SecureWorld News

APRIL 15, 2021

On a recent SecureWorld Sessions podcast episode, Social Engineering: Hacking Humans , host Bruce Sussman spoke with Christopher Hadnagy, an entrepreneur and author of five books about social engineering and hacking the human. 1 How do you define social engineering? And I have fallen for a phish.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 20, 2024

Cybersecurity has never been more critical for businesses. In 2023, an astonishing 50 per cent of companies in the UK reported experiencing some form of cybersecurity breach or attack. Educate and Train Employees Regular training sessions on cybersecurity are crucial for keeping your organisation safe.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2023

In our most recent Remote Sessions webcast, Roger Grimes, computer security expert and Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, gave a deep dive on phishing and how to properly mitigate and prevent phishing attacks. What is phishing? Also known as spamming, phishing is typically done through email, SMS, and phone attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Adaptive phishing campaigns are emerging as an increasingly sophisticated threat in the cybersecurity landscape. The phenomenon This phenomenon represents an evolution of traditional phishing tactics, as attackers seek to overcome defenses using more personalized and targeted approaches.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2023

Phishing attacks continue to be one of the most significant threats facing organizations today. As businesses increasingly rely on digital communication channels, cybercriminals exploit vulnerabilities in email, SMS, and voice communications to launch sophisticated phishing attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, cybersecurity has become a critical concern for individuals and organizations alike. Aspiring cybersecurity researchers often wonder where to start and what areas to explore. By focusing on these areas, newcomers can gain a solid foundation and understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick learned early on to use emotion to manipulate and socially engineer his targets. At the time, his targets were typically sysadmins, and the social engineering started with a phone call. Hacker targets victims with fear. Mitnick says his favorite emotional tool was fear.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

GoDaddy has made it official that a data breach has occurred on its database in September this year leaking email addresses to hackers that could lead to phishing attacks in the future. The post GoDaddy data breach could lead to Phishing Attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. million Word Press customers.

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Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is just one reason why we have an entire month devoted to internet awareness and staying safe online, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM). Utilize a Password Manager As humans we like things that are easy to remember, and that doesn’t change when it comes to passwords. How can you do so?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The 2023 update to our research on the perception of cybersecurity incident and data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk of a cybersecurity incident or data breach instead of what feels right. Source: Verizon DBIR [1] Patterns over time in cybersecurity data breaches. Keep reading below!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

This article will provide you with a comprehensive guide on how to create cybersecurity awareness and protect yourself and your digital assets from potential threats. Understand the Cybersecurity Landscape: Begin by familiarizing yourself with the current cybersecurity landscape.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. ” Group-IB dubbed the gang by a different name — 0ktapus — which was a nod to how the criminal group phished employees for credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Spear phishing is a more targeted and effective phishing technique that attempts to exploit specific individuals or groups within an organization. While phishing uses a broader range of tactics, such as mass emailing to random recipients, spear phishing is often well-researched and tailored to high-value targets.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Armorblox discovered a new phishing campaign aimed at American Express customers. Armorblox researchers uncovered a new phishing campaign that is targeting American Express customers. The page was crafted to request the victims to enter their user ID and password. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the first two months of 2023 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch reported more than 19,000 phishing reports with estimated financial losses of more than $5.2 What is phishing? This is part of what makes phishing attacks so dangerous.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

How to Meet Phishing-Resistant MFA madhav Tue, 08/01/2023 - 05:18 Incorporating multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a fundamental security measure for your organization is now considered standard practice. How can we combine the best of two worlds in a single phishing-resistant MFA solution? It's a sensible decision to utilize MFA.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 19, 2023

To achieve full zero-trust access, MFA is being replaced by phishing-resistant MFA and the standards that define it. To give you a complete picture, I have identified key terminology and concepts surrounding phishing-resistant authentication and put them together in this handy glossary.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Malicious online actors grow ever more sophisticated, making cybersecurity as big a concern for everyday consumers as it ever has been. For instance, phishing, one of the most common, is a social engineering attack used to steal user data. Be aware of phishing attempts via email or text messages.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2022

A new phishing campaign targeting PayPal users aims to get extensive data from potential victims. PayPal phishing sites are a dime a dozen due to the number of people and companies using it as another form of payment method. This was evident after Akamai found an attacker had planted a phishing kit on its WordPress honeypot.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time for cybersecurity experts to gaze into their crystal balls and predict what the next year has set in store for the security industry. To achieve this, investment in awareness programmes and phishing simulation exercises is essential. These shouldn’t be one-off initiatives.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Phish or Be Phished. Email phishing attacks are becoming more challenging to spot. Why did the email provider’s email anti-spam and anti-phish protection layer not quarantine the message? Even with a generic greeting, you would think an AL-powered anti-phishing protection engine would have blocked the message.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. This method was identified as vishing – a voice-based phishing attack. Why should employers educate employees about cyber security?

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

That is why, for this October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month , we encourage you to Do Your Part #BeCyberSmart! Cybersecurity First at Work. Owning your role in cybersecurity can seem cumbersome when approached by someone outside the security industry. Don’t make passwords easy to guess. Cybersecurity First at Home.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

A phishing campaign that Microsoft security researchers have been tracking for about a year highlights not only the ongoing success of social engineering efforts by hackers to compromise systems, but also the extent to which the bad actors will go to cover their tracks while stealing user credentials. Invoice-Themed Lures.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2023

LastPass has followed news of last month’s breach with details on a second attack in which developers were phished for their credentials. In the January incident, the password manager’s parent, GoTo, said that in addition to stealing encrypted backups containing customer data, hackers nicked an encryption key last November. “An

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2023

The purpose of the survey was to gain insight into the top authentication challenges, user experiences and attitudes with modern authentication, and to determine organizational desires to address authentication challenges with phishing-resistant passwordless authentication. and Canada were surveyed. and Canada were surveyed.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Phishing attacks are a major threat to organizations, they remain a perennial choice of cybercriminals when it comes to hacking their victims.

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In a Private Industry Notification (PIN), the FBI warned businesses that “cyber actors” had been observed, “circumventing multi-factor authentication through common social engineering and technical attacks.” The methods used were SIM swapping , phishing , and newer hacking tools such as Muraena and Necrobrowser.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Not too long ago, many of us thought that cybersecurity was something for corporations to worry about. What are some personal cybersecurity concerns for 2023? More than 90% of successful cyber-attacks start with a phishing email. Use strong passwords, and ideally a password manager to generate and store unique passwords.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Dropbox recently announced it had been the target of a phishing attack that resulted in the threat actor(s) accessing some code the company had stored on GitHub. Dropbox says: "At no point did this threat actor have access to the contents of anyone’s Dropbox account, their password, or their payment information.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. “voice phishing” a.k.a. “vishing”).

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Identity IQ

MAY 15, 2021

Passwords are your first line of defense for protecting your digital identity. As important as they are, however, about 52 percent of people still use the same passwords across multiple accounts and 24 percent use a variation of common passwords that are easy to hack. Hackers employ different strategies to steal your passwords.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Here’s part two of Last Watchdog’s year-end tête-à-tête with top cybersecurity experts. Instead of arguing about MFA strength, VPN vendor, or nation-state treat actors, let’s finish our conversation about using dedicated administrator accounts and unique passwords. Meanwhile QR-code phishing arose as a popular form of attack.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 31, 2023

Phishing attacks, malicious links and social engineering are just a few of the tricks used by cybercriminals to obtain credentials and other valuable information. Phishing attacks are the one of the most common attack vectors used by cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently observed threat actors using sophisticated social engineering tactics to target IT help desks in the health sector. The attackers aim at gaining initial access to target organizations. .”

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

It is essential to recognize that there is no one-size-fits-all solution in cybersecurity. For instance, Cisco's Annual Cybersecurity Report revealed that organizations using advanced firewalls, alongside other security technologies, experienced a 99.7% decrease in successful breaches.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2022

With the cybersecurity landscape more unpredictable than ever, it can be difficult to predict what’s going to happen tomorrow, let alone in the next 12 months. Based on recent cybercriminal activity, businesses should expect increased social engineering and train employees to recognize the signs of such attacks.

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