CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2022

CitiBank customers are being urged to be super-vigilant as a large scale phishing campaign has been targeting them, asking them sensitive banking details that can lead to money drain from their bank accounts or other such financial frauds such as fake loan appraisal. And only 7% were from UK and the rest from other parts of the world.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. This article focuses on the top five attack vectors organizations should look out for and defend against in 2022. Some threat actors carry out phishing attacks using social media and networking platforms, such as Twitter or LinkedIn.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Use strong passwords. It is essential to ensure that all accounts are protected with strong passwords. To this day, a significant amount of people still use the password across multiple accounts, which makes it much simpler for a cybercriminal to compromise a password and take over accounts. Secure home router.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2021

Phishing Challenges Faced By Businesses During COVID-19. This has created new opportunities for email fraud schemes like phishing and spam emails , which prey upon people’s reliance on communication via email – perfect conditions for cybercriminals. Consequences of Phishing Attacks on Businesses. To Conclude.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. Also, one of the top ways attackers can target individuals is via social engineering or phishing. LW: Anything else?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Staying safe online is not just a worry for parents of young children and teenagers – organizations are also constantly at risk from cyber-attacks, which is why training staff to reduce the likelihood of any such attack is crucial. The rise of cyber-attacks and phishing. Remote working risks.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

It is an online scam attack quite similar to Phishing. The term Pharming is a combination of two words Phishing and Farming. The attackers can also use it for installing malware programs on the victim’s system. Pharming vs phishing. Cybercriminals use various techniques for conducting cyberattacks.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. Phishing complaints were reported over 300,000 times in 2021 to IC3, the only Internet crime to crack 100,000+ complaints. Technological tactics.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

Phishing Gets Personal Phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated, thanks to tools like generative AI, which enable attackers to personalize their campaigns for maximum impact. Educate yourself on common phishing tactics and train employees to recognize fraudulent emails.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Impersonation Scams. These range from simple to sophisticated scams to convince you they are genuine, in hopes that you feel comfortable sharing personal or financial information whether on the phone, via email, or text. Although BEC attacks may be targeted at business, they can also be used to scam individual people.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

“According to this actor, he had originally intended to send his targets—all senior-level executives—phishing emails to compromise their accounts, but after that was unsuccessful, he pivoted to this ransomware pretext,” Hassold wrote. billion in 2020. . Open our letter at your email. ” Image: Sophos.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

About 90% of cyber attacks begin with a phishing email, text or malicious link, so training users not to click on anything they’re not sure about could have the highest return on investment (ROI) of any prevention technique — if those training efforts are successful and reinforced.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

As coronavirus-themed cyber attacks ramp up, consumers and companies must practice digital distancing to keep themselves protected. Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear. That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It operates in the background, offering malicious services for a fee, enabling even the least tech-savvy individuals to launch cyber-attacks. These attacks are a haunting of sorts, disrupting your digital peace. Vishing: The Haunting Phone Call Vishing, or voice phishing , is the ghostly counterpart of email phishing.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Just a couple of years ago, vishing, or voice phishing, was an unknown term. billion US Dollars lost to vishing attacks. With a 554% increase in these attacks, it’s not slowing down anytime soon. The truth is, even if we’re aware of these scam calls, we can still fall for them.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

Millions in the UK Targeted by Malware via a DHL Scam Text Message. Millions of UK citizens received a scam text message (aka smashing) which impersonated DHL in April. NCSC advice FluBot: Guidance for ‘package delivery’ text message scam . How Strong is Your Password? Redcar Cyber-Attack: UK Government to Cover £3.68

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 28, 2023

Having a cybersecurity plan ensures that you remain protected against data breaches, phishing scams , and other cybercrimes. One thing you should know here is that simple passwords are easier to crack; therefore, setting up a complex password is necessary. It works well against both residual risk and inherent risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 1, 2023

Financial institutions face a range of cybersecurity threats, including phishing attacks, malware, ransomware, and denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks. Online banking phishing scams have advanced constantly. Access controls should include strong passwords, multi-factor authentication, and role-based access controls.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 12, 2022

The company said that thanks to its Cloudflare One products and the hardware security keys issued to every employee, which are needed to access all its applications, a phishing campaign failed to compromise any systems, despite some employees falling for the scam. Phishing campaign targets Cloudflare.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are a “free for all” for cybercriminals because everyone—consumers and businesses alike—is a target. If the deal is too good to be true, it probably is – As a result of the global supply chain shortage, this year offers cyber attackers another human desire to exploit. holiday weekends in 2021.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Sinclair Broadcast Group says it suffered a ransomware attack and has had data stolen. Source: NPR) After games boom in pandemic, gangs are using phishing and malware to cheat fans. Source: The Daily Swig) Gummy Browsers , a new fingerprint capturing and browser spoofing attack lets attackers spoof tracking profiles.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

In 2014, a prominent member of the Russian language cybercrime community Antichat filed a complaint against DonChicho, saying this user scammed them and had used the email address dfyz_bk@bk.ru. Constella finds that the password most frequently used by the email address dfyz_bk@bk.ru However, RRN is still accessible via its servers.”

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month taught us the importance of safe practices such as the use of multifactor authentication, strong passwords, and VPNs. They could pose as your hotel or airline by sending you convincing phishing emails. This time of year also brings a surge of promotional scams. Beware of Delivery Scams!

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In this case, though, while the news that 10 million JD Sports customers may have been impacted by a cyber attack has only just arrived, the data potentially accessed in that attack is already several years old. Fake parcels and deliveries, in particular, are wonderfully sneaky scam tactics and very successful.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2022

Cyber attackers, fraudsters, and hackers target both small-scale, midsized, and large online ecom enterprises. . . According to research, frauds and cyber attacks are among the top three threats weighing on the US business environment – with a weightage of 65%. . Create strong passwords.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

What Is a Cyber Attack? A cyber attack refers to a type of attack that is carried out by cybercriminals using a computer or group of computers to attack another computer, group of computers, or network. Cyber attacks target data in one way or another. Who are behind cyber attacks?

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Phishing scams and malware attacks are among the most common threats, with hackers posing as legitimate organizations to trick users into revealing personal information or installing malicious software. Rabid fans are known to lose sensibility and do things they normally wouldn't do; greased pole challenge anyone?"

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2021

The NCSC's technical director, Dr Ian Levy, referred to Hollywood depictions of cyber-attacks on critical city infrastructure. Use of weak passwords was a common theme with the investigation, which concluded: weak default passwords cyber-criminals could hack were found on most of the routers. At least 4.5

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

As long as cyber attacks continue, financial institutions will remain a prime target, for obvious reasons. Yet, they are much less well equipped to detect and repel cyber attackers, who are relentlessly seeking out and exploiting the fresh attack vectors spinning out of expansion of mobile banking.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 31, 2023

In recent years, cyber-attacks like phishing scams targeting game credentials or malware being disseminated through game mods have seen an alarming rise in both the UK and the US. Consider this: an account for a popular game may have in-game purchases worth hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 12, 2023

Common Data Threats in the Workplace Many of the most common data threats involve an employee being careless or making a simple mistake: Phishing and smishing. Phishing and smishing scams impersonate a legitimate person over email or text messages to trick you into taking action , like providing sensitive information or downloading a virus.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Since the earliest iterations of email spam and predatory pop-up advertisements, consumers have been bombarded with common-sense advice to keep their anti-virus software updated, use strong passwords and be very cautious about clicking on email attachments and webpage links. Cyber hygiene isn’t difficult.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Drone attacks hit two Saudi Arabia Aramco oil plants. A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site. Crooks hacked other celebrity Instagram accounts to push scams. Magecart attackers target mobile users of hotel chain booking websites. A bug in Instagram exposed user accounts and phone numbers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Insider assaults are more challenging to identify and thwart than external attacks, according to 48% of respondents. It can be challenging for defences to distinguish between insider threats and regular user activity since insider threats employ genuine accounts, passwords, and IT technologies.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

CIOs need to understand where their technology assets are, what software is in use company-wide, and identify unsanctioned software which, more often than not, has not been properly configured, patched, updated, or secured, creating an attractive entry point for attackers. If you get that trio right, your organization will thrive.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 7, 2021

The UC system shared five rules to protect online safety: "Think before you click — Criminals are experts at making phishing emails as convincing as possible.". Protect your passwords — Your old tricks for setting and storing your passwords may no longer be up to the task.". If it’s suspicious, report it!

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