Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Example 2: Using a VPN. A lot of people are confused about VPNs. They think it’s giving them security that it isn’t because they haven’t properly understood the tech and haven’t considered the attack scenarios. If you log in at the end website you’ve identified yourself to them, regardless of VPN.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

a demo for anti-virus software, VPN, music players, photo editing or online games) to hijack the channel of YouTube creators. “Most of the observed malware was capable of stealing both user passwords and cookies. Below are the job descriptions used to recruit the hackers. The hackers used fake collaboration opportunities (i.e.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

“Some of their goals include accessing sensitive information, user names and passwords, conducting denial of service attacks, spreading disinformation, and carrying out scams,”. Below the list of suggestions included in the agency’s memo: Use the NASA VPN, prior to beginning to work. ” continues the memo.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Most organizations use databases to store sensitive information. This includes passwords, usernames, document scans, health records, bank account and credit card details, as well as other essential data, all easily searchable and conveniently stored in one place. Can’t come up with a strong password? What were we looking at?

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 7, 2021

A degree in computer science or information security and a background in military intelligence can be useful but isn’t necessary. Thanks to the wide availability of information and open source code, and incentives like bug bounties, there are many routes into ethical hacking outside of traditional education.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware. In 2017, password-protected archives accounted for only 0.08% of all malicious objects. In 2018, their number grew to 3.6%, while in H1 2019 saw an unusual rise of up to 27.8%.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

How Phishing Works: Social Engineering The term “phishing” is broadly defined as sending an email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. All of them rely on social engineering, a term that describes methods of deception used to coerce a victim into giving up valuable information.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Software development company Retool revealed that 27 accounts of its cloud customers were compromised as a result of an SMS-based social engineering attack. Once the employee’s account was compromised, the threat actors were able to navigate through multiple layers of security controls. ” continues the company.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Reducing Risky Behavior: AI adoption in security policies has led to a 68% drop in risky user actions, proving its effectiveness in promoting safer online habits. Generative AI Impact : Generative AI will have a big role in cyber security, especially in areas like email protection and fighting social engineering attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Phishing techniques use social engineering to trick victims into taking an action that helps an attacker compromise your network or access your sensitive information assets. These emails persuade employees to reveal passwords for important applications or download malicious files to their devices. IoT Devices.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Threat actors have dramatically escalated their attacks – targeting security controls like multi-factor authentication (MFA), conducting wily social engineering attacks and extorting businesses large and small with ransomware. For more information, check out our on-demand webinar Your Zero Trust Roadmap.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

virtual private network (VPN), remote desktop protocol (RDP), virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) including Citrix, or Identity providers (including Azure Active Directory, Okta)). The threat actors used the compromised credentials and/or session tokens to access the target networks through internet-facing systems and applications (i.e.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2022

Passwords no longer meet the demands of today’s identity and access requirements. Passwords no longer meet the demands of today’s identity and access requirements. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed to improve security without hindering user convenience. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Experts pointed out that Iranian threat actors operators are more patient and persistent with their social engineering campaigns, however, they continue to conduct aggressive brute force attacks on their targets. Microsoft added that password spray attacks on Office 365 accounts with multifactor authentication (MFA) enabled failed.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

Introduction During March 2023, we obtained information and data regarding an ongoing malware operation hitting more than 8.000 targets within a few weeks, with a particular emphasis on North American, Italian, and French targets.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 31, 2021

We asked leading information security professionals what the biggest challenges organizations face during their journey to Zero Trust security. Many are distracted by the change in the environment and they may not maintain the same security habits they used to exhibit in a physical workspace. Here is what they told us.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Available within R&S’s cybersecurity solutions, the vendor offers full disk encryption, secure browser, VPN client, and more in its R&S Trusted Endpoint Suite. The solution provides a choice of self-recovery and help-desk support for employees that forget their passwords and cannot access their systems.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

Hacked social media accounts’ prices are decreasing across all platforms. If you must log in to an account of any kind while on public WiFi, use a VPN for encrypting all your internet traffic. They will read your card instead of the ATM and send the information to the hacker. Use good password practices. Hackers love it.

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