Security Boulevard

JUNE 17, 2021

Ira Winkler, CISO at Skyline Technology Solutions, recounts his amazing journey from wannabe astronaut to NSA intelligence analyst, social engineer, systems hacker and author, and some of the crazy things that happened along the way - check it out. The post CISO Stories Podcast: So You Want to be a Cyber Spy?

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Javvad Malik

APRIL 9, 2021

Yes, social engineering is a real thing and we need to be wary of it. Social engineered Graham into telling us what time the recording was taking place. FacebookPassword1, TwitterPassword1, then you can easily guess what your other passwords are. It would be a really poor world if we distrusted everyone and everything.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

CISOs of companies both small and large understand how intellectual property (IP) and company infrastructure may be targeted from one of four vectors: malevolent insiders, unscrupulous competitors, criminals, or nation states.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

had been successfully socially engineered into providing customer data in response to “emergency data requests” to individuals who they believed to be representing the U.S. A recent Bloomberg piece highlighted how Meta Platforms, Inc., parent company of Facebook) and Apple, Inc., government.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 22, 2022

Red Team Exercises are one of the best ways for CISOs to validate the security controls effectively. The post How do Red Team Exercises help CISO to Validate the Security Controls Effectively? The post How do Red Team Exercises help CISO to Validate the Security Controls Effectively? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The pre-COVID-19 CISO. The global COVID-19 pandemic has been a tumultuous time for Chief information security officers (CISOs) who on any given day have a long and complicated list of responsibilities. It first is isolated and vetted in a “vetting zone.” Budget and resource constraints.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2024

In a 2023 survey, 30% of CISOs named insider threats one of the biggest cybersecurity threats for the year. Social engineering: These attacks exploit human error to gain unauthorized access to organizational systems. The risk factor is higher among nonprofits, as they store data about high-net-worth donors.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

you might be wondering how a CISO can prepare to face the authorities. The EDPB use cases cover a range of scenarios such as ransomware, data exfiltration, human error, social engineering and lost devices. If you worry about a data breach (and who doesn’t?), Privacy and data breaches go hand in hand.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2024

Crooks manipulate GitHub’s search results to distribute malware BatBadBut flaw allowed an attacker to perform command injection on Windows Roku disclosed a new security breach impacting 576,000 accounts LastPass employee targeted via an audio deepfake call TA547 targets German organizations with Rhadamanthys malware CISA adds D-Link multiple (..)

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2024

In this episode, special guest Alyssa Miller joins the hosts for an insightful and entertaining conversation covering a broad range of topics from social engineering anecdotes involving Kevin Johnson to Alyssa’s journey in aviation and being a pilot.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Dedicated to helping cybersecurity leaders learn about the evolving threats that modern organizations face today and in the future , Vision 2023 features security influencers, reformed hackers, enterprise CISOs, and the U.S. Secret Service. The webcast was hosted by SecureWorld and sponsored by Abnormal Security, KnowBe4, and Valimail.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The IT Security Guru caught up with Tarnveer Singh a CISO and finalist in the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2023 for his thoughts on how to get more professionals involved in the cybersecurity industry: There are many ways we can inspire new cybersecurity professionals to join our industry. We must reduce barriers to entry.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 8, 2024

The Responsible Way Forward Although the outlook for securing businesses appears bleak, with a probable fast rise in software supply chain, ransomware, and social engineering attacks, like phishing and deepfakes, which have experienced a staggering 3000% increase in recent years, there is a secure way forward.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2023

CISOs will have to get quantum resilient encryption on their cyber roadmap. Nick Mistry , SVP, CISO, Lineaje Mistry The software landscape is poised for significant changes, with a growing emphasis on Software Bill of Materials (SBOM.) Consumers will begin to see their favorite applications touting “quantum-secure encryption.”

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SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2023

In the recent SecureWorld Financial Services virtual conference , Mike Britton and Dan Sheiber of Abnormal Security joined Adam Pendleton, CISO of LendingPoint, to discuss ChatGPT's impressive capabilities. Britton, CISO for Abnormal, disagrees, saying that the tactic of banning it isn't going to be helpful.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

A foundational approach to cybersecurity empowers CISOs to see abnormalities and block threats before they do damage. By increasing visibility into DNS traffic, CISOs can detect, block, and respond to incidents more quickly as well as use this data to institute new controls and increase overall resiliency.

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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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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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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. Threat actors know that stealing legitimate login credentials is the best way to discreetly enter an organization’s infrastructure.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

As always, there’s a lot of data that quantifies the issues we see everyday: ransomware attacks, social engineering, underlying factors, threat types, […] The post Connected Devices Conspicuously Absent from 2023 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2022

A statement shared by Mailchimp CISO Siobhan Smyth with TechCrunch revealed that the company discovered the security breach on March 26. The company was the victim of a social engineering attack aimed at its employees. We are trying to determine how many email addresses have been affected.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The day got off to an inspirational start with Michael Gregg, CISO for the State of North Dakota, presenting on " Lessons from a CISO: Increasing Your Cybersecurity Footprint Despite Worn Soles." 19 at The Cable Center on the edge of the University of Denver campus.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blue team members might be led by a chief information security officer (CISO) or director of security operations, making this team the largest among the three. The red team is a smaller group compared to the blue team and it may include a few members such as ethical hackers, locksmiths, programmers, and social engineers.

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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. For more information on how you can partner with CRA Business Intelligence, please contact Dave Kaye, Chief Revenue Officer.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 23, 2023

Abnormal's CISO, Mike Britton, wrote about the incident in a March 22nd blog post. " Mark Parkin of Vulcan Cyber said: "Social engineering attacks like this, originating in email, have only been getting worse over the last few years. That's when you need protection that can identify malicious content from a trusted domain."

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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. In their daily roles, most C-suite executives and board members are too heads-down on their own priorities to think about their worst case scenario—a cyberattack that derails operations.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The pandemic is on everyone's mind, and they're using that for social engineering. So they're more likely to recognize the social engineering attacks and report that. I'm going to focus on two roles, the Chief Information Security Officer [CISO] and the Chief Privacy Officer. They're going to feel empowered.

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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. This happened through social engineering, which included a secret signal for him in Washington D.C. Once again he unknowingly told the FBI, 'this is how you socially engineer me.'.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Phishing is the most formidable social engineering tactic that cybercriminals use to persuade employees to disclose sensitive information, whether it be clicking a suspicious link, downloading an attachment or visiting a malicious website – not to mention simply providing credential information outright.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 2, 2022

The lesson to be learned here is that if your IT department or CISO warns you about a potential security vulnerability or threat, it is worth looking into it rather than dismissing it. Social Engineering can Make you do Anything and Has a Strong Influence on the Weak Minded.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Socially engineered incidents have also been on the rise. We created a group of around 50 CISOs at the world’s leading organizations to meetup and discuss the threats enterprise organizations face and the technology that is needed to keep our organizations secure.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I think it requires taking a step back and assessing what you can do with less," said Chris Roberts, CISO and Senior Director at Boom Supersonic. Andrew Smeaton, CISO at Afiniti, says reassessment of cybersecurity programs and plans is necessary. Too many folks focus on the technology as opposed to the people or process.

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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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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea, discussed these type of romance scams with SecureWorld: "Romance scams are popular because they work and commonly target unsuspecting victims by slowly earning their trust before taking advantage of them.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

” Santander’s UK CISO/Director of Security & Privacy Services, Emma L eith told Computer Business Review. The only way to p revent this kind of p hysical intrusions that exploit human factor and social engineering is to implement a cultural change.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Nowadays, organisations need digital leaders such as CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs who are strategists, visionaries, and know how to manage, effectively. Pre pandemic, Nominet released a study, Life Inside the Perimeter: Understanding the Modern CISO and reported on cybersecurity’s leaders. billion) is expected online.

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