NopSec

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Email attachments are one of the best known social engineering attack vectors. These attacks are some of the oldest social engineering attacks. Spam and Chain letters, these types of attacks are not inherently dangerous, but can be used by social engineers for information gathering or other nuisance purposes.

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Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It has been the official home for all things social engineering for 12 years straight. SEVillage is also the home for all social engineering speeches at DEF CON. Friday launched the Social Engineering Capture the Flag 4 Kids (SECTF4Kids). The SEVillage was established back in 2010 at DEF CON 18.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 20, 2023

After surveying trusted penetration testing sources and published pricing, the cost of a penetration test for the average organization is $18,300. and different types of penetration tests (black box, gray box, white box, social engineering, etc.).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This gang of cybercriminals targets individuals within an organization with social engineering tactics designed to fool them into opening a document from a ZIP file attached to an email. How do hackers use social engineering? Social engineering schemes range from covert to obvious. OnePercent Group attacks.

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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. Conduct penetration testing and vulnerability assessments periodically to uncover weaknesses in your website’s security infrastructure.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Rising Internet of Things (IoT) and remote health care adoption mean there’s a higher risk attackers could use one seemingly insignificant entry point to gain critical information. Social engineering avoidance should be part of all workers’ onboarding processes. Penetration Test Regularly.

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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. If you don’t have the talent in-house, employ a third-party security firm.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

The LockBit Locker group is known for using a combination of advanced techniques, even phishing, and also social engineering, to gain initial access to a company’s network. Those flaws have been exploited through unattended exposure through a company’s branch internet gateway.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We’ve arrived at a critical juncture: to enable the full potential of the Internet of Everything, attack surface expansion must be slowed and ultimately reversed. Erin: What are some of the most common social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use? Erin: What role does human error play in cybersecurity incidents?

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

Anything internet-facing can be a threat if not properly patched and updated. These may be obtained by phishing, social engineering, insider threats, or carelessly handed data. Open ports and misconfigured services are exposed to the Internet. External remote services. Valid accounts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social engineering. Social engineering is the most prevalent way threat actors find their way into your environment. These will sit on the public internet or companies’ intranet and be most exposed to threats. Once the actor has embedded themselves, they will strike. Lastly is the customer facing layers.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Create policies to include cybersecurity awareness training about advanced forms of social engineering for personnel that have access to your network. CISA consider the following to be advanced forms of social engineering: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) poisoning. Drive-by-downloads. Malvertising.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2018

Security experts at Trustwave have released Social Mapper, a new open-source tool that allows finding a person of interest across social media platform using facial recognition technology. ” The Social Mapper search for specific profiles in three stages: Stage 1— The tool creates a list of targets based on the input you give it.

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NopSec

AUGUST 16, 2022

The CIS Security Controls, published by SANS and the Center for Internet Security (SIS) and formerly known as the SANS 20 Critical Security Controls , are prioritized mitigation steps that your organization can use to improve cybersecurity. They are usually the only way to determine whether the host has been compromised.

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SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

That could restructure education, with the focus shifting from memorization of facts to training children to use data retrieved from the internet. AI could impact more than just social engineering. But it also could change the way we think, reducing the critical distance between a user and the data source.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet. We can't just, you know, bust things up into small parts and say this is my world because again, internet is a pen test and we're all in this together. GRAY: The Internet is a penetration test.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For a detailed threat actor description do not forget to check out our blog article about selecting between black-box, white-box, and grey-box penetration tests and also you would know which pentest you need against a specific threat actor. Regularly conduct cybersecurity training sessions to reinforce good security habits.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

According to the attackers, this was a configuration issue on an access point T-Mobile used for testing. The configuration issue made this access point publicly available on the Internet. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

In addition, few companies can provide access to password management software or VPNs to protect their internet connection and credentials and maintain security on rogue Wi-Fi networks. Many employees don’t undergo regular scans of their phones and laptops for potential vulnerabilities.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero. The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked.

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Hackology

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Training modules should be designed to address the most pertinent threats, including but not limited to, phishing, ransomware, and social engineering attacks. The post Enhancing Network Security: Best Practices for Effective Protection first appeared on Internet Security Blog - Hackology.

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

The attacker was able to exploit an internet-facing server that exposed multiple sensitive ports. Somehow, they were able to obtain the administrator password – we believe that it may have been stored in plain text inside a file, or that the attacker may have used social engineering.

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NopSec

JULY 18, 2017

Web application security testing could determine the effectiveness of Web Application Firewall guarding Internet-facing applications. Imagine having one platform that covers 13 out of the 20 controls right away. Automated generation of virtual patching rules for various WAF platforms.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In some cases, with founders’ consent, the assessment includes penetration testing using social engineering methods aimed at the network compromise through the most vulnerable link at any organization– humans. This assessment focuses on open source data – white papers, information about founders, security policies.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s simulated in nearly every penetration test and red team, included in every threat intelligence report, and shows up in pretty graphs in our EDR dashboards. Detections of this behavior can generally be found in the form of “Internet connection made by atypical process” and “process X spawned abnormal child Y,” among many others.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

This betrays a lack of preparation for disaster recovery and ineffective penetration testing of systems. UGH admits to paying $22 million to the ALPHV (aka: BlackCat) ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group to prevent patient records from being leaked to the internet. Ascension lost $2.66

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

By scanning a range of IP addresses, they can identify potential targets that have SMB services exposed to the internet. The image below shows prebuilt EternalBlue exploits Cybernews screenshot Shodan and Similar Tools: Shodan is a search engine that scans and indexes internet-connected devices, including vulnerable systems.

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Kali Linux

AUGUST 21, 2019

If you want a more general and wider range of tools, select kali-linux-large (useful if Internet access is permitted but slow). For example: If you want a core set of tools, stick with kali-linux-default (designed for assessments that are straightforward ).

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This staggering figure represents more than 59 percent of the losses from the top five most costly internet crimes worldwide. Phishing attackers are increasingly using social engineering techniques to personalize their attacks and target specific individuals or organizations.

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NetSpi Executives

JANUARY 16, 2024

Threat groups tend to cluster around a smaller set of TTPs than our Red Team because they apply them at Internet scale across many organizations. If your goal is to absolutely find a way from the outside into your organization, you probably should do an External Network Penetration Test instead.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The penetration of mobile devices and applications for them into the daily life of a modern person has led to an increase in the share of HTTP traffic related to API services. According to the old Akamai 2019 Traffic Report, back then, 83% of HTTP traffic on the Internet was made up of API calls. What Does WAF Protect?

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

The following tools provide strong options to support vulnerability scanning and other capabilities and also offer options specifically for service providers: Deployment Options Cloud-based On-Prem Appliance Service Option Carson & SAINT Yes Linux or Windows Yes Yes RapidFire VulScan Hyper-V or VMware Virtual Appliance Hyper-V or VMware Virtual (..)

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Networks connect devices to each other so that users can access assets such as applications, data, or even other networks such as the internet. Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning should be used to test proper implementation and configuration. and similar features will often be unwatched.

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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.

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NetSpi Executives

JANUARY 16, 2024

Threat groups tend to cluster around a smaller set of TTPs than our Red Team because they apply them at Internet scale across many organizations. If your goal is to absolutely find a way from the outside into your organization, you probably should do an External Network Penetration Test instead.

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NopSec

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

If you are running Microsoft Office 2016, there is a policy option that allows an administrator to disallow Word from enabling macros on Office files downloaded from the Internet. 3. Meanwhile, the Unified VRM Network can scan a network to see how prepared it is to face an external, Internet-based threat.

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