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What are Common Types of Social Engineering Attacks?

eSecurity Planet

Social engineering is a common technique that cybercriminals use to lure their victims into a false sense of security. As social engineering tactics become more advanced, it’s important to know how to identify them in the context of cybersecurity. Social engineering in cybersecurity attacks.

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Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report

Cisco Security

Twenty years ago, when the National Academies last published the Cyber Hard Problems report, social media was for college kids with.edu emails and the global pandemic had yet to drive business online. Most applications and data still lived behind enterprise edge firewalls. Endpoint security still meant antivirus agents.

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How Security Teams Collect the Data They Need for Threat Intelligence

SecureWorld News

Traditional protections like firewalls, encryption, MFA, and IDS/IPS continue to be crucial, but these are reactive methods to an extent, and their effectiveness heavily depends on how well they are configured. They amass data from websites, social media networks, news sources, public databases, and domain registries.

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Cybersecurity First: #BeCyberSmart at Work and Home

Security Through Education

Watch what you post on social media; cybercriminals often use them to gather Personal Identifying Information (PII) and corporate information. Build a Human Firewall. Securing your work environment requires you to create what is referred to among security professionals as a human firewall. Remain vigilant.

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GUEST ESSAY: Addressing DNS, domain names and Certificates to improve security postures

The Last Watchdog

Although, the topic has gained popularity amongst CIOs and CISOs, most companies are still overlooking important security blind spots when it comes to securing their digital assets outside the enterprise firewalls—domains, DNS, digital certificates. Security goes beyond the firewall, not just behind it.

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Critical Actions Post Data Breach

SecureWorld News

law enforcement, regulators, or media) should be contacted. Web application vulnerabilities To prevent attackers from interfering with the operation of web applications, experts recommend using a Web Application Firewall (WAF). Social engineering techniques enable them to bypass technical security measures effectively.

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MY TAKE: Why COVID-19 ‘digital distancing’ is every bit as vital as ‘social distancing’

The Last Watchdog

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks. It’s already happening.