Security Through Education

JULY 5, 2023

Social Engineering Techniques – Authority Ok, so the first technique I (Curt) see here is “Authority,” which is almost a freebie. Social Engineering Techniques – Liking The next one that stands out to me (Shelby) is more subtle, it’s “liking.” That was a lot of social engineering techniques packed into 30 seconds!

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2023

Belcan is a government, defense, and aerospace contractor offering global design, software, manufacturing, supply chain, information technology, and digital engineering solutions. Kibana is a visualization dashboard for the data search and analytics engine ElasticSearch.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

In late October, this author received a tip from Wisconsin-based security firm Hold Security that a file containing a staggering number of internal usernames and passwords for Orvis had been posted to Pastebin. Microsoft Active Directory accounts and passwords. 4, and the second Oct. 4, and the second Oct. Data backup services.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 8, 2022

Since 2017, if you’ve invited anyone to a Slack workspace, your password has leaked. The post Slack App Leaked Hashed User Passwords for 5 YEARS appeared first on Security Boulevard. How could this have happened?

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

After a good start, the Internet-enabled, technological revolution we are living through has hit some bumps in the road. To celebrate Independence Day we want to draw your attention to five technologies that could improve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness on the Internet. And yet almost every Internet account requires one.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Today’s columnist, Marcus Kaber of Specops Software, writes that as much as the tech companies are pushing biometrics options like facial recognition, most enterprises still run on legacy passwords. Enterprise security and IT are mostly well aware of these many password-driven risks. Industry must double down on password protection.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 24, 2023

Accessing vital information to complete day-to-day tasks at our jobs still requires using a password-based system at most companies. Today, bad actors are ruthlessly skilled at cracking passwords – whether through phishing attacks, social engineering, brute force, or buying them on the dark web.

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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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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Our documentary, “ The Life and Death of Passwords ,” explores with industry experts the history of passwords, why passwords have become less effective over time, and how trust is established in a passwordless future. Ted: Passwords have a bunch of problems from a user perspective. Couldn’t we just fix passwords instead?

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SecureWorld News

MAY 5, 2024

As AI technologies continue to advance, their integration into daily security protocols and strategies becomes more critical and complex. This technology's capabilities have expanded rapidly, garnering significant attention both for its potential benefits and its risks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The tsunami of passwords that exist across every aspect of our digital life means that there’s a thriving underground industry of cyber-criminals trying to get at them. This time passwords were lightly protected by the 1970s-era DES algorithm. Taking a password dump from a server isn’t, of course, the only route to compromise.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Following a recent and highly disruptive cyberattack on telecom carrier Orange España , the cybersecurity community needs to rethink its approach to safeguarding the digital identity of staff involved in network engineering and IT infrastructure management.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2024

Crooks targeted a LastPass employee using deepfake technology to impersonate the company’s CEO in a fraudulent scheme. In a fraudulent scheme, criminals used deepfake technology to impersonate LastPass ‘s CEO, targeting an employee of the company. ” reported LastPass.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2022

Vincent (Vince) Moore, Senior Network Engineer at OPSWAT, has dabbled in the IT field since he took computer programming classes in high school (COBOL, Fortran, GWBASIC, and Pascal). Being in the technology field, this is even more expected than in other fields. employees,?and and customers from cyber-driven disruption.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. The MGM attacks were almost identical to the social engineering attacks on Caesars, which targeted a third-party IT help desk.

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The Hacker News

JANUARY 26, 2021

An evolving phishing campaign observed at least since May 2020 has been found to target high-ranking company executives across manufacturing, real estate, finance, government, and technological sectors with the goal of obtaining sensitive information.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Most of the flaws that Microsoft deems “more likely to be exploited” this month are marked as “important,” which usually involve bugs that require a bit more user interaction (social engineering) but which nevertheless can result in system security bypass, compromise, and the theft of critical assets.

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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. It works because users often use the same password for multiple websites. ” You won't find another technology that gets close.

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Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Phones, computers, and other technology have become an integral part of many people’s lives. Utilize a Password Manager As humans we like things that are easy to remember, and that doesn’t change when it comes to passwords. For example, if you’re trying to log in somewhere it may require a username and password.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2024

” Matt Brown , the researcher CISA credits with reporting the flaw, is a senior systems development engineer at Amazon Web Services. “Given that I am pretty picky about what I trust on my devices, I downloaded Chirp and after decompiling, found that they were storing passwords and private key strings in a file.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Million of password resets and two-factor authentication codes exposed in unsecured Vovox DB. “Although Kaul found the exposed server on Shodan, a search engine for publicly available devices and databases, it was also attached to one of Voxox’s own subdomains. ” reported Techcrunch. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2022

A few things that are involved in most attacks include social engineering, passwords, and vulnerabilities. At the macro level, password hygiene is abysmal. Avoiding password reuse and using strong hard to guess passwords goes a long way. Vulnerability management with proper prioritization is also a must.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Security expert Marco Ramilli published a quick analysis of an interesting attack carried out by SWEED threat actor targeting precision engineering firms in Italy. Today I’d like to share a quick analysis of an interesting attack targeting precision engineering companies based in Italy. Introduction. Technical Analysis. educrety.exe.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX hired incident response firm Mandiant , which released a report on Wednesday that said the compromise began in 2022 when a 3CX employee installed a malware-laced software package distributed via an earlier software supply chain compromise that began with a tampered installer for X_TRADER , a software package provided by Trading Technologies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The technique can be used to recover secrets from popular high-value targets, including Gmail inbox content, and recover passwords auto filled by credential managers. passwords, inbox content, locations, etc.) passwords, inbox content, locations, etc.) from popular services such as Google.”

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The data was found on Shodan , an IoT-centric search engine that allows users to look up and access “power plants, Smart TVs, [and] refrigerators.” Shodan’s most popular search terms include “unprotected webcams” and “routers with default passwords.” Side note: always change the default password on your devices.).

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Chicago CyberSecurity Training

MAY 23, 2024

Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities 2023 : North Texas water utility serving 2 million hit with cyberattack 2023 : FBI: Pennsylvania Water Hack Involved Overlooked Technology 6 Key Threats Ransomware : Malicious software that can lock up critical systems and demand cash to unlock them.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a way to foil memory-timing side-channel attacks that's more efficient than other methods. The attacks can be used to steal secrets such as cryptographic keys or user passwords stored in a computer's memory. To read this article in full, please click here

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 13, 2023

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies become more prevalent in enterprise environments, chatbots like ChatGPT are gaining popularity due to their ability to assist in customer service and support functions. Another risk associated with ChatGPT is the potential for social engineering attacks.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 3, 2024

This technology has become increasingly popular in daily life through features like Apple Face ID and Touch ID because of its security and reliability. Facial Recognition Facial recognition technology has become increasingly refined in recent years. Passwords can be easily forgotten, guessed, or even stolen through phishing scams.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2021

When we look at society today, we can see that we are moving further and further ahead with technology. In fact, there is evidence that technology grows exponentially fast. Since we are quickly putting out large technologies, security risks always come with this. As mentioned earlier, technology is rapidly expanding.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. Mellen: Big initiatives like these are good for the security industry, but technology is not a silver bullet when it comes to consumer security.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 31, 2023

Phishing attacks, malicious links and social engineering are just a few of the tricks used by cybercriminals to obtain credentials and other valuable information. As technology progresses, so are these cyber scammers who have learned to utilise AI chatbots and deep fake technology to make their attacks even more sophisticated.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Identity-based cyberattacks are a challenge across all organizations, regardless of size, industry or technology. MFA is a common second line of defense against compromised passwords. Even if an attacker has access to a username and password, they still need access to the second authentication factor to break into the organization.

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Hacker's King

MAY 20, 2023

By combining something you know(like a password) with something you have(such as a verification code), 2FA adds an extra layer of protection to your online accounts. To counter this, it’s crucial to use strong, unique passwords and enable account lockouts after multiple failed login attempts.

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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. Rosa Rowles.

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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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