiltrating malware. STRATEGIC FORCAST.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Expect to see AI-enabled phishing campaigns, deepfake scams, and automated attacks grow in complexity. Identity theft will evolve: Stolen identities will fuel new fraud schemes, like creating crypto accounts in victims names. Secure digital identities: Broader adoption of services like Clear and ID.me

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 1, 2025

Identity theft and fraudulent refund schemes were major players. The AI-powered scam playbook From generative AI (GenAI) phishing emails to deepfake impersonations of IRS agents, attackers are raising the barand the risks. Phishing via text and voice is also on the rise, especially as AI makes impersonations harder to detect."

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

At times it can seem like a war of attrition, which brings us to the first series of predictions for 2020: CISOs will get worse at their jobs. More employers will offer their employees identity protection products and services as part of their paid or voluntary benefits programs. (An Okay, simmer down all you cybersecurity people.

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