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How deepfakes enhance social engineering and authentication threats, and what to do about it

CSO Magazine

Deepfake technology is an escalating cybersecurity threat to organizations. Learn what makes these 6 social engineering techniques so effective. | Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ] Learn what makes these 6 social engineering techniques so effective. |

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10 top anti-phishing tools and services

CSO Magazine

Most phishing attacks are less about the technology and more about social engineering. A key factor in protecting your business from phishing is to understand your vulnerabilities, weigh the potential risk to your business, and decide what tools offer the best protection to match your business needs. Why phishing is successful.

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GUEST ESSAY: Leveraging ‘zero trust’ and ‘remote access’ strategies to mitigate ransomware risks

The Last Watchdog

Fun fact: 80% of these breaches occur at the endpoint , often via phishing or social engineering. About the essayist: Den Jones, CSO at Banyan Security , which supplies s imple, least-privilege, multi-cloud application access technologies. It’s quick to deploy and simple to operate. Let’s talk VPNs.

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Malwarebytes releases Mobile Security for OneView to secure Chromebooks, Android, iOS devices

CSO Magazine

Malware, social engineering, data leakage, and Wi-Fi interference are among the many mobile security risks organizations face, while novel technologies such as generative AI are predicted to create new opportunities for cybercriminals to target mobile devices.

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Podcast Episode 134: The Deep Fake Threat to Authentication and analyzing the PEAR Compromise

The Security Ledger

And, in our second segment, Sam Bisbee the CSO of the firm ThreatStack joins us to talk about last month's hack of the PEAR open source package manager and why data deserialization attacks are a growing threat to projects that use open source components. They risk undermining a range of voice and image based authentication technologies.

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Interview with Dr. Arun Vishwanath on the Latest Cybersecurity Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

We need to take user protection seriously, change the security paradigm, by studying and building protections around people and processes, rather than solely focusing on technology. How are social networks like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok contributing to the “people problem” of cybsersecurity? What more can be done?

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ChatGPT Security and Privacy Issues Remain in GPT-4

eSecurity Planet

The software supply chain issues identified … in OpenAI’s breach are not surprising, as most organizations are struggling with these challenges, albeit perhaps less publicly,” said Peter Morgan, who is the co-founder and CSO of Phylum.io, a cybersecurity firm that focuses on the supply chain. They’re also unavoidable.