Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Recently, while co-hosting a webinar that kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a panelist commented that cybersecurity and privacy are team sports on a campus, much like our athletic teams. The use of phishing to take over user accounts as a first step to gain access to a campus for a ransomware attack has been making the headlines.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2025

Specifically, CISA and USCG assessors had the most success gaining initial access, attaining network permanence, evading defenses and moving laterally by using valid accounts, phishing schemes and default credentials all simple attack methods. Separately, the red team also breached the networks Windows environment via a phishing attack.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

Firewall status, drive encryption status, password status and whether an antivirus or anti-malware agent is running can all contribute to improved security resilience. Resources Webinar: Essential Eight - How Does Your Organization Rate? Solution Brief: Duo for Essential Eight Customer Story: Deakin University.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Other potential risks include targeted phishing attacks where criminals could send convincing phishing emails using insider information from the exposed database to target employees, clients, or vendors. He quickly became a well known security researcher and thought leader frequently appearing in the news.

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SiteLock

JANUARY 28, 2022

Cybercriminals were busy, too, causing ransomware to become more elaborate and costly, and phishing attacks to increase by 11% since the year prior. Web application firewalls (WAFs): WAFs monitor incoming traffic to websites and applications, letting trusted visitors in while keeping bad actors out.

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This includes using encryption, firewalls, and other security tools to protect your data from being intercepted or accessed by unauthorised individuals. Emphasising continuous education and providing access to resources like webinars and online courses further reinforce the importance of staying updated on security trends.

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McAfee

JUNE 2, 2020

They are also unable to protect endpoints (both managed and especially unmanaged) from emerging malware like ransomware or phishing attacks fast enough. Once an organization becomes highly reliant upon cloud services, it becomes more susceptible to cloud-native threats such as phishing attacks and various forms of malware.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In 2020, many cybercriminals exploited the Coronavirus pandemic to launch phishing campaigns and other online financial frauds. The protection they have on their home devices might not be as strong as the security systems they would have if they were working in the office, inside the company firewall.

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McAfee

JUNE 22, 2020

URL filtering then transitioned to proxy servers sitting behind corporate firewalls. Ransomware, Phishing and other advanced web-based threats are putting users and endpoints at risk. On-Demand Webinar. Another issue revolves the encrypted nature of the internet. But we need to push the proverbial envelope a lot further.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Some of CISAs mitigation recommendations for cybersecurity teams are: Adopt the principle of least privilege , segment the perimeter network, and adopt firewalls, access control lists and intrusion prevention systems. The organization used software that is known to be insecure and outdated.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 28, 2020

How a retail sector reeling from COVID-19 can lock down their online systems to prevent fraud during the upcoming holiday shopping spike.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Hide the origin web server’s IP and restrict access with a firewall. Monitor infrastructure continuously: Check system capacity, traffic, and essential infrastructure, such as firewalls, on a regular basis to discover irregularities. Offer regular workshops: Provide monthly training, webinars, and seminars on cloud security.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Attackers guess the passwords easily, find them in open source code repositories, or collect them via phishing. WEBINAR: How to Build and Validate Ransomware Attack Detections Learn tips to make your organization more resilient to ransomware attacks. Administrators who access IT management interfaces—e.g.,

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

If I just had three VMs and it just run the attack, it becomes very easy to find the attack, which one is the needle in the haystack, find the attack with 1000s of virtual users using Outlook and browsing the webinar. Rossi: So the weather spear phishing drive, I got the box, laterally moved compromised data, took it all out.

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