Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 19, 2024

Of course, scam calls warning about the termination of utility service if a payment is not made immediately are nothing new. Criminals know that having one’s gas and electric service cut off when the temperature outside is below freezing outside is not something that most people want to risk.

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Identity IQ

MAY 17, 2023

The 2022 Trends in Identity Report indicates identity thieves are getting better at using social engineering techniques to convince people to share personal, financial, and important business information. The report found 80% of identity compromises were due to a scam, a 3% increase from the previous year.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2023

School districts are constantly being targeted by cyber attacks, leading to data breaches and information misuse. Deletion of old records is also vital as it helps in cutting down the attack surface to minimize privacy risks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Data Breach: WizCase team uncovered a massive data leak containing private information about Turkish Citizens through a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket. Inova is an actuarial consultancy company, which means they compile statistical analysis and calculate insurance risks and premiums. How Did the Data Breach Happen?

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

The risks to the privacy of Australian customers are at an all-time high, as the nation has reported the highest percentage of mobile threats globally, standing at 26.9%. The Australian population is at most risk if you consider the statistics on a per-device basis. Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1%

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

A sextortion scam campaign attempts to trick victims into believing that the adult site Xvideos.com was hacked and that crooks recorded its visitors. The creativity of cybercriminals is inexhaustible, a new variant of sextortion scam appeared in the threat landscape. ” reads a blog post published by BleepingComputer.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Target the human, swipe the cash: Verizon DBIR 2023 highlights crime trends Manage the human risk and mind your money: those are two key takeaways from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. And 95 per cent of breaches are financially motivated, the report found.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In other words, cybercriminals succeeded in getting access to a number of 23andMe accounts where users had used the same password on both 23andMe and a website that had suffered a data breach. We don’t just report on threats—we remove them Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2023

With the COVID-19 pandemic leading to a surge in remote work over the past several years, the risk of phishing attacks has only increased. Zscaler ThreatLabz publishes this report year after year to help organizations recognize the social engineering tactics and sophisticated coding used in phishing attacks to prevent costly data breaches.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Multiple trusted sources told KrebsOnSecurity that Sosa/King Bob was a core member of a hacking group behind the 2022 breach at Twilio , a company that provides services for making and receiving text messages and phone calls. As it happens, Plex announced its own data breach one day before LastPass disclosed its initial August intrusion.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

According to the 2022 DBI Report , 82% of data breaches involved the Human Element, with 62% of incidents involving threat actors compromising their targets. Here are a few: Ukraine Relief Scams. The most common method of this type of scam was found in donation-seeking phishing emails. Student Loan Scams.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Risks to Digital Identities: Attack Vectors. However, while the benefits of the internet are never-ending, it’s also important to understand the risks involved so you can help avoid exposing your sensitive information to untrusted environments. The Risks to Digital Identities: Attack Vectors. Data Breaches.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

A common misconception among the digital community is that older exposed or stolen data has an expiration date and does not cause any future security risks. The Ashley Madison data breach is a good example. Data breaches and leaks can have long-term consequences for victims. ” What should users expect?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

“In the current digital landscape, identity security has gained paramount importance due to the growing cyber risks posed by phishing and social engineering attacks utilizing AI. For instance, popular social media platforms such as YouTube and Twitter have seen a surge in account takeovers and impersonation incidents.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Although the main types of threats (phishing, scams, malware, etc.) These schemes can be very similar to the streaming scams that we have been observing for the past several years. Besides possible leaks, we expect to see the increase in scams that target these games, as well as in Trojans disguised as those games.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

With more than 15 billion login credentials available on the dark web because of data breaches, millions of online accounts remain at risk of unauthorized access. While these individual prices seem low, it’s important to remember that data breaches usually compromise millions of accounts at a time which are then sold in bulk.

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SC Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been a strong proponent for average users facing phishing scams, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. When organizations adapted to long-term remote work, the spotlight was cast on insider risk. When organizations adapted to long-term remote work, the spotlight was cast on insider risk.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

How to protect your organization from a social engineering attack. This tactic is called social engineering and is one of the key methods used in attacks that result in data breaches. These types of "unauthorized access" attacks account for 50% of all data breaches and can cost companies as much as $9.5M

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Staying safe online is not just a worry for parents of young children and teenagers – organizations are also constantly at risk from cyber-attacks, which is why training staff to reduce the likelihood of any such attack is crucial. So why is it vital to train employees on cybersecurity and internet risks? Remote working risks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 18, 2022

High-risk threats, such as misconfigurations, are separated from the previously gathered information. The generated report will reveal the gravity of the risk and which uncovered intelligence and assets should be handled before everything else. Exploitable intelligence is cataloged for a clear overview of the existing assets.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

In this context, the prime risks are the responsibility and role of employees in ensuring data and information security. Human error still causes the overwhelming majority of cybersecurity breaches. Researchers from Stanford University found that approximately 88% of all data breaches are caused by an employee mistake.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

The Attack Surface Management team at Group-IB said it constantly scans the IPv4 landscape for exposed databases, potentially unwanted programs, and other risks. According to Group-IB, the likelihood of the database systems being used in cybercrime and security breaches is high. Expectations for Security Breaches Run High .

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

It was the summer cyberattack that had social media buzzing. A group of teenagers used social engineering to breach Twitter's network and take over the accounts of a whole bunch of A-listers. As a teenager, he discovered that social engineering was a trick that worked. "I You could lose your data.'.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

In an adaptive phishing campaign, attackers gather specific information about victims through various sources, such as social media, public websites, and previous data breaches. This data is then used to tailor attacks, making them more convincing and harder to detect.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There’s been a lot of weird and frankly bizarre attacks over the course of 2022, nestled in amongst the usual ransomware outbreaks and data breaches. Whether we’re talking social media, email, or even malware, there’s been a mind bending tale of tall behaviour in almost every corner. spaaaaaaaaaace.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

Encoded data can be reversed or decoded back to its original format, so encoding should not be used for storing passwords. Leaking employee credentials might put the company at risk of targeted cyberattacks. Threat actors could exploit the data to gain access to the company’s network and steal sensitive information.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2020

With the high amount of cybercriminal activity including hacking attempts and phishing scams, the information in this report is quite timely. BEC is a sophisticated scam targeting businesses and individuals performing wire transfer payments. Adoption of SaaS platforms increases chances of BEC scams.

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Identity IQ

MAY 30, 2023

If you’re not familiar with the dark web, you might be wondering what it is, how information gets there, and what happens if your data is involved. In this article, we answer these questions and more, so you can understand the risks and how to help protect yourself from possible scams down the road. What is the Dark Web?

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

On a related note, the effect of CL0P's MOVEit zero-day campaign was further revealed last month when the National Student Clearinghouse and BORN Ontario Child Registry disclosed data breaches attributed to the group.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Totaling up to billions of Australian Dollars at risk each year from hackers and various online scams, it's crucial that organisations (and individuals!) Australia is no stranger to this rising concern, with recent reports indicating a rise in the number and severity of breaches. What is phishing?

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 9, 2023

There are many different ways that an insider threat can manifest, making it necessary to approach the issue from a variety of angles in order to adequately address the risk. Target Compromised Insider In a major upset that took years to resolve in court, retail leader Target experienced a massive data breach in late 2013.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Many businesses concentrate their cybersecurity efforts solely on external attacks, which leaves more openings for internal risks. They act carelessly, repeating passwords for personal and professional accounts or leaving flash drives with private data at a coffee shop without intending to cause harm.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A passing danger JD Sports says people impacted by the breach are being contacted about it, and it is being investigated. While it’s great that payment data hasn’t been taken, what’s on offer could well be enough for hackers to launch a campaign of social engineering and/or phishing attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

PrivacySharks’ Madeleine Hodson , the first to report the new leak, noted that while it appears simply to be a “cumulation of data from previous leaks,” that data could still include private as well as public information. Further reading : How to Control API Security Risks. ” LinkedIn’s Response.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Thanks to the disruptions to “normal” work routines that COVID-19 has brought, launching a company-wide training program to teach end users how to avoid phishing scams and online risks is a big challenge. Create training campaigns to cover essential cybersecurity topics including phishing, social engineering, passwords and more.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2021

You can check if your personal information is included in the Facebook data leak by querying the data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. The availability of the data was first reported by Alon Gal, CTO of cyber intelligence firm Hudson Rock. — Alon Gal (Under the Breach) (@UnderTheBreach) April 3, 2021.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

These individuals said they were only customers of the person who had access to Twitter’s internal employee tools, and were not responsible for the actual intrusion or bitcoin scams that took place that day. “just dont want my irl getting sus[pended].” ALWAYS IN DISCORD.

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