Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At Social-Engineer, we define impersonation as “the practice of pretexting as another person with the goal of obtaining information or access to a person, company, or computer system.” Educate Yourself: Stay informed about the latest impersonation scams and tactics. They may also have attachments that contain malware.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Social Security number (SSN). The following vectors represent some of the most common ways a criminal could gain access to your accounts and is also known as an account takeover : Social Engineering. population vulnerable to identity theft. Weak or Limited Number of Passwords. Bank details. Email addresses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These results truly highlight the need to train and educate employees on cyber risks and prevent them from taking place. Providing courses on phishing, password security, identity theft, and social engineering will prepare employees with correct cyber behaviors. Using varied eLearning techniques.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

With a mix of infiltration, social engineering, and many hours of investigative work, authorities were able to discover Ulbricht’s identity. You could become the victim of financial fraud, employment identity scams, tax identity theft, and more. Turn on multifactor authentication for all online accounts.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Hackers, never at a loss for creative deception, have engineered new tactics for exploiting the weakest links in the cybersecurity chain: ourselves! Social engineering and business email compromise (BEC) are two related cyberattack vectors that rely on human error to bypass the technology defenses businesses deploy to deter malware.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Sending passwords with each request to the API is not an efficient and secure method. OAuth ('Open Authorization') is an open standard for access delegation, commonly used as a means to grant API access without using the password each time. To understand it intuitively, suppose that you have the color red as your password.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Brute Force Attacks Brute force attacks involve systematically trying all possible combinations of passwords until the correct one is found. Hackers use automated tools to rapidly attempt multiple password combinations, exploiting weak or easily guessable passwords.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

My wife and I both received notices informing us our “name, Social Security number, address, date and place of birth, residency, educational, and employment history, personal foreign travel history, information about immediate family as well as business and personal acquaintances” may have been included in the breach.

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Security Through Education

APRIL 7, 2021

Social Security number. Bad actors can then use this information for future medical insurance or identity theft schemes. To install malware, which gives them access to your computer and sensitive information like usernames and passwords. Written by Social-Engineer. Tech Support Scams. And be supportive.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Details included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords, all of which could be used to access other accounts belonging to these users. The Hacker had discovered Zuckerberg’s password in a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and he had used the same password across several accounts.

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