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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. To pursue cybersecurity culture change, we recommend you to institute a cost-effective, company-wide security awareness training for your employees.

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Hybrid phishing and vishing attacks hunt for credit card info

SC Magazine

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. (Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons).

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ROUNDTABLE: Targeting the supply-chain: SolarWinds, then Mimecast and now UScellular

The Last Watchdog

The intruders got in by tricking UScellular retail store employees into downloading malicious software on store computers. While technology is an important element of a cyber defense plan, this situation again highlights the equal importance of culture and security awareness within an organization.

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I Triggered a Ransomware Attack – Here’s What I Learned

Security Boulevard

Conti is a form of ransomware that has often targeted health care organizations and retailers, The post I Triggered a Ransomware Attack – Here’s What I Learned appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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MY TAKE: Account hijackers follow small banks, credit unions over to mobile banking apps

The Last Watchdog

Organizations like OneSpan now analyze bank fraud through the mobile app landscape through areas like social engineering attacks, screen captures, or changing SIM cards, LaSala told me. Security capabilities are branching out beyond mobile banking into corporate cash management applications and retail channels.

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Meet the 2021 SC Awards judges

SC Magazine

He is a cybersecurity and M&A professional, focusing predominantly within financial services, life sciences, health care and retail industries. He has led cybersecurity diligence and/or security program transformation efforts in over 50 M&A deals across multiple industries globally.

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Scammers impersonate execs to target big payout of investor dollars

SC Magazine

Researchers have spotted a new business email compromise (BEC) trend that, if perfected, could represent a significant social engineering threat to the financial investment and private equity community. For instance, Agari identified targets in the utilities retail, health care and legal sectors.

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