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Ransomware realities in 2023: one employee mistake can cost a company millions

Security Affairs

Based on Ransomlooker, a free Cybernews tool for monitoring the dark web and other hidden areas of the internet, 64% of organizations have already suffered from a ransomware attack. This is happening despite an exponential increase in organizational cyber training over the past decade.

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How to Prevent Malware: 15 Best Practices for Malware Prevention

eSecurity Planet

About 90% of cyber attacks begin with a phishing email, text or malicious link, so training users not to click on anything they’re not sure about could have the highest return on investment (ROI) of any prevention technique — if those training efforts are successful and reinforced.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Digital Forensics

ForAllSecure

For instance, he formulated the first principle of forensic science: "Every contact leaves a trace" which is perhaps better known as Locard's exchange principle. Ihe first suite of digital forensic tools that I became aware of in the early 2000s was The Coroner's Toolkit. Who are you going to call for help?

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. 1 Root Cause of Data Breaches

KnowBe4

So, what does the report say about the most common threat actions that are involved in data breaches? CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 | June 20th, 2023 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. According to Verizon, stolen credentials were the "most popular entry point for breaches."

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #15 [The New Face of Fraud] FTC Sheds Light on AI-Enhanced Family Emergency Scams

KnowBe4

Share with friends, family and co-workers: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. Protecting your network from this growing threat is more important than ever. "Don't Trust The Voice" The FTC explains: "Artificial intelligence is no longer a far-fetched idea out of a sci-fi movie. We're living with it, here and now.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Threat Modeling

ForAllSecure

Having a common framework around vulnerabilities, around threats , helps us understand the infosec landscape better. Adam Shostack has a new book, Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars. that uses both Star Wars and STRIDE to help engineers under vulnerabilities and threats in software development.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Why Are Blue Team Hackers More L33T?

ForAllSecure

So you’re in your SOC, your security operations center. You spend your time defending all aspects of the organization, then one day this hacker comes in and sees that blindspot, the one you can’t see, that one corner of the network that is exposed, that is vulnerable. government -- hacking the U.S. Google Podcasts.