Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

Attackers will leverage AI for more scalable and effective social engineering attacks, disinformation campaigns, vulnerability discovery, and exploit amplification. Specifically holding CISOs accountable for fraudulent reporting is new and one of the most heated topics going into 2024. In 2024: 1. In 2024: 1.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Although, the topic has gained popularity amongst CIOs and CISOs, most companies are still overlooking important security blind spots when it comes to securing their digital assets outside the enterprise firewalls—domains, DNS, digital certificates. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, U.K.’s

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Tyler Farrar , CISO, Exabeam Farrar Traditional SIEM solutions face numerous challenges with limited ability to adapt to new threats and attack vectors — and complex deployment and maintenance processes. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

Researchers at Singapore-based cybersecurity company Group-IB recently discovered thousands of databases exposed to the internet that could have been exploited when they were left unprotected. Remote work compelled organizations to connect their databases to the internet to allow employees access. Changes were frequently made hastily.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 16, 2024

” As Chris and I discuss, social engineering attacks are the first step in many sophisticated attacks. Accordingly, Chris stresses the importance of security training for employees that is focused on creating memorable learning experiences.

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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. As a teenager, he discovered that social engineering was a trick that worked. "I You could lose your data.'.

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

In a blog, Sophos researchers explain how the attackers – which the researchers believe could all be operated by the same group – used social engineering, counterfeit websites, including a fake iOS App Store download page, and an iOS app-testing website to distribute the fake apps to their victims.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Bringing automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to the workplace as part of digital transformation has many benefits. HelpSystems' research with Financial Services (FS) CISOs in Q4 2020 revealed the extent of this task.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

.” SecurityScorecard CISO Mike Wilkes also noted the potential for malware and ransomware attacks to become much worse. “A near-future event could cause a massive depopulation of internet-connected devices. Cryptocurrency is the Wild West of the digital world today.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

The “people problem” is a phrase I heard in many different occasions when I met with IT managers (CISO, CSO, CIOs), many in leading research labs, national security establishments, and such. Some of the data that is stolen feeds social engineering attacks, where hackers use the stolen data to attack people and steal even more.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

Jenny Radcliffe, People Hacker & Social Engineer. From a social engineering perspective, Zero Trust is a good mindset to have, mostly because it avoids the “guard the perimeter”, the "castle and moat" idea of security. A malicious social engineer might gain access to a system through compromising an insider.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

The configuration issue made this access point publicly available on the Internet. The attacker claims to have compromised an end-of-lifed GPRS system that was exposed to the internet and was able to pivot from it to the internal network, where they were able to launch a brute force authentication attack against internal systems.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. In November 2021, an unauthorized third party called a Robinhood customer support employee and, through social engineering , gained access to the company’s customer support systems. Defending Against RDP Attacks: Best Practices. Examples of Notable RDP Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

According to intelligence organization Spamhaus and subsequent reports, the hackers sent out emails with the false accusations in two waves to more than 100,000 addresses, using email addresses gleaned from a number of sources, including a database used by the American Registry for Internet Numbers.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Your passwords are on the internet. The answer, like most other cybersecurity-adjacent answers, lies in a combination of factors including social engineering , weak passwords, and other risky security moves or attacks. What to do when your credentials are compromised How are credentials compromised in the first place?

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., ” “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.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

These are the very impacts we regularly hear CISOs mention on SecureWorld webcasts. The section on cyber risk is in bold: "We face legal, reputational and financial risks from any failure to protect client and/ or Accenture data from security incidents or cyberattacks.". L egal, reputational and financial risks?

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

Oftentimes, phishing and social engineering are used to steal credentials and/or get employees to click on a malicious link or attachment. However, according to Cisco’s Head of Advisory CISOs, Wendy Nather , there’s a right way and a wrong way to do this. How exactly do attackers get in?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

CyberStrength knowledge assessment tool assesses user vulnerabilities beyond email and USB drives, covering critical security issues such as use of mobile devices, social engineering scams, passwords, and web browsing. Specifically developed for CISOs, CIOs, CSOs, IT directors, IT managers, and security awareness program owners.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To protect personal information and feel safe while surfing the internet; 2. Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Prior to joining Delta Dental, Almeida was the CISO at Covanta Holding Corporation, a leader in energy-from-waste management services. His expertise is in social engineering, technology, security algorithms and business. He was also director of the SANS Internet Storm Center.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

There's the people who are doing social engineering attacks. Did you just put a system on the internet that shouldn't be? There's been internet connected "things" for a long time that weren't traditional computers. David Brumley: At least when I look at attackers, they fall into three buckets. We don't handle that.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

There's the people who are doing social engineering attacks. Did you just put a system on the internet that shouldn't be? There's been internet connected "things" for a long time that weren't traditional computers. David Brumley: At least when I look at attackers, they fall into three buckets. We don't handle that.

Software 52

Software IoT Manufacturing Hacking 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

There's the people who are doing social engineering attacks. Did you just put a system on the internet that shouldn't be? There's been internet connected "things" for a long time that weren't traditional computers. David Brumley: At least when I look at attackers, they fall into three buckets. We don't handle that.

Software 52

Software IoT Manufacturing Hacking 52