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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

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. To pursue cybersecurity culture change, we recommend you to institute a cost-effective, company-wide security awareness training for your employees.

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Sisense Hacked: CISA Warns Customers at Risk

Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2024

The post Sisense Hacked: CISA Warns Customers at Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard. A hard-coded credential catastrophe: The analytics firm kept big companies’ secrets in an insecure AWS bucket. Government says victims include the “critical infrastructure sector.”

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Why an HR-IT Partnership is Critical for Managing Cybersecurity Risk

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The post Why an HR-IT Partnership is Critical for Managing Cybersecurity Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard. By aligning priorities into a shared game plan, HR and IT can finally set their organizations up to defend against modern cyberthreats.

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7 Cyber Security Courses Online For Everybody

Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

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. This course covers a broad range of security topics, explaining it with a simple language.

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Reducing Human Error Security Threats with a Remote Workforce

Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2021

The Cybersecurity Cost of Human Error While many security executives agree that ransomware poses the greatest threat to security infrastructure, a majority believes that human error is the greatest risk to their business operations. These five strategies can help you reduce human error security threats: 1.

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GoDaddy Hosting Hacked — for FOURTH Time in 4 Years

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The post GoDaddy Hosting Hacked — for FOURTH Time in 4 Years appeared first on Security Boulevard. GoDaddy’s web hosting service breached yet again. This time, the perps were redirecting legit websites to malware.

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‘All of Sony’ Hacked, Claims Ransomed.vc Group

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Group appeared first on Security Boulevard. Hackers Play in Sony’s World: If true, Sony might have to push the RESET button (again). The post ‘All of Sony’ Hacked, Claims Ransomed.vc

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‘Extraordinary, Egregious’ Data Breach at House and Senate

Security Boulevard

MARCH 10, 2023

The post ‘Extraordinary, Egregious’ Data Breach at House and Senate appeared first on Security Boulevard. Capitol Trouble: Senators, representatives and staffers suffer PII leak. Could it finally kickstart some action?

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Oops! Meta Security Guards Hacked Facebook Users

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Meta Security Guards Hacked Facebook Users appeared first on Security Boulevard. Facebook parent Meta has disciplined or fired at least 25 workers for allegedly hacking into user accounts. The post Oops!

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Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The post Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States appeared first on Security Boulevard. There’s a massive loophole in the federal ban on Chinese technology from sus firms such as Huawei and ZTE: It doesn’t stop states from buying it.

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OPSEC FAIL: US Military Email Going to Mali — via Typo

Security Boulevard

JULY 17, 2023

The post OPSEC FAIL: US Military Email Going to Mali — via Typo appeared first on Security Boulevard. MX Mixup: Russian-allied government can intercept “highly sensitive information”—because there’s no “I” in.ML

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Warning: N. Korean Job Scams Push Trojans via LinkedIn

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Korean Job Scams Push Trojans via LinkedIn appeared first on Security Boulevard. Hey, hey, DPRK, how many people will you scam today? The post Warning: N.

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Reddit Hacked — 2FA is no Phishing Phix

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The post Reddit Hacked — 2FA is no Phishing Phix appeared first on Security Boulevard. Reddit got hacked with a “sophisticated” spear phishing attack. The individual victim was an employee who clicked the wrong email link.

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New Russian Hacks Revealed—but U.S. Says it’s Microsoft’s Fault

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Says it’s Microsoft’s Fault appeared first on Security Boulevard. Microsoft has issued another of its “look how clever we are” writeups of detecting APT29 hackers. But the U.S. government sees it differently. The post New Russian Hacks Revealed—but U.S.

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Do You Want Secure Supply Chains? SHOW ME THE MONEY

Security Boulevard

MAY 16, 2022

The Open Source Security Foundation and Linux Foundation have a plan to fix our broken software supply chains. The post Do You Want Secure Supply Chains? SHOW ME THE MONEY appeared first on Security Boulevard. Benjamins needed.

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Understand Your Staff: How Insiders Shape Defenses

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This vastly increased mobility, cloud computing and social networking usage; in some cases, this transition occurred before companies and staff were fully prepared. Enterprises and their staff dealt with a lot of change in 2020. The pandemic and resulting lockdowns forced organizations to allow staff to work from home.

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Microsoft’s Legal Head: U.S. must Stop Secret Gag Orders

Security Boulevard

JUNE 16, 2021

must Stop Secret Gag Orders appeared first on Security Boulevard. Microsoft president and CLO Brad Smith says secretly subpoenaing data from cloud providers—blocking them from telling customers—must stop. The post Microsoft’s Legal Head: U.S.

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Sisense Hacked: CISA Warns Customers at Risk

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Why an HR-IT Partnership is Critical for Managing Cybersecurity Risk

7 Cyber Security Courses Online For Everybody

Reducing Human Error Security Threats with a Remote Workforce

GoDaddy Hosting Hacked — for FOURTH Time in 4 Years

‘All of Sony’ Hacked, Claims Ransomed.vc Group

‘Extraordinary, Egregious’ Data Breach at House and Senate

Oops! Meta Security Guards Hacked Facebook Users

Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States

OPSEC FAIL: US Military Email Going to Mali — via Typo

Warning: N. Korean Job Scams Push Trojans via LinkedIn

Reddit Hacked — 2FA is no Phishing Phix

New Russian Hacks Revealed—but U.S. Says it’s Microsoft’s Fault

Do You Want Secure Supply Chains? SHOW ME THE MONEY

Understand Your Staff: How Insiders Shape Defenses

Microsoft’s Legal Head: U.S. must Stop Secret Gag Orders

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