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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Phishing Social Engineering Authentication Security Awareness 87

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

This can occur due to data leakage through faulty apps or systems, by laptops or portable storage devices being lost, by malicious actors breaking through security defenses, by social engineering attacks, or by data being intercepted in man-in-the-middle attacks.

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Encryption Internet Internet Social Engineering 102

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

“This is typically achieved through social engineering attacks with spear phishing to gain initial access to a host before searching for other internal vulnerable targets. Just because your Exchange Server doesn’t have internet-facing authentication doesn’t mean it’s protected.”

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DDOS Engineering Authentication Social Engineering 99

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 15, 2024

It also teaches users about social engineering, phishing , and brute force attacks. Vulnerability assessment: HackerGPT makes it easier to analyze vulnerabilities by offering instructions on how to discover, prioritize, and mitigate security flaws.

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Mobile Hacking Education Cybersecurity 100

Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2022

AI-based attacks: Bot-based attacks are getting better at mimicking user activity, more easily breaching the low-security defenses of many IoT devices. Deepfakes in access controls: There are now ways to brute-force even the fingerprint biometrics on your phone.

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IoT Social Engineering Firmware Risk 98

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2019

It allows crooks to generate a malicious payload for social-engineering spam campaigns, the author was offering it as a service for a three-month license of $120. The macro might also purposely attempt to bypass endpoint security defenses. .

Malware 66

Malware Social Engineering Advertising Antivirus 66

Webroot

APRIL 15, 2021

However, in the MSP community, the Blue Teams are usually the technicians responsible for establishing the layered security defenses and then verifying their effectiveness. Blue Teams can be anyone inside or outside the organization. These are true hackers starting from nothing.

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Penetration Testing Social Engineering Security Defenses Marketing 83

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Insider Threats Malicious insiders may purposefully abuse their access privileges, whereas reckless insiders may accidentally expose critical data or misconfigure security settings. The lack of awareness, employee dissatisfaction, or social engineering attacks targeting an employee may all cause insider threats.

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Risk Backups Encryption DDOS 117

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Social Engineering or Phishing Test Report: The Volkis phishing campaign report provides good process details, but lacks graphical representation of the findings to reinforce easy understanding of the executive summary. Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Penetration Testing 89

Penetration Testing Computers and Electronics Risk Cybersecurity 89

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

BreachLock offers a wide range of services covering cloud , network , application , API , mobile, social engineering and third-party partner tests, and can help with SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 regulatory requirements too. Like BreachLock, ScienceSoft also offers a mix of manual and automated testing.

Penetration Testing 101

Penetration Testing Social Engineering Software Cyber Attacks 101

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 20, 2023

and different types of penetration tests (black box, gray box, white box, social engineering, etc.). Number of people: If an organization decides to pursue social engineering tests, the organization may be charged by the number of people in the organization (unless flat-rate or hourly charges are used).

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Penetration Testing Social Engineering Engineering eCommerce 78

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

These flaws can be exploited in a variety of ways, including weak passwords, software flaws, and social engineering attacks. It is critical to keep software and systems up to date with security fixes. Employee training in recognizing and resisting phishing and other social engineering efforts is also important.

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Data breaches Social Engineering Encryption Architecture 84

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Why It Matters Preventing social engineering attacks requires user awareness. Bottom Line: Optimize Network Security with Firewall Best Practices Firewalls are critical gatekeepers, blocking unwanted access and protecting networks from cyber dangers.

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Firewall Network Security Backups Education 108

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. Application security, information security, network security, disaster recovery, operational security, etc. Improved Data Security.

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Cybersecurity Identity Theft Encryption Antivirus 111

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“As organizations quickly adopt technologies like Okta Fastpass which uses biometrics for authentication instead of passwords, … we expect an increase in two areas: breaches caused by social engineering (already on the rise), and breaches caused by Insiders (already over 40% of all breaches).

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Cybersecurity CISO Government Technology 138

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Insider risks can be attributed to a lack of awareness, employee unhappiness, or social engineering attacks. Malicious insiders may also leverage successful phishing attempts or lax credential security, resulting in unauthorized access to cloud resources.

Risk 115

Risk DDOS Data breaches Encryption 115

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Explore the IT infrastructure analysis portion of our security checklist: Cybersecurity Training Cybersecurity training is a workforce initiative that helps all employees identify threats and potential attacks. Social engineering, for example, is a threat that makes use of human vulnerabilities for illegal access.

Risk 80

Risk Threat Detection Data breaches Encryption 80

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The gang infamously uses complex tactics and techniques to penetrate victim networks, such as exploitation of software vulnerabilities and social engineering. As with most cyberextortionists lately, the Cuba gang encrypts victims’ files and demands a ransom in exchange for a decryption key.

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Ransomware Encryption Malware DDOS 135

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Despite all the advances in cybersecurity, email remains the starting point for the vast majority of cyberattacks, as phishing, malware and social engineering remain effective attack techniques. That makes email security software a worthwhile investment for organizations of all sizes.

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Software Phishing Mobile Threat Detection 127

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

On February 24, the National Security Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) publicly warned that a threat actor had exploited a national documents circulation system (SEI EB) to distribute malicious documents to Ukrainian public authorities. Final thoughts.

Malware 139

Malware Spyware Government Social Engineering 139

Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It quietly makes its way past your security defenses into the heart of your data and keeps it hostage until you pay a ransom. Many of these attacks prey upon human nature by using social engineering tactics to trick a user into inadvertently allowing ransomware onto their system, under the guise of something legitimate.

Ransomware 83

Ransomware Passwords Encryption Phishing 83

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Examples of threatening traffic that IDPS solutions can combat include network intrusions, DDoS attacks, malware, and socially engineered attacks. Sometimes referred to as honeypots or honeytokens, it’s a great way for security teams to discover hackers before they do real damage.

Network Security 113

Network Security Penetration Testing Firewall Antivirus 113

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel, like a password manager. Unfortunately, while symmetric encryption is a faster method, it is also less secure because sharing the key exposes it to theft. This article was originally written by Sam Ingalls and published on May 26, 2022.

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Encryption Authentication Passwords Password Management 100

Spinone

MARCH 20, 2019

This is especially true in the world of security. The best security defenses can be totally compromised by a single individual making the wrong decision, either accidentally or knowingly. Security awareness training can help to educate end users on the various ways attackers utilize to compromise end user systems.

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Security Awareness Wireless Ransomware Passwords 70

SC Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

Today’s columnist, Yonatan Israel Garzon of Cyberint, says that the online boom during the pandemic has caused serious security issues for online retailers. He says they must tighten up security defenses and improve threat intelligence. Credit: Instatcart.

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Retail Scams Media Social Engineering 57

eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

In-house and third-party red teams refine penetration testing by targeting specific attack vectors, utilizing social engineering, and avoiding detection. Picus Security. Also Read: How to Conduct a Vulnerability Assessment: 5 Steps toward Better Cybersecurity. Red Teaming. San Francisco, CA. SafeBreach. Sunnyvale, CA.

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Penetration Testing Risk Technology Marketing 67