Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Reddit got hacked with a “sophisticated” spear phishing attack. The post Reddit Hacked — 2FA is no Phishing Phix appeared first on Security Boulevard. The individual victim was an employee who clicked the wrong email link.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 22, 2024

The post From Phishing to Friendly Fraud: Anticipating 2024’s Fraud Dynamics appeared first on Security Boulevard. Planning for emerging fraud trends can help you stay a step ahead of criminals’ new tactics, protect your revenue and customer relationships.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2023

Miscreants have ramped up their use of QR codes to phish for credentials, according to INKY threat researchers. The post The Rise of QR Codes Spurs Rise in ‘Fresh Phish’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 9, 2022

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) customer data has leaked—after a simple phishing attack on employees. The post Twilio Fails Simple Test — Leaks Private Data via Phishing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The post Russian FSB Targets US and UK Politicians in Sneaky Spear-Phish Plan appeared first on Security Boulevard. TA446’s new TTPs: “Star Blizzard” FSB team called out by Five Eyes governments (again).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2022

PuTTY, KiTTY, TightVNC, Sumatra PDF Reader, and the muPDF/Subliminal Recording software installer have been backdoored to perform a wide range of social engineering campaigns that started in April 2022. Admins and security teams can use them to assess potential attacks and block inbound traffic from listed IPs.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A relatively unknown threat group that six years ago started with a custom tool used for bulk email spam is now running a massive operation selling a custom phishing kit that target corporate Microsoft 365 business email accounts. According to researchers with cybersecurity firm Group-IB, the group – which has gone to lengths to keep.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Network Security: Study network protocols, such as TCP/IP, and analyze common network attacks like DDoS, phishing, and man-in-the-middle attacks. Research network security mechanisms, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and virtual private networks (VPNs).

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Social Engineering It’s been found that almost one-fourth of the data breach is carried out by using social engineering. method used for social engineering is phishing, wherein cybercriminals send legitimate- looking malicious emails intended to extort sensitive financial data. One common.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Threat actors used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to impersonate victims and obtain access to files, healthcare portals, payment information, and websites. Conduct regular network security assessments to stay up to date on compliance standards and regulations.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2021

But it was a phishing test—and now the staff are hopping mad. The post Rail Firm Staff Fail ‘Bonus’ Phishing Test, Chaos Ensues appeared first on Security Boulevard. “Click here to claim your bonus pay,” said email from a British train company.

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Doctor Chaos

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

It is typically distributed via phishing and spam attack vectors. Rombertik attacks are based on social engineering, tricking users into downloading the executable program which is disguised as a PDF file. However, in these times of sourced code leaks and reuse, attackers are recycling and updating old code into something new.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 29, 2023

As attacks continue to evolve, harnessing AI and advanced social engineering techniques for increasingly sophisticated, stealthy attacks, many. The post We’ve Been Using Email Since 1971—It’s Time We Make it Secure appeared first on Security Boulevard. Email is one of the most important communication tools used today.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 14, 2021

HelpSystems this week acquired both Beyond Security, a provider of a cloud-based service for scanning applications for network and network or application vulnerabilities, and Agari, a provider of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that employs data science to help combat social engineering and phishing attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

In his blog post , Kelley shared a video from CanadianKingpin12 that suggests DarkBERT will go well beyond the social engineering capabilities of the earlier tools with new “concerning capabilities.”

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

Mitnick and KnowBe4 As an early expert in social engineering and hacking, Mitnick provided valuable first-hand knowledge when he joined KnowBe4. He helped design KnowBe4’s training based on his social engineering tactics, and he became a partial owner of KnowBe4 in November 2011.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blue teams consist of security analysts, network engineers and system administrators. The team may be divided into sub-teams depending on the type of security controls it is responsible for, such as network security, endpoint security, or the security operations center (SOC).

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2024

Check Point researchers last year saw a 587% increase between August and September of phishing attacks enticing unsuspecting targets to click on QR codes that then redirect them to malicious pages used for harvesting credentials. The post QR Code Scammers are Changing Tactics to Evade Detection appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

This ensures the entirety of the network and its endpoints are marked for testing and evaluation. Network tests Some organizations differentiate internal from external network security tests. Most cyberattacks today start with social engineering, phishing , or smishing.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2023

They may incorporate tools such as firewalls or antivirus software , which are helpful, but not the only tactics that can keep a network secure. Unfortunately, having a large cybersecurity budget does not necessarily mean a company has a solid, comprehensive security plan.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence unit exploited previously patched Microsoft vulnerabilities in a massive phishing campaign against U.S. The advanced persistent threat (APT) group Fancy Bear has used phishing schemes in attacks before, but the number of emails.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 18, 2022

As more and more businesses increase the number of their digital assets and incorporate new technology to operate, they turn their attack surface into an intricate network. Securing all the systems that include remote employees’ endpoint devices and multi-cloud environments has been a challenge.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2023

Phishing scams pose a significant risk to companies and can lead to great loss in the form of stolen account credentials, fraudulent payments and corporate data breaches, among others.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This strategy seems to be a trade-off, as such services are way easier to take down by authorities, but it allows bypassing network security products that don’t block legitimate providers. AT&T labs provided a list of IoCs (indicators of compromise) that system administrators can use to add specific rules to security solutions.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick learned early on to use emotion to manipulate and socially engineer his targets. At the time, his targets were typically sysadmins, and the social engineering started with a phone call. KnowBe4 Security Awareness Advocate Erich Kron is an expert in this space. You could lose your data.'.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

LODEINFO has been observed engaged in a spear- phishing campaign since December 2019 by JPCERT/CC. They observed another spear-phishing campaign in March 2022. The malicious Word documents contained fake security notices that invited the victims to “Enable Editing” and “Enable Content,” which executes malicious VBA code.

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SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Zero-day threats, phishing and social engineering attacks with associated ransomware are among the most persistent threats today’s CISOs and security teams face. For more information on how you can partner with CRA Business Intelligence, please contact Dave Kaye, Chief Revenue Officer.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The consistent implementation of firewall best practices establish a strong defense against cyber attacks to secure sensitive data, protect the integrity and continuity of business activities, and ensure network security measures function optimally. Why It Matters By restricting access, this strategy mitigates potential damage.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 27, 2023

The data tells a compelling story for buyers worldwide: Across all industries surveyed, the most common attack methods in 2022 were stolen credentials, ransomware and phishing. And attackers are typically targeting payment data, personally identifiable information (PII), credentials, intellectual property and non-sensitive data.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 13, 2022

A report published by CSC today revealed a spike in fake domain registrations from entities attempting to leverage the ongoing shortages of baby formula and semiconductors to conduct phishing attacks and perpetrate fraud. The post CSC Reports Spike in Fake Baby Formula, Semiconductor Domains appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Machines that don’t sit on the network perimeter are often treated differently. Because they are, in theory, only reachable by trusted machines on the internal network, security is often less of a consideration. For instance, the top entry points for attackers are phishing and social engineering, and application vulnerabilities.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Threat actors often gain initial access to a network through exposed and poorly secured remote services , and later traverse the network using the native Windows RDP client. Threat actors also often gain access by exploiting virtual private networks (VPNs) or using compromised credentials. Drive-by-downloads.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Voice phishing, or “vishing,” attacks have skyrocketed during the pandemic, according to a joint report from the FBI and the Cybersecurity. The post Fight Back Against COVID-19 Cyberfraud appeared first on Security Boulevard. More than ever before, our ability to remain productive hinges on remote communication and collaboration.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

“The patch notes indicate that an attacker must be authenticated and local to the network; this means that an attacker must already have gained access to a host in the network,” Breen said. Just because your Exchange Server doesn’t have internet-facing authentication doesn’t mean it’s protected.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2018

Trustwave developed Social Mapper an Open Source Tool that uses facial recognition to correlate social media profiles across different social networks. The tool was developed to gather intelligence from social networks during penetration tests and are aimed at facilitating social engineering attacks.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 7, 2021

An unethical hacker can use many techniques and tools to breach your computer or device’s network security. For an extra layer of defense, you can protect your network traffic from snooping and tampering with a VPN. . How do I protect myself from a hacker?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

Vulnerabilities that could potentially be used by attackers to obtain unauthorized network access, steal data, or harm a system or network are identified and analyzed using a variety of tools and technologies. Social engineering methods include phishing , baiting, and tailgating.

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