The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

As an enterprise security team, you could restrict internet access at your egress points, but this doesn’t do much when the workforce is remote. In short, anything accessible from the internet should be given extra attention. This disables peer-to-peer access, enabling internet-only access. Food for thought, eh!

Risk 247

Risk Ransomware Internet Internet 247

CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Trustwave SpiderLabs researchers have cited an increased prevalence of HTML smuggling activity whereby cybercriminal groups abuse the versatility of HTML in combination with social engineering to distribute malware.

Malware 80

Malware Social Engineering Engineering Internet 80

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2019

Without APIs there would be no cloud computing, no social media, no Internet of Things. If I go to a CSO and say, ‘We can secure your APIs,’ he’ll say, ‘Great, can you also find them for me?’ ” observed Dwivedi, Data Theorem’s founder. APIs are the glue that keeps digital transformation intact and steamrolling forward.

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Digital transformation Software Data breaches Authentication 154

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.

Cybersecurity 136

Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Social Engineering Phishing 136

SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

His expertise is in social engineering, technology, security algorithms and business. Army officer, Sachs served as deputy director of SRI International’s Computer Science laboratory, vice president of national security policy at Verizon Communications, and SVP and CSO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.

Computers and Electronics 126

Computers and Electronics Technology Education Information Security 126

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.

Security Awareness 40

Security Awareness Risk Cyber threats Cyber Risk 40

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Richard Bird , CSO, Traceable AI Bird The bad guys are showing no restraint in exploiting API security weakness to their advantage. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW Acohido Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

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