Jane Frankland

JANUARY 23, 2024

I wove in many data points, including some from Managed Threat Detection and Response firm, e2e-assure, who I’m partnering with, and their latest report, Rejuvenating Cyber Defence Strategies. Cybercriminals often exploit cultural nuances, language, or social engineering techniques tailored to target specific ethnic groups.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In the future, quantum computing has the potential to contribute to finance, military intelligence, pharmaceutical development, aerospace engineering, nuclear power, 3D printing, and so much more. Implement managed threat detection. What are the security risks?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This practice is said to be leading to social engineering based cyber attacks like online fraud and phishing attacks. In the world of cyber hacking, most of the threat actors have vast amounts of time and the only thing they do is to wait for the targets to fall in the laid online traps.

Cyber Attacks 144

Cyber Attacks Social Engineering Phishing Media 144

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

In an adaptive phishing campaign, attackers gather specific information about victims through various sources, such as social media, public websites, and previous data breaches. This data is then used to tailor attacks, making them more convincing and harder to detect.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Mike Parkin, Senior Technical Engineer at Vulcan Cyber: "The original 'scare' over ChatGPT was over its ability to lower the bar on writing malicious code, which was largely overblown. Urgency is a key emotion that social engineers prey upon to induce actions."

Cybercrime 75

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 11, 2023

Email – Social engineering Like most malware authors, attackers often use email as the first point of contact with victims. They employ social engineering techniques to persuade victims to open the program and execute the code on their workstations.

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Malware Social Engineering Engineering Education 98

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron: On the software side of things, some exciting breakthroughs are about to gain meaningful traction in leveraging machine learning and automation to shape new security platforms and frameworks that are much better suited to helping companies implement cyber hygiene, as well as execute effective, ongoing threat detection and incident response.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These mobile devices need protection against the key threat vectors for mobile including social engineering, especially phishing, as well as network level, device level, and application-level threats. Mobile Threat Defense solutions are designed to protect mobile devices and these unique needs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 20, 2021

GreatHorn’s fact-based policy engine leverages artificial intelligence, data science, machine learning, and community threat intelligence to identify current and emerging risk. GreatHorn safeguards cloud email from advanced threats, (e.g., Through its proactive threat detection engine, end-user.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 1, 2021

It’s important training includes more than just a series of videos and a test; organizations have to leverage active participation tools as well such as social engineering campaigns. Many social engineering attacks rely on the presumed authority of the requester, or some form of threat of punishment to obtain compliance.

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Technology Cyber Attacks Social Engineering Media 139

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These are comprehensive cybersecurity solutions that involve a combination of security tools or controls, including next-generation antivirus, data leak protection, device access management, and threat detection and response tools.

IoT 120

IoT Antivirus Threat Detection Cyber threats 120

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social engineering. Social engineering is the most prevalent way threat actors find their way into your environment. Disguising themselves as legitimate web sites, email, and customer service entities they depend on people’s kindness, willingness to help and urgency to resolve perceived threats/problems.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Social Engineering and Cyberattacks Phishing attacks and social engineering methods continue exploiting technical and human vulnerabilities. Regular training sessions on recognizing social engineering tactics and ongoing communication about emerging threats contribute to a vigilant and security-conscious workforce.

Risk 52

Risk Encryption Social Engineering Authentication 52

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

This method involves using emails, social media, instant messaging, and other platforms to manipulate users into revealing personal information or performing actions that can lead to network compromise, data loss, or financial harm. social engineering tactics and strange sender behaviors), they also use artificial intelligence algorithms.

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Phishing Social Engineering Authentication Security Awareness 83

Cytelligence

MAY 24, 2023

Here are seven best practices for cybersecurity in small businesses: Employee Education and Training: Provide cybersecurity awareness training to your employees, teaching them about common threats such as phishing emails, social engineering, and the importance of strong passwords.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The ideas of employee monitoring, insider threat detection, data loss prevention (DLP), User Activity Monitoring (UAM), and human risk management aren’t new. People by their nature want to be helpful and trusting, and these are the underlying human traits enabling social engineering.

Risk 134

Risk Social Engineering Surveillance Data collection 134

Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This group of English-speaking threat actors are known for launching sophisticated campaigns that can bypass weak MFA implementations, leveraging tactics such as SIM swapping, adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) techniques, and social engineering to gain unauthorized access to organizations’ sensitive data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Social engineering attacks are becoming more robust, so retailers must follow some of these tips when forming a cybersecurity plan for their brick-and-mortar or online businesses. Hackers will use any means necessary to find their way into the most protected networks and exploit people’s private data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

They may use methods such as pretending to be the rightful owner (social engineering) and calling the card company's call center to confirm the limit, disabling the one-time password authentication required for card use, or using other social engineering tactics.

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Phishing Social Engineering Authentication eCommerce 67

Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2022

In addition, monitoring all application, database, file shares, and authentication sources provide key telemetry for threat detection. FACT: Phishing and social engineering are the number one attack vector for SMBs. Fiction: SMBs can’t afford a cybersecurity program.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Students will work with program advisors and technical experts using 21st century software to offer affordable cyber monitoring to municipalities, nonprofits, and small businesses that might not be able to afford ongoing threat detection services.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

This can occur due to data leakage through faulty apps or systems, by laptops or portable storage devices being lost, by malicious actors breaking through security defenses, by social engineering attacks, or by data being intercepted in man-in-the-middle attacks.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Lapsus$ has used tactics such as social engineering, SIM swapping, and paying employees and business partners for access to credentials and multifactor authentication approvals. The threat actor compromised information from up to 366 Okta customers. SOC Detection Rules for Okta. What happened in the Okta attack?

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Jane Frankland

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Bad actors continue to target all company sizes, from the smallest to the largest with employees at small companies (100 employees or less) seeing 350% more social engineering attacks than those at larger companies.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

.” If these executives are tricked into giving away their passwords via malicious phishing pages – which are hosted on legitimate sites – then the criminals can use those passwords “for the purpose of conducting additional phishing attacks, gaining access to sensitive information or conducting other social engineering attacks.”

Phishing 118

Phishing Passwords Security Awareness Social Engineering 118

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

CERT-GIB’s report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Threat Detection System (TDS) Polygon as part of operations to prevent and detect threats distributed online in H1 2019 in more than 60 countries. Thanks to behavioral analysis, such systems make it possible to detect previously unknown malware samples.”.

Ransomware 69

Ransomware Antivirus Malware Banking 69

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Group-IB Threat Intelligence experts highlight that RedCurl’s approach resembles social engineering attacks that red teaming specialists usually conduct to test an organization’s ability to combat advanced cyberattacks using techniques and tools from hacker groups’ arsenals.

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Phishing Social Engineering Banking Advertising 139

SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Below is our esteemed panel of SC Awards judges, contributing from health care, engineering, finance, education, manufacturing, nonprofit and consulting, among others. Dumbleton’s focus on visibility, threat hunting and defense has contributed to a robust and effective security program at GFS.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need. This course covers a broad range of security topics, explaining it with a simple language.

Social Engineering 40

Social Engineering Accountability Phishing Cybersecurity 40

Spinone

APRIL 13, 2020

As you probably know, phishing involves various social engineering methods. They won’t stand against a brute-force attack Are changed every 90 days or more often Insider Threat Management Suspicious or careless behaviour may, potentially, be an indicator of a high risk. And not without a reason.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Organizations should likewise leverage GenAI to better detect AI-enhanced threats and counter the attack volumes that we expect to see in 2024. They’ll make adept use of social engineering, leverage insider knowledge of systems and workflows and exploit weak cloud configurations and porly implemented multi-factor authentication.

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Cybersecurity Social Engineering Cyber threats Software 241

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Insider Threats Malicious insiders may purposefully abuse their access privileges, whereas reckless insiders may accidentally expose critical data or misconfigure security settings. The lack of awareness, employee dissatisfaction, or social engineering attacks targeting an employee may all cause insider threats.

Risk 113

Risk Backups Encryption DDOS 113

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. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2023

There is a worrying rise in multipurpose malware, which can perform a variety of malicious actions and is adept at evasion, lateral movement and data encryption.

Malware 98

Malware Encryption Social Engineering Threat Detection 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

While effective at foiling known threats and preventing unauthorized access to network resources, these traditional measures fail miserably in the face of increasingly sophisticated attacks that bypass perimeter defenses through social engineering or insider threats.

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Cybersecurity Digital transformation Threat Detection Cyber threats 108

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

Also notable: the compromised user was a customer support engineer from a contracted third party (Sitel). Through a combination of technical and procedural solutions, most of the issues caused by insider threats can be mitigated: Defense Against Phishing. Regular employee training. Email filtering.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Passwords Malware 98

SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Phishers primarily seek to extract confidential information from victims, such as credentials or bank card details, while scammers deploy social engineering to persuade targets to transfer money on their own accord. This allows cybercriminals to bypass at least some detection technologies. Social engineering elements.

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