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.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Source: Cybernews The information exposed in this data leak could have been exploited for fraud, identity theft, phishing attempts, or as a source of data for meticulously targeted cyberattacks. Storing personal information in logs should be avoided, as it elevates their sensitivity level. User security log.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2022

Twilio hackers also breached the food delivery firm DoorDash Unprecedented cyber attack hit State Infrastructure of Montenegro Threat actor abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat driver to disable antivirus Critical flaw impacts Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center Iran-linked Mercury APT exploited Log4Shell in SysAid Apps for initial access GoldDragon (..)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Phishing Attacks: Phishing is the top cyber attack, causing 90% of data breaches. Data Breach Costs: The average global cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 As a precaution, they revoked all security certificates and passwords for their web portal. of organizations faced ransomware.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

These infections make sites vulnerable to takeovers, defacement and data breaches from bad actors looking to tarnish site reputations and turn a profit – and the costs can be devastating for businesses. In fact, the average data breach now costs businesses $1.9 Why are DDoS attacks so important to prevent?

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

More Phishing Attacks. Phishing may seem like an ordinary part of online life, but it could also be the initial volley in a major cyberattack. Phishing here is shorthand for the Pantheon of Ishings: generic, spearphishing (personalized), vishing (phone based), and SMishing (text based). password, 123456, qwerty, etc.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2023

DepositFiles’ clients are at risk of their personally identifiable information, files, and passwords being stolen. According to the team, there’s more than enough data for attackers to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, deploy ransomware, or cause financial losses. What DepositFiles data was exposed?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 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.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Whether manifesting itself in a sophisticated phishing email or as a calculated series of conversations between employees and seemingly innocuous or "legitimate" parties with ulterior motives, a social engineering attack can have dire consequences. The average business faces more than 700 of these types of attacks every single year.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

This trend is particularly vital for core workloads, as enterprises seek faster data access and lower latency. Data Breaches Data breaches frequently occur due to exploited vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure or applications. Provide ongoing training for individuals involved in setup and maintenance.

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

On the regulation side, a new report from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties argues that Europe is unable to police how the tech industry uses people’s data. Passwords’ slow path to extinction. Two out of three bad practices listed by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are password-related.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2022

The linked article focuses on misconfiguration, phishing issues, limiting data share, and the ever-present Internet of Things. Digital wallet phish attempts are rampant on social media, and we expect this to rise. Exposed data can lurk for months without discovery. Below, we dig into a few of those.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Data Breaches How they occur: Unauthorized access to sensitive data can happen as a result of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations such as flawed access permissions or unprotected data and instances. DDoS Attacks How they occur: With a greater cloud attack surface to defend, DDoS attacks can be harder to prevent.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

For example, cybercriminals used disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemics to carry out phishing attacks on people. Enforce security policies like passwords, the use of mobile devices, checking emails for phishing, incident response plan. By carrier: Software; Hardware. Configure programs to increase your security level.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Authentication guarantees that users are who they say they are, typically through usernames and passwords or multi-factor authentication (MFA). Firewalls are used to safeguard cloud resources from unauthorized access and possible dangers like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) assaults.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

SSNDOB attempted to ward off a permanent shut down by spreading the data across four different URLs. DDoS attacks from rivals are common, so several domains working together keeps things ticking over. You run the risk of being targeted for spear phishing, or having your personal information used for fraudulent applications.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Every year about this time, Verizon comes out with an annual review of the results of its investigations into thousands of data breaches and security incidents from around the world. The report can be very data heavy and even a little depressing, but we can learn great things from it. Here are just ten: 1.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

With cyberattacks and data breaches on the rise, it's become especially important for brands to ensure their assets are sufficiently safeguarded, particularly as more of their infrastructure migrates to support remote systems to cloud-based platforms and their services become more reliant on the internet.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Organizations must practice incident response if they want to stop data breaches and cyberattacks. Phishing attacks: Deceptive techniques, such as fraudulent emails or websites, trick individuals into revealing sensitive information like credit card and payment information, passwords, or login credentials.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

On a wider scale, in February 2021 the REvil ransomware group announced that they had added two stages to their double extortion scheme – DDoS attacks and phone calls to the victim’s business partners and the media. We recommend running a full compromise assessment any time there are signs of intrusion.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2021

Every single day there was something going on, from SQL Injection attacks, to credential stuffing attacks, DDoS attacks, you name it. Gone are the days when criminals had to try a one attack variant at a time, or one username/password combination at a time. It makes sense too, if you think about it. I wrote about this last May.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

You’ve likely read about high-profile cyberattacks in the headlines after a major data breach, such as the Equifax breach in 2017. DDoS Attacks. DDoS attacks are used to flood a site with illegitimate and automated traffic in order to slow the site’s load time or crash the site entirely, taking it offline for visitors.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If you can mandate strong password policies and multi-factor authentication (MFA) for systems and data, you'll work wonders in preserving valuable data in transit. Some key policies around access control, acceptable use, risk assessments, and incident response will prove invaluable.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. She connects him to any phone number he requests for free.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Blue Cross of Idaho data breach, 5,600 customers affected. Facebook admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users passwords in plaintext.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Unfortunately for those of us indulging in wishful thinking, the likelihood and costs of data breaches continue to increase. The Ponemon Institute estimates that data breach costs rose to an average cost of $4.24 Or as is often the case with security, what costs can we skip and still escape big penalties later?

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

fewer of you to go around because at this moment in history everyone understands that a good CISO is critical to the ongoing success of an enterprise (the 2019 IBM Cost of Data Breach study found that the average cost to an organization was $3.92 I just mean there will be a shortage of experts–i.e., The cloud will leak.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

With ransomware, a ransom is demanded by the attacker to allow your business to return to normal operations and regain access to data. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are another familiar type of attack that can prevent businesses from carrying out operations. In essence, it holds your data hostage.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Email-based phishing attacks : These can include both of the above attacks and typically target employees through their business email accounts. DoS and DDoS attacks DDoS attacks can make your public-facing applications and websites inaccessible, causing massive revenue loss. Segmentation.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2022

This portrays a grim picture for ecommerce businesses — filled with data breaches and irate customers. Again, if you don’t secure your clients’ data, you can end up losing their trust, income, and maybe have your brand tarnished. . Create strong passwords. Use fraud prevention software. Encryption treats.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

These include: Malware Malvertising Phishing DDoS Ransomware Session hijacking Drive-by attack When Should You Do an External Vulnerability Scan? By conducting these scans, large organizations can spot vulnerabilities and take prompt action to reduce the chances of unauthorized access and data breaches.

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SiteLock

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Cyber threats, data breaches, and ransomware continue to dominate media headlines. Spam attempts to either redirect a website’s existing backlinks or plant new phishing links, both of which lead to dangerous malware. Phishing: This style of attack uses fake emails that seem as if they come from legitimate senders.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

There are three big ones: Phishing : If you have a DNS filter, as soon as someone in your business clicks a link to a malicious website, they’re prevented from visiting it. Let’s say your business has just suffered a data breach and it’s time to dig deep in your pockets to pay all the resulting expenses.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

ChatGPT can be trained to identify and mitigate network security threats like DDoS attacks when used in conjunction with other technologies. So maybe ChatGPT isn’t going to take over the world just yet—what about some of the more realistic security concerns being voiced, like the ability to develop malware or phishing kits?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

In this simple environment network security followed a simple protocol: Authenticate the user : using a computer login (username + password) Check the user’s permissions: using Active Directory or a similar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Enable communication with authorized network resources (servers, printers, etc.)

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