Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2020

TOPIC: In this episode, Daniel takes a look at the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. 1) Utilizing stolen or brute- forced credentials; 2) exploiting vulnerabilities; and 3) using backdoors and Command and Control (C2) functionality. 22% involved phishing. The top 2 incident threat actions were DoS, and Phishing.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The vulnerability allows hackers to create malicious phishing attacks and inject code into user’s browsers. The Infosec Institute recently wrote a topic on the subject, which can be read here. Take a look at VentureBeat’s refresher on the topic here. Anthem Cyber Attack. Internet Explorer Vulnerability Discovered.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 6, 2023

So it's fitting that a recent SecureWorld webcast, sponsored by Spirion, tackles the topic of "Does ChatGPT Belong on Your Cyber Risk Register? Check out the on-demand Remote Sessions webcast and earn 1 CPE credit for attending. Some Legal Perspectives."

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Take a moment and do a quick search of stories on whatever topic is at hand. More Phishing Attacks. Phishing may seem like an ordinary part of online life, but it could also be the initial volley in a major cyberattack. It could target your employees, not your company. We’re all connected. More Disinformation.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Held in October, each week there will be a different focus on a key behavior: 1. Recognizing and reporting phishing 4. Updating software Cisco Duo is all about cybersecurity, so every week we’re going to publish a blog focused on those respective topics. Using strong passwords and a password manager 2.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

Internationally, there is no doubt that this predominantly serves to facilitate the detection and blocking of topics sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party, such as the events of June 4, 1989, in Tiananmen Square. Credential harvesting attacks via phishing emails are now a daily occurrence. Password leaks are commonplace.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 18, 2023

The informative booth sessions include Jason Keenaghan , Director of IAM Product Management, on ‘Self-Sovereign Identity: Gateway to Privacy-First User Experience’, a joint session with Microsoft and Sarah Lefavrais , Manager, IAM Product Marketing, on the ‘Executive Order 14028 x Phishing Resistant Authentication = True Zero Trust’.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 30, 2023

A new Cloudflare phishing report notes that most of the 1 billion brand impersonation emails the company detected “passed” SPF, DKIM, and DMARC email authentication protocols. At the same time, an organization is also quite likely to fall for business email compromise and phishing attacks from their vendors.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 11, 2021

Part 1: Top threat categories. After examining topics such as the MITRE ATT&CK framework , LOLBins , and others, this release will look at DNS traffic to malicious sites. Such information can inform on where to dedicate resources, such as topics requiring security training or areas to build threat hunting playbooks.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

However, traditional financial threats – such as banking malware and financial phishing, continue to take up a significant share of such financially-motivated cyberattacks. BlueNoroff developed an elaborate phishing campaign that targeted startups and distributed malware for stealing all crypto in the account tied to the device.

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

In this report, we cover PC and mobile threats as well as various phishing schemes that capitalize on popular games. Additionally, we checked our database for gaming-related spam campaigns and phishing schemes that are used in the wild. 1. Apex Legends. 22. Battlefield 1. Methodology. 3. Chivalry 2.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 7, 2023

Phishing attacks Phishing attacks are used to access sensitive information. In the recruitment world, phishing attacks trick recruiters as well as candidates into revealing sensitive information, such as their Social Security numbers and passwords. 4 ways to prevent data breaches in recruitment 1.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 20, 2023

While the financial data of the customers is reportedly safe, the compromised billing details can be aptly exploited by cybercriminals for sophisticated spear phishing attacks aimed, amongst other things, to steal 2FA tokens from other systems. See details here.]

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Researchers provide four attack scenarios that could follow a situation like this: Scenario 1: Tweets and their subsequent retweets gain global attention. So, a Twitter bot army can be used to spread misinformation on any topic ranging from vaccines to elections, thereby affecting millions across the globe.

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

Since cryptocurrencies were, are and will continue to be impactful technologies, surely NFTs are a topic worth exploring. Except, whereas each unit of a cryptocurrency is mutually interchangeable (1 Dogecoin always equals 1 Dogecoin, for instance), NFTs are designed to be completely unique.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 15, 2024

It provides extensive insights into cybersecurity topics to guide users through offensive strategies like Wi-Fi network attacks using specialized tools. The successful facilitation of responses generally includes these seven steps: Step 1: User Query A user interacts with the tool by entering a cybersecurity-related command or query.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

More than 1 billion suspicious messages and spam texts have been sent in the Philippines in 2022 so far. These messages run the usual range of phishing and fraudulent transaction attempts. It’s the very definition of a “blowing hot and cold” topic. Hitting spam with the registration hammer.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 8, 2023

Of those respondents seeing an increase in attacks, 59% report increases in malware, 48% an increase in ransomware, and 43% have seen a rise in phishing attacks. 55% of respondents who experienced a recent cloud data breach said human error is the #1 root cause of cloud data breaches.

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Cisco Security

MAY 14, 2021

Few security topics have elicited as much mythology as pipeline security incidents. A few months later, homes in greater Boston started to explode resulting in at least 1 tragic death and again much confusion. Given the lack of pricing and delivery information, deliveries were stopped. No pipeline equipment was touched—full stop.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 14, 2023

This is Part 2 of a three-part series tackling the topic of generative AI tools. This is perhaps why, even today, phishing remains a top threat to businesses. In fact, the FBI's 2021 Internet Crime Report highlighted the staggering success of phishing and its variations (e.g., Recommendations for ethical AI development 1.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 7, 2018

As of a few months ago, 38% of the world's top 1 million websites were served over HTTPS and that figure was up by a third in only 6 months, a trend that's continued for some time now. Last year, I wrote a long piece on certs and phishing which I'll come back to and talk about more a little later on. It has a padlock!

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SecureWorld News

MAY 5, 2023

The City of Dallas, Texas, was forced to shut down police communications and IT systems on Monday morning, May 1, due to a suspected ransomware attack. Tuma is teaching a PLUS training course on May 17, the day prior to the SecureWorld Houston conference, on the topic of " Real-World Cyber Risk Management and Resilience Planning."

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SecureList

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The attacker challenge was split into two tracks — Anti-Malware Evasion and Anti-Phishing Evasion. In the Anti-Phishing Evasion team there were two more data scientists — Vladislav Tushkanov and Dmitry Evdokimov. Phishing Track. In the phishing track the task was to modify 10 (synthetic) phishing samples (i.e.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 19, 2021

They were already commonplace and a relatively straightforward tactic for cybercriminals, who lock on to topical stories in the news and attempt to gain access to sensitive information or release viruses onto the network. These are fake but realistic emails sent to employees about current events which try to get them to click a link.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 7, 2023

This is Part 1 of a three-part series tackling the topic of generative AI tools. text deepfake, spear phishing, etc.). This first installment is "Safeguarding Ethical Development in ChatGPT and Other LLMs through a Comprehensive Approach: Integrating Security, Psychological Considerations, and Governance."

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 11, 2020

Let's explore this topic further. The story garnered local coverage and offered insights on possible attack vectors: "According to the city, a preliminary investigation shows the ransomware entered the city's network through a phishing scam or brute force, and looks like a random attack.". Ransomware attack on Colorado city.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The group made use of COVID-19 themes in its spear-phishing emails, embellishing them with personal information gathered using publicly available sources. In this attack, spear phishing was used as the initial infection vector. The phishing emails claimed to have urgent updates on today’s hottest topic – COVID-19 infections.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Putting employees in a situation that mirrors a real-life attack, whether it be phishing emails or data breaches, gives them an opportunity to practice how they would respond should the real thing occur. — About the Author: PJ Bradley is a writer on a wide variety of topics, passionate about learning and helping people above all else.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2018

This, to me, was the most impactful demo not just because it resulted in pushing malware and phishing attacks to the target website, but because it shows just how much control an attacker can take over the browsing experience of victims on that site. Is it needed? Does it do any good? What's it actually protecting?

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

The goal of the infiltration team is to build a map of interactions between individuals and understand possible topics of interest. A document sent from one colleague to another on a topic, which is currently being discussed, is unlikely to trigger any suspicion. Infection chain #1. Windows shortcut. Infection chain.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 16, 2024

Qualys’ Threat Research Unit has a comprehensive review of the past year, covering the vulnerability threat landscape, top vulnerability types, top MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques, and other topics. MORE How an email greeting policy can thwart phishing scams. MORE Europol’s IOCTA special report looks into online fraud.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

All you have to do is select online cybersecurity programs you need depending on your goals: 1. Format: Bite-sized videos with short quizzes after each topic. This course covers a broad range of security topics, explaining it with a simple language. The list will save your time and make a choice easier.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Throughout the last year, we’ve seen huge spikes in phishing, malicious domains, malware and more, and we don’t expect that to slow down. For example, a phishing email might drop a botnet/Trojan that listens for domain credentials. This is the #1 most important advice I can offer. It’s that preparation that’s going to be key.”

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Ransomware is kind of one of those kitchen table sort of topics. Educate and defend against phishing attacks. Whether it's ransomware, BEC, or many other kinds of cyberattacks, phishing is often the common denominator. The SecureWorld News team has compiled a few things you can do at your organization.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) [1], an industry publication that analyzes cybersecurity incident and data breach event data from around the world, found that over 99% of all events fall into one of eight major categories: Patterns over time in cybersecurity incidents. Password stuffing, cracking, guessing, spraying.

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Zigrin Security

JUNE 28, 2023

value="([^"]+)"/g; t = r.exec(d)[1]; r = /_csrfToken.*?value="([^"]+)"/g; value="([^"]+)"/g; c = r.exec(d)[1]; $.post(u, To do these, reflected XSS vulnerabilities can be used to create realistic-looking phishing pages that trick users into disclosing their sensitive information. get(u, function(d) { r = /_Token[fields]".*?value="([^"]+)"/g;

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

If there is someone who teaches there is at least another one who learn and by learning he will increase his knowledge on the topic. Section 1: The certainty. However she doesn’t know when the cyber attack will happen, what infrastructures the attacker will hit and what technique the attacker will use (phishing, exploiting, scam, etc).

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