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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

Erin: What are some of the biggest cyber threats that businesses face today? Byron: The economic impact of phishing, ransomware, business logic hacking, Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continues to be devastating. Erin: What role does human error play in cybersecurity incidents?

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Cybersecurity in 2020

Cytelligence

The variety show of phishing attacks – While email remains number one for phishing attacks, cybercriminals are also using a variety of other attack routes to trick their intended victims into giving up personal information, login credentials, or even sending money.

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Ransomware in 2020

Cytelligence

Cybercriminals or threat actors release a kind of malware which enters a computer system or network through fraudulent means and locks down files from access by encrypting them until a demanded ransom is paid to hackers in return for a decryption key. Ransomware is a devastating attack on an organization’s or individual’s digital assets.

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Ransomware Prevention, Detection, and Simulation

NetSpi Executives

Attackers guess the passwords easily, find them in open source code repositories, or collect them via phishing. In addition to encrypting data and holding it hostage, ransomware attackers also upload valuable data to other systems on the internet. Administrators who access IT management interfaces—e.g.,

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How to Recover From a Ransomware Attack

eSecurity Planet

We should encrypt data at rest. Paying for internal assessments and penetration tests by a third party can provide fresh thinking and a level of assurance for stakeholders such as customers, the board of directors, and the insurance company that wrote our cyber insurance policy. Next, assess the situation.