SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Scott Register, VP of Security Solutions at Keysight Technologies, discusses this trend: "Deepfake technology to date has resulted in political confusion, internet chatter, and some amusing mashup videos, but expect this to change in the near term.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social engineering. Social engineering is the most prevalent way threat actors find their way into your environment. These will sit on the public internet or companies’ intranet and be most exposed to threats. In others, it is a lack of budgetary foresight creating cyber risk.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

malicious links) by email or social media messages using techniques like spoofing and social engineering. For example, attackers can scrape the target’s profile on any social platform and generate phishing automatically. It will take new thinking like that to reduce cyber risk in the AI age.

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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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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit. 100% NOT a pyramid scheme Social media pages are not the only concern when it comes to brand and logo theft.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Some of these include: Advanced persistent threats (APTs); Insider threats; Social engineering; and, Human error. It is imperative to maintain a continued campaign to help our people understand their role in protecting both physical and digital environments by outlining a strong physical and cyber risk management plan.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Related: Adopting an assume-breach mindset With that in mind, Last Watchdog invited the cybersecurity experts we’ve worked with this past year for their perspectives on two questions that all company leaders should have top of mind: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization?

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Since founding Cedric Leighton Associates, he has become an internationally known strategic risk expert. Leighton is also a founding partner of CYFORIX, specializing in the field of cyber risk. His expertise is in social engineering, technology, security algorithms and business.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2023

Riccardi engagingly chronicles how company leaders raced down the path of Internet-centric operations, and then cloud-centric operations, paying far too little attention to unintended data security consequences. Cyber risks from third-party vendors further complicate the situation.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We asked two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW Part three to follow on Friday.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

For instance, phishing, one of the most common, is a social engineering attack used to steal user data. ReasonLabs’ RAV VPN enables users to confidentially and securely browse the internet anywhere in the world. There are many ways in which we can be exposed to potential cyberattacks.

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Spinone

JANUARY 12, 2019

The CEO-fraud attack is a special form of social engineering that plays upon employee’s general respect and regard for C-level executives. The social engineering involved allows the attacker to play on the emotions and willingness to quickly please individuals who are in a C-level position by lower-level employees.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Hosting content on this portion of the internet does however come with challenges for the extortion groups, with internet speeds capped and only individuals with dedicated software—such as the Onion Router (ToR)—capable of accessing breached data.

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Herjavec Group

JULY 29, 2021

Threat actors have developed social engineering approaches that leverage the uncertainty and chaos of the pandemic in order to deliver their malicious software. Operating with a team of individuals who are cybersecurity savvy is one of the best tools for cyber risk management.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

Coupled with the current pandemic and the cybersecurity threats that have been very prevalent and growing in recent years such as ransomware, there are many different cyber risk types n 2020 that your business needs to prepare for. What are the types of cyber security threats? First of all, what is a cyberattack?

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Last year, we witnessed the fast-evolving nature of social engineering attacks, and this evolution poses greater challenges for detection and defense.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 9, 2023

with TruRisk is an enterprise-grade cyber risk management solution. Along with traditional IT assets, find and assess your internet-connected attack surface for comprehensive, all-around protection. Best for: Organizations with complex environments and remote users seeking broad vulnerability management capabilities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

But it’s not just ransomware that’s posing a threat; social engineering attacks climbed 270% in 2021 , driven by the widespread adoption of cloud-based apps and browsers, and 86% of organizations had had at least one employee connect unwittingly to a phishing site in 2021. Other frameworks such as the U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 23, 2022

And while that’s incredible for staying connected with friends, organizing rallies, and sharing important messages, it’s also the reason we are facing a cyber security crisis. Social Engineering. Social media lends itself to social engineering. Here are the three main reasons.

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