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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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Here are some of the positions where individuals can earn top-tier salaries: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) – As the leader of an organization’s cybersecurity strategy, CISOs can earn well over $200,000 per year. High-Earning Cybersecurity Roles Certain roles in cybersecurity are highly lucrative.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

This incident shows how easily somebody can build a convincing phishing page without having to be an experienced software engineer, said Hank Schless, senior manager, security solutions at Lookout. The post Attackers create phishing lures with standard tools in Google Docs to steal credentials appeared first on SC Media.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. 68% of Australian CISOs confessed that they expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year, compared to the rest of the globe.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 20, 2024

Choosing the right training partner and prioritizing cybersecurity training for businesses should not be viewed as optional by CISOs and CIOs.” Well-trained employees are less likely to fall prey to phishing attacks or other forms of social engineering, significantly reducing the potential for breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

ImmuniWeb founder, CEO and chief architect Ilia Kolochenko told eSecurity Planet that a grey market for scraped data has been in place for several years, “attracting diversified buyers from banal spammers to sophisticated hacking groups who search for up-to-date records to launch large-scale phishing and social engineering campaigns.”

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SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Zero-day threats, phishing and social engineering attacks with associated ransomware are among the most persistent threats today’s CISOs and security teams face. The post ‘The people’ of cybersecurity are its greatest strength and weakness appeared first on SC Media.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

The primary target and focus for nation-states will continue to be their adversaries Critical Infrastructure sectors, such as healthcare, government, communications, transportation, defense industrial base, media, utilities, finance, and cargo logistics. In 2024: 1. In 2024: 1.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 16, 2021

A new book exposes yet another Facebook failure for the social media firm to say sorry about. But nothing’s going to change. The post Stalkers: ‘Ugly Truth’ of Facebook Staff Abusing Private Data appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

It is not be simply a matter of hiring a CISO, but ensuring that proper procedures and tools are implemented across the organization, including its third-party suppliers and contractors. Many organizations are still not able to reduce their attack surface and limit lateral movement once trusted systems have been breached.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 21, 2019

Tortoises have no finances and, taken as a genus, they rarely have names and social media accounts. And then there is the more technical stuff for your CISO, whether that person is in-house or subcontracted. Oversharing on social media expands one’s attackable surface. Tortoises are not the problem.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 31, 2022

A : Regulatory action restricting the need for an individual to provide so much PII or sensitive information in order to operate within the social media or in some cases business realm. Even though some of the fields are optional, via some other form of social engineering your PII becomes available.

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NetSpi Executives

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This will drive a greater shift towards fewer, more comprehensive solutions that reduce management complexity and enhance team productivity. With cyber threats growing more complex and frequent, CISOs are under immense pressure to ensure that their teams can respond rapidly and decisively.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

Other cyber incidents are common, including phishing attacks , business email compromise, exploitation of cloud and software vulnerabilities , social engineering , third-party exposures, and more. Also see: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools. AI, ML Playing a Role. It covers organizations regardless of size or industry.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2025

Threat actors used AI tools to orchestrate highly convincing and scalable social engineering campaigns, making it easier to deceive users and infiltrate systems. This trend, among other AI-powered social engineering attacks, will amplify identity compromise, ransomware, and data exfiltration in 2025.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Plus, get the latest on Active Directory security, CISO salary trends and ransomware attacks! Today, the story looks very different, as job turnover rates for CISOs have dropped significantly. With less turnover than in the past two to three years, the majority of CISOs (70%) have gotten annual merit-based raises – an average of 5.6%

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Payton was joined by Abnormal Security CISO Mike Britton. Britton said ransomware is "noisy" and a lot of attention and focus is put on it by media. Enterprises want to stay out of the news, and CISOs want to be able to answer their board when they ask if their company is at risk. Why is ransomware a popular attack method?

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Pen Test Partners

JUNE 19, 2024

CyberHUMINT is the process of gathering HUMINT with cyber techniques, most commonly social engineering. Deception Using online social engineering to deceive victims threat actors can elicit information. One area that is often overlooked by CISOs is the insider threat risk. It is a common form of CyberHUMINT.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

SecureWorld recently hosted a panel discussion on the topic of insider threat featuring three guests: Phillip Curran, CISO and CPO for Cooper; Jordan Fischer, Cyber Attorney for Beckage; Billy VanCannon, Head of Product for Spirion; and Justin Turner, Associate Director of Cybersecurity and Data Privacy for Protiviti.

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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. Today’s users are accustomed to rapidly scrolling and browsing through emails, social media, and news articles. How exactly do attackers get in?

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Making matters worse, the cameras employ facial recognition technology, which leads to questions as to whether an attacker could actually identify individuals caught on camera and then pursue them as targets for social engineering schemes or something even more nefarious. When surveillance leads to spying.

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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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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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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Phishing attacks often rely on social engineering techniques to trick users into revealing sensitive data. Social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google+ are commonly exploited to access user accounts. Whaling, spear, barrel, reverse social engineering, malware, ransomware, account compromise.

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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. The post Meet the 2021 SC Awards judges appeared first on SC Media.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 4, 2021

Those experts also made 31% less than their male counterparts, according to a 2020 report shared with SC Media. There was the inspiring CISO who gave me advice about my long-term career. In its study, for instance, (ISC)2 found that women constituted just 24% of the cybersecurity workforce. Their story might be about them.

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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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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. New York should increase cybersecurity regulations as a result, especially for social media companies.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

They are words that could strike fear into the heart of a CISO, Chief Risk Officer, or corporate counsel. A Nuclear Engineer for the U.S. SecureWorld News just analyzed dozens of pages of court documents to understand this story of the Naval Engineer—an insider—who is accused of going rogue in a high-tech and high-stakes operation.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

There's the people who are doing social engineering attacks. Dennis Fischer: A lot of that is just a function of the way the media has used the word hacker over the last two or three decades -- the way that people read these stories or see TV reports that are about some hacker who hacked a Tesla. We don't handle that.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

There's the people who are doing social engineering attacks. Dennis Fischer: A lot of that is just a function of the way the media has used the word hacker over the last two or three decades -- the way that people read these stories or see TV reports that are about some hacker who hacked a Tesla. We don't handle that.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

There's the people who are doing social engineering attacks. Dennis Fischer: A lot of that is just a function of the way the media has used the word hacker over the last two or three decades -- the way that people read these stories or see TV reports that are about some hacker who hacked a Tesla. We don't handle that.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

By: Matt Lindley, COO and CISO at NINJIO. The vast majority of cyberattacks rely on social engineering – the deception and manipulation of victims to coerce them into either opening malware or voluntarily providing sensitive information.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2025

Podcast TechstrongTV - Twitch Library Related Sites Techstrong Group Cloud Native Now DevOps.com Security Boulevard Techstrong Research Techstrong TV Techstrong.tv Moves to Collect $7.74 Million Tied to N. Podcast DevOps Chat DevOps Dozen DevOps TV Copyright © 2025 Techstrong Group Inc.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

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? Will we ever get rid of passwords completely?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 19, 2025

Podcast TechstrongTV - Twitch Library Related Sites Techstrong Group Cloud Native Now DevOps.com Security Boulevard Techstrong Research Techstrong TV Techstrong.tv authored by Marc Handelman. Moves to Collect $7.74 Million Tied to N. Podcast DevOps Chat DevOps Dozen DevOps TV Copyright © 2025 Techstrong Group Inc.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Government actions will increase: Expect more government regulations, state-sponsored cyberattacks, and increased documentation required to protect CISOs. Disinformation is going to be incredibly effective now that social networks have scaled back or completely removed their moderation and verification efforts.

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