SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

With many organizations now planning their annual penetration tests ("pentest" for short), a change is needed in order to accommodate remote workers. It also begs what are you allowed to test versus what is now considered taboo considering end-users may be operating with their own personal equipment?

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Don’t be afraid of social engineering attacks this Cybersecurity Awareness Month! In the spirit of this year’s theme, we created a parody of the Monster Mash to share social engineering prevention tips far and wide. In fact, 98 percent of cyber attacks involve some form of social engineering.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 18, 2023

EvilSlackbot A Slack Attack Framework for conducting Red Team and phishing exercises within Slack workspaces. Many of these Slack workspaces... The post EvilSlackbot: A Slack bot phishing framework for Red Teaming exercises appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 15, 2021

On a recent SecureWorld Sessions podcast episode, Social Engineering: Hacking Humans , host Bruce Sussman spoke with Christopher Hadnagy, an entrepreneur and author of five books about social engineering and hacking the human. 1 How do you define social engineering? And I have fallen for a phish.

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NopSec

AUGUST 9, 2022

Once you’ve started a vulnerability scanning system , you may want to take the next step in identifying vulnerabilities: penetration testing, commonly referred to as pentesting. The Basics of Penetration Testing Pentesting can be as broad or narrow as the client wishes. This more closely simulates an actual cyber attack.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2021

Penetration tests are one way of mitigating the security risks that arise and make sure that we are not endangering users, their data, and the trust they inherently place in technology. Penetration tests can be defined as the testing of a system to find security flaws in it. Protecting critical systems.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Malicious intent or manipulation: AI chatbots can be exploited to spread misinformation, execute social engineering attacks or launch phishing. Such manipulation can harm user trust, tarnish brand reputation and have broader social consequences. Machine learning helps AI chatbots adapt to and prevent new cyber threats.

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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. Social Engineering: Investigate the human element of cybersecurity by exploring social engineering techniques and tactics used to manipulate individuals.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 2, 2024

This lack of knowledge makes them susceptible to phishing attacks, social engineering, and other cyber threats. Inadequate security testing. Many organizations rely solely on traditional penetration testing or security assessments performed at the end of the software development cycle.

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CompTIA on Cybersecurity

JANUARY 11, 2022

Cybersecurity issues, such as data breaches, hacking, and phishing, are posing an ever-increasing threat to organizations of all sizes. Read along to know the top cybersecurity statistics and facts including the top network vulnerabilities, social engineering, penetration testing, compliance and more.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A penetration testing report discloses the vulnerabilities discovered during a penetration test to the client. Penetration test reports deliver the only tangible evidence of the pentest process and must deliver value for a broad range of readers and purposes.

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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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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? OnePercent utilizes a malicious file attachment via phishing email.

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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. million payments. ” reads the alert.

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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

A red team’s activity can extend beyond cybersecurity attacks and vulnerability scanning to include phishing , social engineering , and physical compromise campaigns lasting weeks or more. The red team literally tests the effectiveness of the organization’s defensive measures — often without warning.

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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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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

JANUARY 28, 2022

For example, electronic health records (EHRs) give patients remote access to their data, but users may fall for phishing scams. Phishing is one of the fastest-rising cybersecurity threats , so employees should know how to spot these attacks. Social engineering avoidance should be part of all workers’ onboarding processes.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sample uses of these stolen and compromised databases includes: - setting the foundation for a successful spear-phishing campaigns. setting the foundations for successful targeted malware and exploits serving campaigns. setting the foundations for successful widespread spam and botnet propagation campaigns.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

A mainstay of business-centric attacks, everything from spear phishing to CEO fraud and Business Email Compromise (BEC) lies in wait for unwary admins. These may be obtained by phishing, social engineering, insider threats, or carelessly handed data. Failure to detect or block phishing attempts. Valid accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Such security audits require various techniques and tools to simulate classic steps of an attack, such as information gathering (reconnaissance), phishing, or privilege escalation. BeEF , or Browser Exploitation Framework, makes classic tasks such as enumeration, phishing, or social engineering seamless. Documented.

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Herjavec Group

MAY 19, 2022

Conduct regular social engineering tests on your employees to actively demonstrate where improvements need to be made. Build security awareness training modules to educate your employees on how to spot phishing emails or business-related scams.

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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. One of the most concerning aspects of these recent attacks is the way in which they are being conducted.

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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. Understanding these methods is essential for implementing effective cybersecurity measures.

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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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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron: The economic impact of phishing, ransomware, business logic hacking, Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continues to be devastating. Erin: What are some of the most common social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Most operations use payloads, but there are a few payload-less attacks, such as phishing campaigns that do not include malicious links or malware , but rely on more sophisticated deception such as spoofing to trick their targets. Such hackers don’t bother with social engineering or complex scenarios that only give a low success rate.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Phishing attack prevention : There are bots and automated call centers that pretend to be human; ML solutions such as natural language processing (NLP) and Completely Automated Public Turing tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHAs) help prove whether users are human or a machine, in turn detecting potential phishing attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

A report reveals various cyber-attacks that often target small businesses, such as malware, phishing, data breaches, and ransomware attacks. Also, small businesses are vulnerable to malware, brute-force attacks, ransomware, and social attacks and may not survive one incident.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Implement phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all services, particularly for email, VPNs, and accounts that access critical systems. Create policies to include cybersecurity awareness training about advanced forms of social engineering for personnel that have access to your network. Drive-by-downloads.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Last Wednesday, an anonymous individual published a file online containing the entirety of twitch.tv’s source code, information about twitch’s internal services and development tools, penetration testing reports and tools, and payouts to prominent Twitch streamers. Knowing how your adversaries might act can help you act accordingly.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 31, 2023

million scam during a phishing attack. First Things First: Understanding the Most Common Attack Surfaces In our report, NetSPI analyzed over 300,000 anonymized findings from thousands of pentest engagements spanning more than 240,000 hours of testing.

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NopSec

AUGUST 16, 2022

Most cyber attacks are carried out using a combination of social engineering, phishing emails, and vulnerabilities — Java, Adobe Flash and Acrobat, Firefox and Chrome plugins, 0-day client-side / browser vulnerabilities. They are usually the only way to determine whether the host has been compromised.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 26, 2024

Regular security assessment and penetration testing can also be carried out to identify potential vulnerabilities that, if exploited by cyber threats, may compromise the systems of vehicles.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Ever since offensive security testing began, we have expected that the test or simulation will find something. Even if a pen tester doesn’t uncover an issue, the best ones can always achieve success through phishing or social engineering of your organization’s employees.

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Hackology

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

They play a pivotal role in phishing prevention and incident reporting, as employees are often the first line of defense against such attacks. Regular training sessions on phishing prevention and safe online practices. To make the training more effective and practical, organizations can conduct phishing simulation exercises.

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