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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Security Boulevard

JUNE 29, 2023

The role of the modern CISO today is just as much about managing technical solutions as it is about communicating risk to key decision-making stakeholders. The post A Guide to Articulating Risk: Speaking the Language of the Stakeholder appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 17, 2022

That was the case for a broadcast SecureWorld recently hosted with Mike Britton, CISO of Abnormal Security , and legendary investigative journalist Brian Krebs. Key takeaway #3: Social engineering is the most powerful attack vector against InfoSec protocols.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Georgia Bafoutsou of ENISA, the EU’s information security agency, called on those attending to amplify messages about security awareness. Among the lineup was Avast CISO Jaya Baloo, who spoke about the challenges that quantum computing will create for the security community. Avast’s CISO – Jaya Baloo.

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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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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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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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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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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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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Almeida led the development and implementation of enterprise-wide information security strategy, policies, risk assessments and controls. Prior to joining Delta Dental, Almeida was the CISO at Covanta Holding Corporation, a leader in energy-from-waste management services.

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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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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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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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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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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The post Top 2024 Scams: The top predicted scams for this year appeared first on Security Boulevard. The post Top 2024 Scams: The top predicted scams for this year appeared first on Click Armor.

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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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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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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The post Black Friday scams: Attacks to be aware of during the biggest sale of the year appeared first on Click Armor. The post Black Friday scams: Attacks to be aware of during the biggest sale of the year appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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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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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Security Boulevard

JULY 16, 2021

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

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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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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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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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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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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Suing the CISO: SolarWinds Fires Back. However, this is not just another nameless, faceless piece of litigation; this one specifically names the company's Chief Information Security Officer. A group of investors filed the suit which specifically calls out SolarWinds, its former CEO, and also Tim Brown, who is VP of Security and CISO.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Back in the day, security training was largely reserved for IT security specialists and then extended to include IT personnel in general. These days, all employees need to be well educated in security best practices and good habits if the organization wishes to steer clear of ransomware and malware. Living Security.

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