SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Data Level: Encrypting sensitive data at rest and in transit is crucial to securing information. A prime example is the healthcare sector, where the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates encryption to protect patient health information.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

GSM Association is “excited” to bring Apple and Google closer together, but encryption is still lacking. The post E2EE is MIA in iPhone/Android Chat — GSMA Gonna Fix it appeared first on Security Boulevard. No More Barf-Green Bubbles?

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. To pursue cybersecurity culture change, we recommend you to institute a cost-effective, company-wide security awareness training for your employees.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 3, 2025

While details remain sparse, reports suggest social engineering tactics like phishing, SIM swapping, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) fatigue attacks may have been used to infiltrate systems. Once inside, they’ll likely have used other methods to successfully bypass enterprise security tools.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

They earned the highest score among providers named "Customer's Choice" in Gartner's 2022 "Voice of the Customer” Security Awareness Computer-Based Training report. Protect your company computers, laptops and mobile devices with security products all managed via a cloud-based management console. Improved Data Security.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Police in the Netherlands broke open alleged drugs gangs by hacking an encrypted messenger service, Exclu. The post Dutch Cops Bust ‘Exclu’ Messaging Service, Arrest 42 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Lives were saved and alleged perps arrested.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Another Five Eyes government is trying to stop end-to-end encryption—this time, it’s the UK. The post Think of the Children: Anti-E2EE Ads Ahoy appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Original post at [link] While organizations must still account for flashy vulnerability exploitations, denial-of-service campaigns, or movie-themed cyber-heists, phishing-based social engineering attacks remain a perennial choice of cybercriminals when it comes to hacking their victims.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Attackers exploit the geopolitical environment and use AI-powered tools to create convincing deepfakes, disinformation campaigns, and social engineering attacks. The report notes that these attacks can have significant implications for democratic processes, social cohesion, and national security.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2025

Threat actors used AI tools to orchestrate highly convincing and scalable social engineering campaigns, making it easier to deceive users and infiltrate systems. This trend, among other AI-powered social engineering attacks, will amplify identity compromise, ransomware, and data exfiltration in 2025.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Eufy home security cameras and doorbells are insecure: They send your photos to the cloud without permission and serve up video across the internet without encryption. The post More Lies: Anker’s Eufy Pants on Fire — ‘No Cloud’ Cams Send to Cloud appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

In our increasingly digital world, where technology permeates every aspect of our lives, cyber-security awareness has become an indispensable skill. 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.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The landscape of attack methodologies continues to evolve, presenting unprecedented challenges for security professionals. Common Entry Points and Vulnerabilities Third-party vendors frequently become the weakest link in organizational security chains.

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SC Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Phishing attacks continue to rise, with cybercriminals employing highly convincing tactics and social engineering tools to target individuals and organizations. Protecting the human layer requires a two-pronged approach that combines intelligent technology with security awareness and education. People get hacked.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The startup manages an open source project for key management, authorization enforcement policies, and end-to-end encryption. See the Top Code Debugging and Code Security Tools. New Era for Work and Security. This helps to explain the rise of social engineering attacks , especially with phishing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 26, 2025

Enhanced Training Programs : Security awareness programs must be reviewed and updated annually to address topics such as phishing, social engineering, and acceptable use of end-user technologies. Data Security Thales Data Security solutions are integral to ensuring PCI DSS 4.0 compliance. compliance.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 12, 2024

A number of measures should be taken to avoid the possibility of data breaches, whilst also understanding that added security can be a good selling point. Here are several key strategies to enhance website security: 1. Data Encryption Encrypt sensitive data both in transit and at rest.

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 13, 2024

You will learn how to: Prevent hacking and phishing attacks by using secure wallets and enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Recognize and avoid social engineering scams by educating yourself on common tactics. Note: Continuous education about common social engineering tactics is vital.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Create policies to include cybersecurity awareness training about advanced forms of social engineering for personnel that have access to your network. It is also important to repeat security awareness training regularly to keep your staff informed and vigilant. Stop malicious encryption. Drive-by-downloads.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Businesses should invest in security awareness training programs not only for their employees but also for their families to establish a positive culture where everyone is invited to report mistakes, like clicking on a malevolent link. In addition, there’s great business value behind adopting MFA.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2 – It demonstrates the importance of security awareness training for your employees! 2014 — eBay — A cyberattack exposes names, addresses, dates of birth, and encrypted passwords of all of eBay’s 145 million users. . Records included details like name, email address, and encrypted passwords. presidential election.

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NetSpi Executives

DECEMBER 3, 2024

First, security will be increasingly viewed as a business-wide responsibility in the coming year, with proper definitions of which departments are responsible for which aspect of security. For example, IT is responsible for the infrastructure, HR manages employee security awareness, and so forth.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Other features include: Data encryption Compliance management capabilities Server monitoring and alerting Data import and export John the Ripper This free password-cracking tool supports 15 operating systems, including 11 from the Unix family, DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Data Security & Threat Detection Framework The data security and threat detection framework serves as the foundation for data protection plans, protecting intellectual property, customer data, and employee information. Is data encrypted in transit and at rest?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

In addition, few companies can provide access to password management software or VPNs to protect their internet connection and credentials and maintain security on rogue Wi-Fi networks. Statistics also reveal that only 17% of small businesses encrypt their data, which is alarming.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Businesses should invest in security awareness training programs not only for their employees but also for their families to establish a positive culture where everyone is invited to report mistakes, like clicking on a malevolent link. In addition, there’s great business value behind adopting MFA.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 26, 2022

The post Digital Driver’s License Fails Spectacularly — ‘Laughably Easy’ to Forge appeared first on Security Boulevard. Is your state implementing a digital driver’s license? You’d better hope it does better than the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2021

These five strategies can help you reduce human error security threats: 1. As technology changes, so do the phishing and social engineering methods of scammers and hackers. No matter how up-to-date on trends in cyber threats your workforce is, an employee education program can be a great way to increase employee awareness.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 11, 2022

The post Russia Force-Feeds new, ‘Trusted’ CA—Yeah, RIGHT appeared first on Security Boulevard. Websites in Russia can’t renew their TLS/HTTPS certs. Moscow’s solution is to create a new certificate authority. But the man-in-the-middle threat should be obvious.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Conduct user awareness training: Incorporate a focused training program into onboarding and workflow process so employees can learn about social engineering strategies, phishing risks, and cloud security best practices. Enhance your container security with the best container and kubernetes security solutions and tools.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Ransomware, a definition Ransomware is a set of malware technologies, hacking techniques, and social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use to cause harm, breach data, and render data unusable. Ransomware attackers get into a network in many ways: Social engineering. Disable or bypass detective security controls.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

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. This course covers a broad range of security topics, explaining it with a simple language.

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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. Some of the biggest companies in the world with the tightest security protocols have fallen prey to hackers, so it’s not 100% avoidable.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Cybercriminals can sell you information or encrypt it with ransomware to demand money. How to secure information privacy: To avoid data breaches, you can limit or forbid the external linking to some or all documents. Here are some of the best security training providers you can choose from.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Others use form grabbing to steal login credentials and payment information by intercepting the data submitted in web forms before it’s encrypted by the browser. We linked this incident to a social engineering campaign targeting health care organizations to reset MFA credentials and access banking information.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Others use form grabbing to steal login credentials and payment information by intercepting the data submitted in web forms before it’s encrypted by the browser. We linked this incident to a social engineering campaign targeting health care organizations to reset MFA credentials and access banking information.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2024

Ongoing European Union quest to break end-to-end encryption (E2EE) mysteriously disappears. Law is Paused but not Stopped appeared first on Security Boulevard. The post EU Aims to Ban Math — ‘Chat Control 2.0’

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