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Cyber Pearl Harbor Is Happening Right Now — It’s Ransomware

Daniel Miessler

Since 2007 the InfoSec industry has been talking about TheBigOne™—the event that would change cyber threats from annoyances to existential concerns. Ransomware is the Cyber Pearl Harbor we’ve been waiting for all along. Ransomware is the new PCI. They called it Cyber Pearl Harbor. It just looks different.

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Spotlight Podcast: CSO Chris Walcutt on Managing 3rd Party OT Risk

The Security Ledger

Today, malicious actors from cybercriminal ransomware gangs to nation-state affiliated hacking groups are teeing up vulnerable operational technology (OT) environments. ” As Chris and I discuss, social engineering attacks are the first step in many sophisticated attacks.

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Preventing Critical Email Attacks: Brian Krebs and Mike Britton Discuss

SecureWorld News

For example, don't underestimate for a second how valuable targeting data and how much targeting data that the ransomware actors obtain when they hack into one of their victims and steal all their internal data. Key takeaway #3: Social engineering is the most powerful attack vector against InfoSec protocols.

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Phishing Awareness Training: Best Providers 2020

Spinone

Here’s an example of how a phishing email can spread ransomware through your network: The cost of a data breach can be very high, and preventing phishing attacks helps your business to avoid financial and reputational damages. Infosec provides 1000+ phishing email templates to represent various approaches and tactics used by hackers.

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Security Roundup May 2023

BH Consulting

Say it again, I double dare you Anyone familiar with phishing and social engineering will know scammers often use psychological tricks to get victims to divulge personal data. MORE Threat Prompt newsletter covers the intersection between AI and infosec. MORE Working in the transportation sector?

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Inflation Is Making Cybersecurity Even More Challenging for Leaders

SecureWorld News

Economic effects, including inflationary pressures, have had a broad impact across the InfoSec landscape," Smeaton said. Reanna Schultz is a cybersecurity professional and frequent SecureWorld speaker whose day job is as Team Leader of InfoSec at Garmin. Global Security Mag confirmed that "ransomware attackers extorted $456.8

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The FBI’s Qakbot Takedown, QR Code Phishing Attacks, Dox Anyone in America for $15

Security Boulevard

In this episode we discuss the FBI’s remarkable takedown of the Qakbot botnet, a saga involving ransomware, cryptocurrency, and the FBI pushing an uninstaller to thousands of victim PCs. Next, we explore how a major U.S. energy organization fell victim to a QR code phishing attack, highlighting the ever-evolving tactics used by attackers.