Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This is the 11th edition of the annual report and analyzes events that took place between July 2022 and July 2023. During the reporting period, key findings include: DDoS and ransomware rank the highest among the prime threats, with social engineering, data related threats, information manipulation, supply chain, and malware following.

Social Engineering 106

Social Engineering Artificial Intelligence Engineering Ransomware 106

Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is just one reason why we have an entire month devoted to internet awareness and staying safe online, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM). As October is almost upon us, we want to be prepared to take part in this important event. Our speakers are all trained and certified Social Engineers. How can you do so?

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Cybersecurity Password Management Passwords 52

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) [1] , an industry publication that analyzes cybersecurity incident and breach event data from around the world, found that over 99% of all incident and breach events fall into one of eight major categories. What did “the internet” think caused breaches in 2021?

Data breaches 106

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 106

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

SME Edge verifies all connections in and out of offices, disallows internet traffic that has not been approved for enterprise use, and closes all network traffic loopholes, protecting against phishing, social engineering, and zero-day attacks.

Social Engineering 113

Social Engineering Phishing Data breaches Cybercrime 113

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) [1], an industry publication that analyzes cybersecurity incident and data breach event data from around the world, found that over 99% of all events fall into one of eight major categories: Patterns over time in cybersecurity incidents. What do these categories mean?”

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Data breaches Engineering 52

SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2023

Verizon uses the VERIS framework (Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing), which is a set of metrics designed to provide a common language for describing security incidents in a structured and repeatable manner. No surprise, social engineering is mentioned right off the bat.

Data breaches 81

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Cryptocurrency 81

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. This made a lot of sense, especially in the earlier days of the Internet where cybersecurity measures were nowhere near as robust as they are today. Social Tactics.

Social Engineering 117

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 117

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. Unpatched exploits.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Cyber Insurance Backups Insurance 52

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

For instance, phishing, one of the most common, is a social engineering attack used to steal user data. Even events like the World Cup are being used by cyber criminals to target unsuspecting victims through things like fake streaming sites designed to steal private information.

Risk 203

Risk Cybersecurity Antivirus Phishing 203

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) [1] , an industry publication that analyzes cybersecurity incident and breach event data from around the world, found that over 99% of all incident and breach events fall into one of eight major categories. What did “the internet” think caused breaches in 2021?

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 52

Hot for Security

MARCH 2, 2021

A common misconception among internet users is that basic cyber hygiene is enough to protect against malicious threats. Cybercriminals have tailored their attack strategies to every major event and change in the social agendas throughout the year, delivering malicious payloads and defrauding users at an overwhelming rate.

Phishing 111

Phishing Social Engineering Media Cyber threats 111

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 16, 2021

Social-Engineer Podcast – Security Through Education. Offering prescriptive advice to everyday internet users in a less technical and more accessible manner. Offering prescriptive advice to everyday internet users in a less technical and more accessible manner. Covering weekly tech news with comedy. The Cyberlaw Podcast.

Cybersecurity 143

Cybersecurity Data breaches Education Social Engineering 143

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Last year, we witnessed the fast-evolving nature of social engineering attacks, and this evolution poses greater challenges for detection and defense.

CISO 104

CISO Social Engineering Architecture Ransomware 104

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This is the 10 th edition of the annual report and analyzes events that took place between July 2021 and July 2022. Social engineering: Phishing remains a popular technique but we see new forms of phishing arising such as spear-phishing, whaling, smishing and vishing.

Cyber threats 113

Cyber threats Phishing Social Engineering Ransomware 113

Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

First, a little background Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) [1] , an industry publication that analyzes cybersecurity incident and breach data from around the world, found that over 99% of all incident and breach events fall into one of only eight major categories. But that isn’t what Verizon’s data showed.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 98

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Also, one of the top ways attackers can target individuals is via social engineering or phishing. Mellen: What’s most important for consumers to remember is that no matter what technology you use, it will not provide you with a ‘get out of jail free’ card in the event of a successful attack.

Antivirus 223

Antivirus Marketing Identity Theft Social Engineering 223

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The global internet economy relies on cryptography as the foundation for a secure network. This influx of new internet users increased digital deployments, and the advent of the remote work movement caused security vulnerabilities for businesses and consumers to rise significantly. What are the security risks? Implement Zero Trust.

Risk 134

Risk Social Engineering Threat Detection Encryption 134

Spinone

OCTOBER 21, 2020

A cybersecurity threat is an event or software that can exploit a cyber vulnerability in the information system and bring damage to an organization. Social engineering. For example, a break of an internet router causes downtime in the work of an entire office. Malware, social engineering , and cyber attacks.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Cyber threats Engineering 52

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud storage is a cloud computing model that allows data storage on remote servers operated by a service provider, accessible via internet connections. Local storage prioritizes direct access, potential cost savings, and reduced reliance on the internet, yet lacks the scalability and security of the cloud.

Risk 122

Risk Backups Encryption DDOS 122

IT Security Guru

MAY 12, 2024

Web application firewalls (WAFs) can filter and monitor HTTP traffic between a web application and the Internet, blocking malicious traffic such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Regular training sessions can help individuals recognize phishing attempts, social engineering attacks, and other common threats.

Backups 52

Backups Firewall Encryption Penetration Testing 52

Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

Cybersecurity Events Becoming More Predictable ? In the early 1990s, the Internet industry needed to move packets as fast as possible because some marketing genius came up with the idea that everyone could have “Unlimited Internet Access” for $9.95 Those people belong in the Internet Hall of Fame. per month.

Cyber Insurance 105

Cyber Insurance Insurance Marketing Firewall 105

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2021

Although the benefits of homeworking are well-documented and recent events have proven that people can work just as effectively from home as they can from the office, many people will likely want at least a partial return to the workplace. Workers are connected to corporate systems via their home internet provider, as are their mobile phones.

Social Engineering 101

Social Engineering Cybersecurity Unstructured Data Engineering 101

SecureList

MAY 9, 2024

They are designed to highlight the significant events and findings that we feel people should be aware of. We detected another activity in the process, likely by the same threat actor, but this time targeting an internet service provider in the Middle East. These summaries are based on our threat intelligence research.

Malware 123

Malware Government DDOS Cryptocurrency 123

Hot for Security

MAY 24, 2021

Threat actors are relentless when it comes to recycling old ruses to fool internet users and steal their money. Bitdefender Antispam Lab has taken notice of spammers’ interest in the topic this month, as threat actors send tens of thousands of malicious and fraudulent Tesla-related emails to internet users.

Scams 98

Scams Cryptocurrency Marketing Social Engineering 98

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 20, 2023

and different types of penetration tests (black box, gray box, white box, social engineering, etc.). Number of people: If an organization decides to pursue social engineering tests, the organization may be charged by the number of people in the organization (unless flat-rate or hourly charges are used).

Penetration Testing 98

Penetration Testing Social Engineering Engineering eCommerce 98

Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Image — courtesy of Social-Engineer. This year’s DEF CON ® 2020 Social Engineering Capture the Flag for Kids (SECTF4Kids) was a landmark event. We then bring all these skills together and teach the kids how to apply them to social engineering. Image — courtesy of Social-Engineer.

Social Engineering 75

Social Engineering Engineering Education Internet 75

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Everything from watching somebody sleep, or musical events, to walking around the streets of Japan shopping for clothes is available. It’s a variety of malware, phish pages, and social engineering. Data was exposed to the internet after a server configuration change. Is Twitch just for gaming? What age is Twitch for?

Social Engineering 88

Social Engineering Scams Phishing Malware 88

SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

remain the same, lures that fraudsters use vary greatly depending on the time of year, current major events, news, etc. Data from mental health apps will be used in accurately targeted social engineering attacks. Although the main types of threats (phishing, scams, malware, etc.)

Education 121

Education Phishing Scams Social Engineering 121

Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Since 2007 the InfoSec industry has been talking about TheBigOne™—the event that would change cyber threats from annoyances to existential concerns. The idea was that it’d be some massive blast that would take out the country’s power grid, or disable the entire internet, along with what they used to call e-commerce.

Ransomware 246

Ransomware Government Social Engineering Small Business 246

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Clearly, preventing fires is better than fighting them……” So, to what extent are we able to protect ourselves from Cybersecurity events? Social engineering. Social engineering is the most prevalent way threat actors find their way into your environment. Lastly is the customer facing layers.

Cybersecurity 104

Cybersecurity Backups Social Engineering Architecture 104

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Technical scams abuse legitimate aspects of modern internet infrastructure to lead users to illegitimate or compromised sites. By leveraging major news events or luring users with too-good-to-be-true deals, cybercriminals trick victims into giving away their vital credit card information through cyberspace.

Scams 88

Scams Accountability Social Engineering Small Business 88

Herjavec Group

MAY 19, 2022

In light of the ever-evolving threat landscape, the interconnectivity driven by the Internet of Things (IoT), and rising remote work scenarios, one thing is clear – the strength of an organization’s cyber hygiene relies on the internal practices implemented.

Penetration Testing 98

Penetration Testing Social Engineering Cybercrime InfoSec 98

SecureList

MAY 28, 2024

The most common method of initial compromise is exploiting vulnerabilities in applications accessible from the internet. Attackers continue to refine their multi-step schemes and social engineering methods, often using attached documents and archives containing malware to penetrate the network.

VPN 74

VPN Accountability Passwords Antivirus 74

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

Identity Theft 339

Identity Theft Computers and Electronics Hacking Accountability 339

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2022

According to Forbes , the cyberthreats that SMBs most commonly face are “ransomware, misconfigurations and unpatched systems, credential stuffing and social engineering.”. As a result, SMBs need to keep their guard up because the reality is that every business is a potential target for cybercriminals.

Social Engineering 103

Social Engineering Passwords Accountability Phishing 103

The Last Watchdog

MAY 7, 2019

Human fallibility is the reason social engineering has proven to be so effective – and why phishing persists. Web-based social engineering attacks jumped 233% vs. the previous quarter. •99% Sometime these pivot off of major sporting events or holidays. Cyber criminals get this. Talk more soon.

Phishing 157

Phishing Social Engineering Engineering Antivirus 157

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. At around the same time, phishers started targeting online payment systems and internet banks. URL shorteners.

Scams 98

Scams Phishing Social Engineering Banking 98