Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

technology companies during the summer of 2022. 2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. 9, 2024, U.S. A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 22, 2023

It was an old-school use of mirrored websites and social engineering to get USPS employees to enter their information into a fraudulent website. Without the budget for additional technology, or the headcount to investigate and respond to alerts, user awareness training can help users recognize phishing emails and spoofed websites."

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 25, 2024

By Frank Picarello, Go-to-Market Advisor for Judy Security Managed IT Services continue to evolve. The nature of the SMB needs, security requirements, compliance demands, use of technology, shifting workloads to the cloud, and hybrid work operating models are evolving both compute infrastructure as well as the business reliance on IT.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

The truth is technology has grown at an exponential rate and so has cybercrime. Use strong passwords, and ideally a password manager to generate and store unique passwords. Most if not, all social engineering attacks will attempt to trigger some emotion such as urgency, fear, greed, or curiosity.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Today’s supply chains employ a vast range of new technologies. A newer solution worth considering is using blockchain technology to track shipments through the supply chain. Distracted workers are particularly vulnerable to social engineering attacks, but thorough training can mitigate these risks.

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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. Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, such as phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering attacks.

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Chicago CyberSecurity Training

MAY 31, 2023

Employees are often targeted through phishing attempts, social engineering, or by unknowingly downloading malicious files. Many people re-use passwords, trust public WiFi hotspots, and share company-issued devices with friends and family. Contact Us Today: Ready to take the next step in securing your small business from cyber threats?

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

The employee involved in this incident fell victim to a spear-fishing or social engineering attack. We have taken steps across our technology, processes and employee education, to help prevent these types of attacks in the future.” In cases where passwords are used, pick unique passwords and consider password managers.

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Hacker's King

MAY 20, 2023

However, if hackers gain access to these tokens through social engineering, phishing attacks, or other means, they can bypass 2FA by directly entering the codes, granting them unauthorized access. Social Engineering: Guarding Against Manipulation Social engineering remains a potent tool in hackers’ arsenal.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

26 posting confirming that the compromise was at the hands of the same nation-state threat group behind the SolarWinds hack and subsequent attacks on various technology companies and federal government agencies. Having long passwords and a password manager can also add additional layers of security and protect you as a customer.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

As the world becomes increasingly reliant on technology, cybersecurity remains a top priority for individuals, businesses, and governments alike. As cyber professionals continue to adopt the technology, so will malicious threat actors. I t will be crucial for everyone to stay informed and prepared.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Someone with a gift for technology but a nasty habit of using it for very bad things has been spared from going to jail with a suspended sentence. There's no word if any sort of ban from using digital technology is included in any of this. Grab yourself a password manager. A strange combination.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Can you spot the subtle difference in the domain name compared to the search engine? Much of this comes back to the old chestnut about how involved users should be in the whole decision-making process around the trustworthiness of a URL and indeed, how proactive technology should be to help them with this task.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 28, 2023

Hybrid work models and broadly adopted cloud technology disperse operations extensively; data is moved, stored, and accessed from highly distributed locations. About the Author: Christos Flessas is a Communications and Information Systems Engineer with more than 30 years of experience as an Officer of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF).

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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. Many employees don’t undergo regular scans of their phones and laptops for potential vulnerabilities.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Most people are unaware that they can trace back the majority of the past decade’s most notorious cyberattacks to compromised passwords as the source of entry. In some instances, a company’s IAM framework includes a robust password security policy, often comprised of both technology and security awareness training on password best practices.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2023

Behavioral technology like UEBA looks at the details of user activity, including lengthy periods spent in a particular system, the time of day that a command is given, and other deviations from typical behavior. Use multifactor authentication MFA technologies help minimize the chance that an attacker can log in using valid credentials.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Posted by Kevin Yeo and Sarvar Patel, Private Computing Team At Google, keeping you safe online is our top priority, so we continuously build the most advanced privacy-preserving technologies into our products. Using cryptographic techniques, Password Checkup can do this without revealing your credentials to anyone, including Google.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 21, 2021

The joke amongst engineers is that a half filled glass is two times larger than it needs to be. One of the first challenges of identity access management is simply the way that a person views it. Fortunately, through some diligent efforts of clever engineers, the password experience is becoming easier for many people.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 7, 2023

Not all browsers support all verification methods on a given operating system, so for the widest compatibility we recommend Chrome or the browser that came with your operating system.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 26, 2023

Seniors in a digital world can be overwhelmed by all the new technology. Multiple passwords , reading through EULAs, website cookie notifications, and more. These are almost never useful to the user, they can be easily spoofed, and they are regularly used for social engineering and obtrusive advertising purposes.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Determine whether there are enough financial and technology resources to adopt and sustain effective DLP initiatives. Customize training materials to address these specific concerns, including data handling protocols, password management , and phishing attempt identification.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

The answer, like most other cybersecurity-adjacent answers, lies in a combination of factors including social engineering , weak passwords, and other risky security moves or attacks. User-generated passwords can be deceptively weak, with less caution given to password management as remote and hybrid work become more common.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 29, 2021

There are rootkits, Trojans, worms, viruses, ransomware, phishing, identity theft, and social engineering to worry about. Use a strong and unique password for all accounts and sites. A long passphrase that cannot be found in a dictionary is one recommendation for a strong password; the use of a Password Manager is highly recommended.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 16, 2022

Think about an individual on the product marketing team or in engineering, operations, communications or human resources. Think about password management. The average person, in their personal and professional life, may be managing as many as 200 application accounts, each with a password. What are their goals?

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Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

As I was looking at the security vendors and their technologies, I realized that security vendors that apparently peaked in relevance, say, in the mid-2000s had huge booths and did brisk business, selling whatever they sold before. A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” It was the past and the future.

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Google Security

MAY 11, 2022

Posted by Daniel Margolis, Software Engineer, Google Account Security Team Every year, security technologies improve: browsers get better , encryption becomes ubiquitous on the Web , authentication becomes stronger. Password managers that can validate the identity of the web page before logging in.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

“You really want to try to limit the level of information you share because everything you put in that out-of-office reply can be used to provide context or make a social engineering attack even more convincing, said Tim Sadler, co-founder and CEO at Tessian. But it’s not just about credentials either.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Posted by Kylie McRoberts, Program Manager and Alec Guertin, Security Engineer Google’s Android Security & Privacy team has launched the Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative (APVI) to manage security issues specific to Android OEMs. A malicious site could have accessed the full contents of the user’s credential store.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

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. Using strong passwords ensures you have a strong first line of defense for your sensitive information. A common example is phishing. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Clearly, there was a failure somewhere, either human error or faulty technology or both. Look for unusual activity on your phone and requests for password resets you’re not expecting. It’s incumbent upon us as consumers of technologies services to adopt a defense-in-depth posture. Jack Chapman, VP of Threat Intelligence, Egress.

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SiteLock

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It’s also a good idea to use Captcha technology to prevent bots from accessing key pages on a website and require signing up for an account to access certain pages as well. Your search engine ranking and/or traffic - a sudden increase or dramatic decrease could indicate something is wrong. An alarming 39% of traffic is bad bots.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

As I was looking at the security vendors and their technologies, I realized that security vendors that apparently peaked in relevance, say, in the mid-2000s had huge booths and did brisk business, selling whatever they sold before. A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” It was the past and the future.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2022

After seeing headlines like these, some executives and customers lose faith that multifactor authentication (MFA) technology, particularly Okta’s, will protect their organizations, but should they? That acceptance enabled a set of stolen credentials to access the engineer’s thin client desktop using the remote desktop protocol (RDP).

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 10, 2023

In this new campaign, the relationship between Europe and ASEAN countries is very likely being exploited in the form of social engineering lures against military and government entities in Southeast Asian nations. A new version of KamiKakaBot uses an open-source.NET obfuscation engine to hide itself from anti-malware solutions ( 7 ).

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