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Unmasking 2024’s Email Security Landscape

Security Affairs

Targeted Sector Vulnerabilities: Financial Services, IT, Healthcare, Education, and Government sectors have emerged as primary targets, with attackers fine-tuning their strategies to exploit specific vulnerabilities within these industries. About the Author: Stefanie Shank.

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Cyber Security Roundup for May 2021

Security Boulevard

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

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University of California Employees, Students, Threatened After Breach

SecureWorld News

for secure file transfers and the list of known victims in this breach is growing. The Information Security Office investigated and found that these emails contained a link to a public website where a sample of personal data from UC employees was posted.". For more information: The UC Davis statement on the data breach.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

This quirk made the attack look more trustworthy and added a layer of flexibility to these scams. The main reason why these campaigns exploded so dramatically was that they used previously leaked NSA exploits called EternalBlue and DoublePulsar, which made the attacks absolutely inconspicuous and therefore almost impossible to prevent.

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Top 5 Insider Threats to Look Out For in 2023

Security Affairs

Some are unaware of their involvement and fall victim to social engineering techniques like phishing scams. Others may engage in negligent behaviour, such as evading security measures for convenience. These third parties are occasionally easy targets for cyber attackers because they lack advanced security protocols.

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7 Cyber Security Courses Online For Everybody

Spinone

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. In case of falling for a scam, you or your staff are getting an email with a related lesson.

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The Human Factor in Cybersecurity Breaches

CyberSecurity Insiders

In this context, the prime risks are the responsibility and role of employees in ensuring data and information security. We repeatedly say that companies need to invest significantly in advanced protection tools and security awareness, including a Zero Trust approach. Phishing and spear-phishing are types of scams.