SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2023

A recent surge in sophisticated attacks against mobile devices has raised concerns among cybersecurity experts. Cybersecurity firm Zimperium recently released its 2023 Global Mobile Threat Report 2023 , revealing a concerning increase in sophisticated attacks targeting mobile devices.

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Cytelligence

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As we passed the halfway point of 2023, businesses must stay ahead of emerging trends in cybersecurity and adopt effective strategies to combat these threats. Below, we explore the evolving landscape of cyber extortion attacks and highlight the role of CYPFER, a leading cybersecurity company, in helping businesses protect themselves.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

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? OnePercent utilizes a malicious file attachment via phishing email.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As our digital world evolves, cybersecurity has never been more important and critical. As cybercrime continues to increase, the human element can play the most important role in cybersecurity posture and hygiene. After all, cybersecurity is a matter of proper human risk management. Armed Forces are an exemplary example.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Being Used to Phish So Many of Us? This Is What Will Change When You Sign On Growing use of AI in cybersecurity reveals new possibilities Are Software Updates Useless Against Advanced Persistent Threats? Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Editor’s note: I recently had the chance to participate in a discussion about the overall state of privacy and cybersecurity with Erin Kapczynski, OneRep’s senior vice president of B2B marketing. How did you first get interested in cybersecurity as a career? Erin: So, let’s get started. What drew you to this field?

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

In Q&A format, they share about their professional journeys, unique experiences, and hopes for the future of cybersecurity—along with some personal anecdotes. In addition to her current career pursuits, Dr. Cooper sits on multiple cybersecurity boards and is an advocate for equal opportunity for women and minorities in STEM careers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Supply chains must improve their cybersecurity. Verifying machine identities before enabling access can help secure Internet of Things (IoT) networks, which would otherwise expand supply chains’ attack surfaces. As with any cybersecurity venture, it’s also crucial to train all supply chain employees in best security practices.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 21, 2023

According to a recent blog post : "Operation DreamJob is the name for a series of campaigns where the group uses social engineering techniques to compromise its targets, with fake job offers as the lure. ESET researchers have discovered a new Lazarus Group campaign targeting Linux users.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

As enterprise IT environments have expanded to include mobile and IoT devices and cloud and edge technology, new types of tests have emerged to address new risks, but the same general principles and techniques apply. Most cyberattacks today start with social engineering, phishing , or smishing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These can be mobile phones, workstations, desktop and laptop computers, tablet computers, smartphones, IoT devices, wearable smart devices, as well as virtual environments, among many others. Based on numbers from Statista , there will be over 40 billion connected devices by 2030, and most of these are IoT products.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Health care data has become a focus for many recent cybersecurity efforts. Rising Internet of Things (IoT) and remote health care adoption mean there’s a higher risk attackers could use one seemingly insignificant entry point to gain critical information. Social engineering avoidance should be part of all workers’ onboarding processes.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Other cybersecurity news.

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Herjavec Group

MAY 19, 2022

In light of the ever-evolving threat landscape, the interconnectivity driven by the Internet of Things (IoT), and rising remote work scenarios, one thing is clear – the strength of an organization’s cyber hygiene relies on the internal practices implemented. There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The data was first indexed by IoT devices on March 8th, 2023. Cybersecurity neglect endangers gamblers Failure to properly set authentication poses significant risks, as merely knowing the website’s domain is enough for an attacker to access user data. User security log.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence unit exploited previously patched Microsoft vulnerabilities in a massive phishing campaign against U.S. The advanced persistent threat (APT) group Fancy Bear has used phishing schemes in attacks before, but the number of emails.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2019

Nation-state hacking reduced the use of complex malware and appears to go towards low profile social engineering attacks. The main trends emerged in the 2018’s cyberthreat landscape are: Mail and phishing messages have become the primary malware infection vector. ” reads the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

In fact, in the cybersecurity world, you can’t protect something if you have no idea where the threat exists. . . As a result, asset management has become an essential part of the base of cybersecurity processes in all sorts of businesses. . . 9 ways through which ITAM can decrease cybersecurity threats.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Many cybersecurity audits now ask whether penetration testing is conducted and how vulnerabilities are detected and tracked. Penetration testing can also involve common hacking techniques such as social engineering , phishing attacks , dropped USB drive attacks, etc. File servers. Network accessible storage (NAS) devices.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Will cybersecurity and privacy professionals heed the lessons learned from the awakening? Training must be more frequent and go beyond covering phishing and passwords. Training must be more frequent and go beyond covering phishing and passwords. Think that IoT is not an issue to address in your organization?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 8, 2021

The rise in cyber attacks is the main factor that will drive the growth of the cybersecurity market. . This must also be noted that the size of the cybersecurity market in 2019 was $2.99 The international cybersecurity market is expected to show considerable growth due to the COVID-19 crisis. Let’s have a look at some of them.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Employees should be trained against various social engineering and phishing attacks, as it’s a classic vector used by cybercriminals to deploy malware. AT&T labs provided a list of IoCs (indicators of compromise) that system administrators can use to add specific rules to security solutions.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Such lapses in database security can (and often do) lead to hundreds of millions of people having their personal information exposed on the internet, allowing threat actors to use that data for a variety of malicious purposes, including phishing and other types of social engineering attacks , as well as identity theft.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We hear this at SecureWorld cybersecurity conferences on a regular basis. Cyberrisk is business risk. But how should we communicate this risk to the business, to clients, or to investors? For an increasing number of companies, part of that conversation is happening in quarterly and annual reports.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2023

Internal Expertise Recruiting Challenges A profound shortage of IT and cybersecurity expertise continues to increase recruitment and retention costs for all organizations. Buyers can then request proposals and sample reports to evaluate if these resources can be easily understood by both executives and the in-house cybersecurity team.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Jane Frankland

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

So, having just written my predictions for cybersecurity for the coming year, which will be coming to you shortly, I thought I’d look back at the ones I made for this year (for the International Security Journal (ISJ) ) and discover how accurate they were. Regretfully, I’ve not seen as much change as I would have liked.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. One tried-and-true incursion method pivots off social engineering. They can be purchased from data theft rings or they can be directly spear phished by the attacker. Instead, memory attacks are transient. Addressing the exposure.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

As technology evolves and our dependence on digital systems increases, the cybersecurity threat landscape also rapidly changes, posing fresh challenges for organizations striving to protect their assets and data. Cybersecurity has always been seen as a catch-up game, with determined adversaries a step ahead.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2020

The success of malicious campaigns always depends on the starting point of infection: social engineering. The malware is disseminated via malspam campaigns – phishing emails distributed for a high range of users and using a template that impersonates an invoice email from the Vodafone group.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. Top Cybersecurity Experts to Follow on Twitter. Binni Shah | @binitamshah.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Phishing techniques use social engineering to trick victims into taking an action that helps an attacker compromise your network or access your sensitive information assets. Fraudulent emails purporting to be from authoritative company sources are the main phishing attacks that employees fall victim to. IoT Devices.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 21, 2024

Then they switch to the best practices to prevent social media account takeovers, highlighting […] The post The World of Scambaiting, Preventing Social Media Account Takeovers, Network Wrenches Hacked appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Too many times: Federal Communications Commission shuts stable door after horse bolted. But chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (pictured) was hoping it would save us. The post FCC’s Got New Rules for SIM-Swap and Port-Out Fraud appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Quick Heal Antivirus

MAY 6, 2024

We’re Midway into 2024, and the threat landscape is evolving with new variants of viruses and malware that. The post The Threat Landscape: Emerging Viruses and Malware to Watch Out For in 2024 appeared first on Quick Heal Blog.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2023

Federal Communications Commission rules to block illegal text messages. What took you so long? The post FINALLY! FCC Acts on SMS Scam-Spam — But Will It Work? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Boost your organization’s IT literacy with ongoing cybersecurity training so they recognize the threats posed by malware attacks. In cybersecurity, a bot typically refers to an infected device containing malicious software. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. Ransomware.

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