Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If you are shopping for a security awareness vendor, you have Netflix-style variety at your fingertips. Security awareness needs a new approach, not new content covering the same topics. If you are shopping for a security awareness vendor, you have Netflix-style variety at your fingertips.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cyber Security Awareness Month: Time to Act and Protect Trust. We’re approaching the end of Cyber Security Awareness Month , an annual event dedicated to increasing awareness of cybersecurity topics globally. Recognize phishing. Phishing is a popular tactic for cybercriminals. Tue, 10/25/2022 - 06:51.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2022

Even though World Password Day is over, it's never too late to remind your end-users that weak, unimaginative, and easy-to-guess passwords—like "123456," "qwerty," and, well… "password"—are poor options for securing accounts and devices. Improving password best practices matters.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Spear phishing is a more targeted and effective phishing technique that attempts to exploit specific individuals or groups within an organization. While phishing uses a broader range of tactics, such as mass emailing to random recipients, spear phishing is often well-researched and tailored to high-value targets.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. It involves regularly changing passwords and inventorying sensitive data. Create security awareness for employees. Change passwords regularly.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 20, 2023

As the new year begins, companies and their employees should be aware of a new type of phishing attack that is targeting the human resources department. Cybercriminals are posing as HR officials and sending phishing emails that contain themes related to updated HR policy announcements.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Today’s columnist, Marcus Kaber of Specops Software, writes that as much as the tech companies are pushing biometrics options like facial recognition, most enterprises still run on legacy passwords. Enterprise security and IT are mostly well aware of these many password-driven risks.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Security awareness training is one of the most straightforward ways to improve a business’ overall resilience against cyberattacks. Thanks to the disruptions to “normal” work routines that COVID-19 has brought, launching a company-wide training program to teach end users how to avoid phishing scams and online risks is a big challenge.

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Pen Test Partners

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Even the more security-aware people with bolstered Microsoft 365 (M365) configurations are coming up blank as to how their comprehensive MFA policies have been bypassed. I’ll also cover the steps you can take to increase your security to try and stop your team falling foul of them. This took me all of 5 minutes to build.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Remote access software maker AnyDesk has revoked all security-related certificates and is urging users to change their passwords in the wake of a cyberattack that compromised some of its systems. The post AnyDesk Revokes Certificates, Urges Password Changes After Attack appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2022

If you like anti-phishing efforts, hashtags, and confusing but colourful video games, you’ll be interested to know that a security initiative involving all three is now live. The American Bankers Association and other banks in the US are involved in an awareness campaign tied in with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

companies as a primary target of a new phishing scheme. Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders. Mark Wilson/Getty Images).

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Phish or Be Phished. Email phishing attacks are becoming more challenging to spot. Why did the email provider’s email anti-spam and anti-phish protection layer not quarantine the message? Even with a generic greeting, you would think an AL-powered anti-phishing protection engine would have blocked the message.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2024

"March Madness is a prime opportunity for cybercriminals to deploy phishing lures, malicious apps, and social engineering tactics," warns Krishna Vishnubhotla, VP of Product Strategy at mobile security firm Zimperium. Scammers may even impersonate athletes, friends, or family claiming to need money for tickets or bets."

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 24, 2023

Some worry how it might improve phishing attacks. One of the most interesting is that the chatbot will prime a new generation of sophisticated phishing attacks, still the most important technique cybercriminals use to harvest user credentials and personal identifiable information (PII). Are we in a new era of phishing?

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Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

What does phishing mean? What’s phishing? Phishing is a simple and popular way for hackers trick and hook you. Spear phishing is a special type. Why is there a ‘p’ in phishing? It constantly ensures that people are who they claim to be — going well beyond age-old passwords. Or zero trust?

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SecureWorld News

JULY 20, 2021

Earlier this year, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reported that phishing attacks had reached an all-time high. Now, we know a little more about what specific type of phishing attacks end-users are falling for. Top 10 phishing email subjects. Password Check Required Immediately. Security Alert.

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CompTIA on Cybersecurity

AUGUST 21, 2019

After setting policies about how to choose passwords and when to update them, training end users on how to identify fake email addresses and URLs gives them the power to be vigilant against cybersecurity threats.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A recently reported phishing and vishing campaign was designed to impersonate Geek Squad. A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2021

Phishing Challenges Faced By Businesses During COVID-19. This has created new opportunities for email fraud schemes like phishing and spam emails , which prey upon people’s reliance on communication via email – perfect conditions for cybercriminals. Consequences of Phishing Attacks on Businesses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

According to researchers at INKY, in the last few months, there’s been a sharp rise in these work-related phishing lures. The kind that could throw off even your most security-aware employees. Carefully crafted emails like these containing a malicious link can fool even the most security-aware of employees.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

In our increasingly digital world, where technology permeates every aspect of our lives, cyber-security awareness has become an indispensable skill. This article will provide you with a comprehensive guide on how to create cybersecurity awareness and protect yourself and your digital assets from potential threats.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 7, 2021

But a closer look will show you that there is something that ties them together—passwords. The post Marketing, Aerospace, and IT Pros Struggle with Passwords appeared first on Security Boulevard. Namely, the kinds they use and how they use them.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. The employee phishing page bofaticket[.]com. Image: urlscan.io.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Some malicious actors might trick you into giving your password or financial information away. According to the latest IDG report, phishing attacks are on the rise. Delete any requests to provide financial information or passwords and report them as spam. Invest in security awareness training.

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Webroot

APRIL 3, 2024

This encompasses everything from protecting your passwords to being vigilant against phishing scams and online fraud. Don’t ignore those update prompts — they could be the key to keeping your identity and online activities secure. Instead, enter your credentials each time for added security.

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SC Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

Today’s columnist, Jasson Casey of Beyond Identity, offers a path for security teams to move off shared secrets and embrace a passwordless world. It’s World Password Day, do the company’s users still rely on passwords? Has the security team replaced them? Eliminate passwords.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 1, 2023

Any organization with a well-guarded security perimeter is low-hanging fruit as long as its employees fall for phishing hoaxes. Let's try to break bad and gain insights into the things that set the most successful phishing attacks apart from mediocre ones. Urgency is a scammer's best ally, too.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. Phishing and poor password practices. The couple claimed that they were able to trick an employee into downloading malware from a phishing email. Category News, Social Engineering. Risk Level. The common theme?

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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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IT Security Guru

MAY 14, 2021

Worse still, many employees aren’t even aware of their personal responsibility to filter phishing emails. What to do: Prioritise security awareness training for your team and make sure you impress on your furloughed employees the continued importance of being vigilant against phishing emails. Great, right?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

We may think we know how to recognize a social engineering attack or phishing email, but with the amount of information available to attackers through open platforms and stolen information, they may know far more about us than we realize. That will let them craft very sophisticated attacks, which can be hard to identify and resist.”.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 20, 2021

That “Microsoft Authenticator” extension you installed is actually malware, designed to phish for your passwords. The post Fake Chrome Extensions: Google Asleep at the Switch appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 22, 2023

Password glamour with Oppenheimer's complexity Create strong and unique passwords, just like Barbie's fabulous outfits. Beware of phishing paparazzi with Oppenheimer's vigilance Stay cautious of suspicious emails and messages, just like Barbie advises against the "phishing paparazzi."

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SecureWorld News

MAY 22, 2023

In reality, cybercriminals had for months lured employees searching for their payroll system with a mirror-image-like website that reportedly tricked hundreds of employees into providing their usernames and passwords. Using a password manager such as Keeper can help users avoid phony lookalike websites.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2019

In the spirit of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), my colleague Ashvin Kamaraju wrote about how organizations can use fundamental controls to secure their information technology. Effective digital security doesn’t end at “Secure IT,” however. Building a Robust Security Culture.

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