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Intro to Phishing: How Dangerous Is Phishing in 2023?

Duo's Security Blog

Through the first two months of 2023 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch reported more than 19,000 phishing reports with estimated financial losses of more than $5.2 What is phishing? This is part of what makes phishing attacks so dangerous.

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Webinar on cyberattacks in Ukraine – summary and Q&A

SecureList

About the webinar. Currently, we assess that the risk of the cyber component of this conflict spilling over to Europe is medium-high. We advise organizations to: Take typical measures against DDoS attacks, ransomware and destructive malware, phishing, targeted attacks, supply-chain attacks and firmware attacks.

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Administrator’s Guide, Part 3: What Makes Passwordless, Dare We Say It, Phish-Proof?

Duo's Security Blog

But on top of all of that, passwordless should also raise the bar by substantially reducing or even eliminating the risk of phishing attacks. That isn’t to say that every password-less solution needs to be phish-proof. Doing anything else would make push phishing attacks viable.

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A week in security (March 27 - April 2)

Malwarebytes

Apple fixes actively exploited vulnerability and introduces new features Steer clear of this EE phish that wants your card details 3 tips to raise your backup game 3 tips for creating backups your organization can rely on when ransomware strikes Stay safe!

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The Phight Against Phishing

Digital Shadows

What is Phish(ing)? But, never mind the dozens of other reports and white papers about phishing that come out every year from security industry leaders, let’s take a look at the 2021 Verizon DBIR. Why should I care about Phish? The reason why phishing is still reigning supreme?

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How MFA and Cyber Liability Insurance Effectively Manage Risk in Higher Education

Duo's Security Blog

Recently, while co-hosting a webinar that kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a panelist commented that cybersecurity and privacy are team sports on a campus, much like our athletic teams. The use of phishing to take over user accounts as a first step to gain access to a campus for a ransomware attack has been making the headlines.

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Passkeys vs. Passwords: The State of Passkeys on Cloud Sites

Duo's Security Blog

Be sure to check out our upcoming webinar The State of Passkeys in the Enterprise on September 7th at 9am PST | 12pm EST. Passkeys and Cloud Sites Cloud sites are where the web applications are hosted. An alternate site cannot be substituted, mitigating the threat of phishing. Want to dig in deeper on the password vs. passkey debate?