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. Blue teams tend to be larger because they must prevent all attacks, while red teams may simply select a few specific attacks to pursue.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about cyber attacks against healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. “Cyber criminals are compromising user login credentials of healthcare payment processors and diverting payments to accounts controlled by the cyber criminals.

Healthcare 84

Healthcare Social Engineering Accountability Passwords 84

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Recently the company suffered a ransomware attack and threat actors have stolen the personal information of a large number of people. The stolen data also includes driver’s license numbers and/or social security numbers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Clasiopa group targets materials research in Asia CERT of Ukraine says Russia-linked APT backdoored multiple govt sites UK won the Military Cyberwarfare exercise Defence Cyber Marvel 2 (DCM2) CISA warns of disruptive attacks amid the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Highly evasive cryptocurrency miner targets macOS Hackers are actively exploiting (..)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

The semi-annual report’s findings quantify the gap between respondents’ readiness for attacks and their probability of being breached. The CRI report surveyed over 3,500 chief information security officers (CISOs), IT professionals and managers from Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, and South America in the latter part of 2021.

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Social Engineering Internet Internet Risk 128

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

According to this cyber wonderkid, they used social engineering to pull off the hack. This incident is yet another example of how easy it is for malicious threat actors to use social engineering to gain access to an organization's internal systems. They are openly taunting and mocking @Uber. September 16, 2022.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

In this blog post, we'll explore common techniques used to penetrate systems and how organizations can defend against each type of attack. Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

What is worrying, though, is that although privacy regulations like the GDPR mandate the report of a data breach to the competent national authority, 11% of companies waited 6 months before informing their clients! The increasing number of cyber-attacks and their impact on our lives is having a profound negative effect on digital trust.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from PayBito crypto exchange FBI issued a flash alert on Lockbit ransomware operation CISA orders federal agencies to fix actively exploited CVE-2022-21882 Windows flaw Over 500,000 people were impacted by a ransomware attack that hit Morley Ransomware attack hit Swissport International causing delays (..)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Italy was also marginally affected by the attack and the case was dealt with by the Computer Crime Operations Centre of the Postal Police (CNAIPIC ) [link] , which promptly issued an alert [link] on the very day of the event, recommending some useful actions also to prevent further possible propagation. What should we learn from this?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

. “Cyber actors continue to find entry points into legacy Windows operating systems and leverageRemote Desktop Protocol (RDP) exploits.” ” The alert warns of cyber actors often using misconfigured or improperly secured RDP access controls to conduct cyber-attacks. Windows 10). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Passwords Social Engineering Software System Administration 140

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

A cyberattack crippled the IT infrastructure of the City of Saint John Hundreds of female sports stars and celebrities have their naked photos and videos leaked online Romanians arrested for running underground malware services Threat actor shared a list of 49,577 IPs vulnerable Fortinet VPNs Computer Security and Data Privacy, the perfect alliance (..)

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NopSec

AUGUST 16, 2022

The CIS Critical Security Controls can be seen as a roadmap for implementing a successful cybersecurity program. SANS is an organization dedicated to information security training and security certification, and the Critical Security Controls effort focuses on prioritizing security controls that have demonstrated real-world effectiveness.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Exploiting the vulnerability attackers were able to access certain customers’ data, including email addresses, billing account numbers, and the phone’s IMSI numbers. Such kind of info could be used by hackers in social engineering attack against T-Mobile’s customer support employees with the intent of stealing the victim’s phone number.

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Mobile Telecommunications Data breaches Identity Theft 96

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

IT asset management aka ITAM counts among the key components of a vigilant, full-fledged security strategy — because it allows your security staff to retain a real-time database of IT assets and the related attack vectors. . Let us now see how you can make the best use of ITAM to minimize cyber attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

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. WannaCry and NotPetya cyber-attacks have since been attributed to state-funded threat actors.

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NopSec

MAY 9, 2016

In fact, it’s not just major healthcare organizations that get attacked, but virtually all hospitals have been victims of a cyber attack (commonly ransomware) at some point in varying degrees. Information security resources are hard to find, expensive, and constantly moving around. Why is this the case?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Increasing security savvy at home can motivate employees to go further to protect your organization’s network and the customer information on it. In addition, make it easy to report security concerns (phishing, data leaks, social engineering , password compromise, etc.). Develop plans and playbooks.

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Healthcare Cyber Attacks Education Social Engineering 214

Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

This course covers a broad range of security topics, explaining it with a simple language. Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Penetration tests are simulated cyber attacks executed by white hat hackers on systems and networks. The goal of these simulations is to detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, errors, and other weaknesses that real attackers could exploit.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

26 key cyber security stats for 2024 that every user should know, from rising cyber crime rates to the impact of AI technolog y. Cyber Crime Surge: During COVID-19 , cyber crimes shot up by 600%, showing how threats adapt to global changes. Shockingly, 96% of these attacks come through email.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Source: Verizon DBIR [1] In last year’s DBIR report [2], Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all cybersecurity data breach events, with Denial of Service being the number one cybersecurity incident covering almost 50% of all events. Password stuffing, cracking, guessing, spraying.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This forced security leaders and enterprise executives to assess their information security operations and overall cybersecurity posture to ensure their organizations were ready to face the challenges ahead. For cyber actors, it’s a lucrative cyber attack option that can be delivered in various ways.

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Cybersecurity Digital transformation Ransomware Cyber Risk 52

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In their 2021 report, Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all breach events. This time around, if you thought ransomware and phishing should have been at the top (these fall under System Intrusion and Social Engineering ) you would have been right! Google (search results).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2022

I began with securing networking equipment for customers to now securing mobile devices, gaming systems, Internet of Things (“Alexa”), the work environment, social engineering, etc. Those tools used to mitigate risks include perimeter defense, firewalls, security software, backups, etc.

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Engineering Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Software 124

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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

By using specific search queries, an attacker can identify systems that are potentially susceptible to EternalBlue. Targeted Phishing and Social Engineering: In some cases, attackers may employ targeted phishing emails or social engineering techniques to gain initial access to a system within the target network.

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NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

But this obscures the fact that energy and industrial companies are attacked on a daily basis by actors as diverse as hacktivists and nation states, using digital weaponry like open source to tools that cost millions of dollars to produce or procure. A cyber attack can disrupt business functions, which has an impact on end-users.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Source: Verizon DBIR [1] In last year’s DBIR report [2], Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all cybersecurity data breach events, with Denial of Service being the number one cybersecurity incident covering almost 50% of all events. Password stuffing, cracking, guessing, spraying.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Data breaches Engineering 52

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In their 2021 report, Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all breach events. This time around, if you thought ransomware and phishing should have been at the top (these fall under System Intrusion and Social Engineering ) you would have been right!

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 52

Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

According to DBIR, social engineering and basic web application attacks account for over 50% of all incidents of breaches. DBIR listed social engineering as the top cause of breaches in 2020, followed by basic web application attacks and system intrusion (that includes hackers and malware including ransomware).

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 98

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2023

. “In 2022, several IT security service providers reported on the APT group1 Charming Kitten2, which is said to be involved in investigating Iranian opposition figures and Iranian exiles.3 The cyber spies used social media to gather information on the targets and as a vector for social engineering attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

In this context, the prime risks are the responsibility and role of employees in ensuring data and information security. This hack exposed some of its investors’ personal and financial information to a third party. The cyber attack succeeded when one of Sequoia’s employees fell victim to a phishing attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. Remote Technology. Conclusion.

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