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What do Cyber Threat Actors do with your information?

Zigrin Security

Let’s have a look at the types of threat actors and what type of data they would like to obtain. For a detailed threat actor description do not forget to check out our blog article about selecting between black-box, white-box, and grey-box penetration tests and also you would know which pentest you need against a specific threat actor.

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How to Stop Phishing Attacks with Protective DNS

Security Boulevard

Source: IBM Security: Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023) According to recent research, the number of phishing attacks vastly outpaces all other cyber threats. Phishing attackers are increasingly using social engineering techniques to personalize their attacks and target specific individuals or organizations.

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Exposing the "Data Leaks" Paradise – An Analysis

Security Boulevard

setting the foundations for successful targeted malware and exploits serving campaigns. Sample uses of these stolen and compromised databases includes: - setting the foundation for a successful spear-phishing campaigns. setting the foundations for successful widespread spam and botnet propagation campaigns.

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FBI warns of ransomware gang – What you need to know about the OnePercent group

CyberSecurity Insiders

This gang of cybercriminals targets individuals within an organization with social engineering tactics designed to fool them into opening a document from a ZIP file attached to an email. How do hackers use social engineering? Social engineering schemes range from covert to obvious. OnePercent Group attacks.

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Know Your Enemy: Following a Seasoned Phisher's Train of Thought

SecureWorld News

Thinking like a fraudster can help create additional barriers for these social engineering tricks and form a foundation for effective security awareness training so that the human factor hardens an organization's defenses instead of being the weakest link. Yet another step in prepping for the attack is to proofread the email.

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Cybersecurity Risks in IoT and Fleet Management Systems

IT Security Guru

Regular security assessment and penetration testing can also be carried out to identify potential vulnerabilities that, if exploited by cyber threats, may compromise the systems of vehicles.

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

The Last Watchdog

Ransomware is undoubtedly one of the most unnerving phenomena in the cyber threat landscape. Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation.