SecureWorld News

AUGUST 5, 2023

Traditionally, this approach to authentication delivers a unique code to a user's email or phone, which is then inputted following the account password. While MFA adds an extra security shield to accounts, deterring most cybercriminals, determined attackers can find ways to sidestep it. SMS-based MFA MFA via SMS (i.e.,

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

Iyer also believes that the frequency emails sent from businesses and employers related to password resets, security alerts, locked accounts, order confirmations and invoices have increased during the pandemic as well. According to Iyer, it’s relatively easy and cheap for cybercriminals set up this kind of scam. “

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders. The scheme highlights the role and responsibility upper management plays in ensuring the security of their own company’s assets.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Social Engineering is when hackers impersonate trusted associates or acquaintances to manipulate people into giving up their passwords, banking information, date of birth or anything else that could be used for identity theft. After clicking the link and entering the info, your security is compromised. Where to learn more.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month taught us the importance of safe practices such as the use of multifactor authentication, strong passwords, and VPNs. This time of year also brings a surge of promotional scams. Beware of Delivery Scams! Deals and Promotions. Images: [link].

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

Over the last decade, K–12 schools have made great strides in employing technologies that facilitate learning—especially since the onset of pandemic-induced distance education. By January 2023, education had claimed over 80 percent of all global malware incidents —a staggering lead that has held since 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Individuals and organizations should prioritize security awareness training, implement email security measures, and encourage vigilance when dealing with unusual or urgent requests. It provides an additional degree of security beyond just a login and password.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 7, 2021

The University of California is using the data breach to raise security awareness among everyone tied to the University system, however, specifics are limited. Protect your passwords — Your old tricks for setting and storing your passwords may no longer be up to the task.". If it’s suspicious, report it!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 24, 2023

Run the same email through ChatGPT on GPT-4 and you not only get flawless official-sounding prose out the other end, but it adds its own helpful advice: We urge you to take immediate action and secure your computer by changing your password, running a virus scan, and enabling two-factor authentication. Cybersecurity Awareness 2.0

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked. This quirk made the attack look more trustworthy and added a layer of flexibility to these scams. None of these early threats went pro.

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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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Spinone

JULY 16, 2019

Here are some clear signs that are signaling that your G Suite email security is under a threat and there is a phishing scam in front of you : Odd email addresses in From and Reply to fields; an unusual mix of people you are in the copy with; Sense of urgency. There is a 90% probability it’s a phishing scam.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The growing risks leave us with the fact that cybersecurity education is not a matter of choice anymore – it’s a matter of necessity. Security Awareness Training from Advisera Advisera offers lots of tools like books, courses, and guidelines for those who want to know more about compliance standards and become security-aware.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 26, 2023

Implementing cyber hygiene training In addition to the above steps, make sure to implement and require all employees to complete cyber hygiene, or security awareness, training. Teaching employees how to recognize email phishing scams , which are among the most common ways that bad actors get access to company systems and databases.

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Spinone

JANUARY 9, 2019

In this article we will discuss how to avoid phishing attacks in G Suite and provide phishing prevention best practices on how companies can enhance G Suite security awareness and protection against phishing scams. Cloud security concerns today are some of the most important and challenging problems that businesses have to face.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

And even if most users didn’t fall for the scam, even a small percentage of hundreds of millions was enough to make the attacks very lucrative for criminals. Small businesses are popular targets because they often have lax security.”. If you make just one security choice this year, make it your website.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Back in the day, security training was largely reserved for IT security specialists and then extended to include IT personnel in general. These days, all employees need to be well educated in security best practices and good habits if the organization wishes to steer clear of ransomware and malware. Key Differentiators.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

One of the most critical questions of work-from-home security is related to employees’ awareness of the main concepts of cybersecurity. Scam and phishing. One of the most common concerns for workers is related to phishing scams. The design was so close to the original that only the URL gave away the scam.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

There are two ways phishing scams operate: The email/SMS contains a link leading to a scam website. Public organizations Education, government, healthcare, finance, law enforcement – the occurrence of ransomware in these sectors is quadrupled in the past few years. Don’t provide your passwords to unreliable sites.

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