SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. Amid the current threat landscape, Kaspersky has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the financial risks, pinpointing key trends and providing recommendations to effectively mitigate risks and enhance security posture.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 29, 2022

Although businesses in all sectors are actively adopting security controls like identity and access management to protect their data and resources, technology is evolving at such a fast pace that humans cannot keep up. It is not only technology that is evolving. Security analytics and customer experience are essential.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

The phishers will explain that they’re calling from the employer’s IT department to help troubleshoot issues with the company’s virtual private networking (VPN) technology. Allen said it matters little to the attackers if the first few social engineering attempts fail. The employee phishing page bofaticket[.]com.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

Today’s columnist, Rob Shavell of Abine, points out that better employee training about deepfake technology can possibly stop the famous 2019 case where a UK executive was duped by phone into transferring $200,000+ to a Hungarian bank, but companies also need to do a better job of managing the personal information of employees.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published updated recommendations for phishing simulations in security awareness training programs. So deleting an email offering 25% off at Ed’s Golf Cart Repair Shop doesn’t mean a user is an expert at spotting scams. 5, Section 5.3 (pg.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Hackers, never at a loss for creative deception, have engineered new tactics for exploiting the weakest links in the cybersecurity chain: ourselves! Social engineering and business email compromise (BEC) are two related cyberattack vectors that rely on human error to bypass the technology defenses businesses deploy to deter malware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

Peter Oggel, Chief Technology Officer, Irdeto. In this context, the prime risks are the responsibility and role of employees in ensuring data and information security. We repeatedly say that companies need to invest significantly in advanced protection tools and security awareness, including a Zero Trust approach.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

A recently discovered phishing scam that convincingly impersonates the Microsoft Windows logo with an HTML table serves as a new reminder of how social engineers can abuse various elements in emails to fool both human recipients and certain security solutions. A Microsoft building in Europe.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Back in the day, security training was largely reserved for IT security specialists and then extended to include IT personnel in general. These days, all employees need to be well educated in security best practices and good habits if the organization wishes to steer clear of ransomware and malware. Key Differentiators.

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SC Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been a strong proponent for average users facing phishing scams, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the right security protocols and technology, employees can become the company’s greatest security defense. WorldEconomicForum CreativeCommons CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. People get hacked.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Cyberattacks are growing more complex as technology advances. It can be challenging for defences to distinguish between insider threats and regular user activity since insider threats employ genuine accounts, passwords, and IT technologies. These findings imply that security teams should prepare for them in 2023.

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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. Hackers are routinely attempting novel ways to infiltrate corporate networks so it’s important to ensure that your employees are aware of how their online behavior can make them – and you – more vulnerable.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

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. However, for now the scam isn’t executed especially well, Hassold noted.

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Scams Security Awareness Social Engineering Banking 88

SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

These research findings have widespread implications for the security community in understanding how threat actors are not only manipulating generative AI platforms for malicious purposes but also creating entirely new platforms based on the same technology, specifically designed to do their ill-bidding.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Cybercriminals are masters at using technology and psychology to exploit basic human trust and compromise businesses of all sizes. While cybersecurity advice is often focused on technology like endpoint protection, firewalls and anti-virus, it’s important to remember that behind every breach is a human. Who is the Impersonator?

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Scams Phishing Firewall Social Engineering 108

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

This method involves using emails, social media, instant messaging, and other platforms to manipulate users into revealing personal information or performing actions that can lead to network compromise, data loss, or financial harm. social engineering tactics and strange sender behaviors), they also use artificial intelligence algorithms.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This time of year also brings a surge of promotional scams. With the increase of malware related scams mentioned at the outset, it is important to be on guard when searching through our inbox. If you mistype a website by accident, there may be a scam website deliberately misspelled to catch accidental web traffic.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

When openly available to the public, such information can be gathered and exploited in phishing, BEC and impersonation campaigns to craft more convincing scams. By no means does your social media presence have to be anonymous or vanilla. Meanwhile, 93% of survey participants said that they set an OOO message while on vacation.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

In the not-so-distant past, banks dealt with online and account takeover fraud, where hackers stole passwords and used phishing scams to target specific individuals. With technologies like AI, you can now measure the risk across the entire digital channel and user base. And that allows us to do more security awareness.”.

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Banking Mobile Accountability Artificial Intelligence 147

SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in March released its 2020 Internet Crime Report with updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC), Email Account Compromise (EAC), and COVID-19 scams. Security pros know better. Tips for security leaders. There’s no single security solution that will stop all email attacks.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Falling for social engineering scams that trick users into giving away too much information, often to a phone caller. Whether it’s not following the rules, not paying enough attention, or setting up computers or networks without security in mind, hackers won’t waste a second in pouncing on these vulnerabilities.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

The attack has spanned a wide range of industry sectors, including manufacturing, real estate, finance, government and technology, and nearly 74% of businesses known to be targeted were located in America. ” In many cases, executives are even granted higher privileges or use their rank to be excluded from other security controls.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Digital Shadows reports that out of its total client base, businesses operating in the financial services, food and beverage, technology, health care, and insurance verticals were responsible for nearly half of all total risk events observed. “We There are lots of different ways to go through the whole takedown process,” said Nikkel.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

appeared first on Security Boulevard. Pay no attention to that man: State Dept. Global Engagement Centre chief James Rubin (pictured) follows the yellow brick road. The post US Will Fight Russian Disinformation — Hacks and Leaks and Deepfakes, Oh My!

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

During these conversations, cybercriminals employed social engineering techniques to gain access not only to the internal network of the company, but also to tools that enabled them to manage Twitter user accounts. Examples of scam messages on Twitter. Utilize anti-spam and anti-phishing technologies.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 10, 2022

The post Truths and Myths of Privacy, Fake Shopping Apps, Borat RAT Malware appeared first on The Shared Security Show. Scott and Tom explain why privacy isn’t dead, why should everyone should care about their privacy, and how you should respond to someone that says “I don’t care about privacy, I have nothing to hide!”.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 9, 2023

The platform’s unique fingerprinting technology curtails scans to relevant application and device types. Web crawling technology covers the entire attack surface, including the network, assets, and the deep web. Holm Security VMP. Best for: Small businesses that want to incorporate employee security awareness too.

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