The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

The Russian government, military, and intelligence service may wish to achieve some operational effect, for example, disrupting the power grid or interfering with telecommunications infrastructure, which may be part of a larger war plan. Educate your employees on threats and risks such as phishing and malware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. The group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.”

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

One example can be found on Telegram, wherein a member who favors the handle “ Bug ” has for the past month been selling access to various police and government email accounts. And it tracked the activities of a teenage hacker from the United Kingdom who was reportedly arrested multiple times for sending fake EDRs.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 11, 2023

Today, I want to share some examples that highlight IBM’s 2022 progress in the area of social impact. Educational pathways are critical to opening windows of opportunities for all people, regardless of age or education level. Businesses should make equity in the workplace a priority.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2021

The question isn’t whether we should educate children about online safety, but how we can best inspire them to learn to be thoughtful, careful, and safe in the cyber world for their lifetime. For example, kids may understand that a thief can break into a house through a window to steal something. Lead by example.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

BlueCharlie primarily focuses operations on defense and intelligence consulting companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), think tanks, and higher education. Some examples are cloudrootstorage[.]com, com, directexpressgateway[.]com, com, storagecryptogate[.]com,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

Some examples include Microsoft Exchange, Salesforce, SharePoint, SQL, Spiceworks, VMware Horizon, and VoIP. “With this level of detail, impersonating network or internal hosts would be far simpler for an attacker, especially since the devices often contain VPN credentials or other easily cracked authentication tokens.”

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

authentication to gather endpoint information for reporting and enforcement. For example, encryption keys, administrator passwords, and other critical information are stored in the Azure Key Vault in FIPS 140-2 Level 2-validated hardware security modules (HSMs). Agents Portnox does not require an agent.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. Why should employers educate employees about cyber security? or.con rather than.com, for example. Verify domain names – they could end in.co

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

One shocking statistic is that, even though 55% of the retailers had experienced a breach, only 33% of retailers prioritized multi-factor authentication (MFA) as the most effective method for preventing cyberattacks. Despite the above findings, retailers are pretty serious about the security of their businesses.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is from a direct perspective – to enable a supply chain attack, for example – but also because of poor password habits. For starters, user accounts should have MFA [multifactor authentication] enabled where possible – not just at work, but also at home. My best guess is that these are more lucrative targets to criminals.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 6, 2022

MITRE said its goal is to help professionals handle and mitigate various risks, which includes software for “architects, designers, developers, testers, users, project managers, security researchers, educators,” and many other contributors. Attacks based on Race Condition weaknesses have significantly increased (+11 spots).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Update your Zimbra webmail A classic example of fake technical support for urgent Zimbra application updates. About the author: Salvatore Lombardo Electronics engineer and Clusit member, for some time now, espousing the principle of conscious education, he has been writing for several online magazine on information security.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For example, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires security features such as encryption to protect patients’ health information. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires encryption or equivalent security measures to protect private student records.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Furthermore, at the time of the publication, the system did not use any authentication method upon access.” This gave the attackers easy access to the system and the ability to modify any value in the system, allowing them, for example, to tamper with the water pressure, change the temperature and more.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 9, 2022

That’s why we are suspending your account in 48h if you don’t complete the authentication process.”. When users enter their email address and password, the site states: “Authenticity Check is completed, your account has been proved authentic by our automatic system, all current problems are resolved”.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an event designed to educate people about information security and the steps they can take to stay safe online. The campaign also highlights the benefits of multi-factor authentication, strong passwords and regularly updating software. How IT Governance can help.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 10, 2022

The CTDPA exempts certain entities, including, for example, state and local government entities, nonprofits, higher education institutions, financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLB”), and qualifying covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”).

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There are multiple examples of ransomware groups doing just that after security researchers crowed about finding vulnerabilities in their ransomware code. This is not an idle concern. “The minute you announce you’ve got a decryptor for some ransomware, they change up the code,” James said.

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IT Governance

JULY 6, 2022

Ideally, examples should be used to make the lessons clearer. One of the most common examples of interactive learning is gamification. For example, you could have a quiz with a leader board showing how everyone in the organisation or each department performed. Take information security staff awareness for instance. Learn more.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

Using Thales as an example, each subscription to our key management service , CipherTrust Data Security as a Service, is backed by a Luna Cloud HSM for a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 root of trust. It authenticates the user and ensures all requests are authorized before forwarding them to the key management system.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 15, 2023

In general, vulnerabilities will typically include: Broken authentication Human error Injection vulnerabilities Misconfigurations Missing encryption Missing software updates or patches Zero-day exposures Report Once the asset scans have been completed, you will prepare an asset inventory that identifies all business-critical assets.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Downloading an attachment would, for example, infect the target device with a virus, which could enable hackers to gain access to confidential data, credentials, and networks. Email Authentication and Security Methods Organizations can combat spear phishing through email authentication protocols and security strategies.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

When users attempt to log in, the phishing page uses the EvilProxy AITM (adversary-in-the-middle) kit to intercept requests between the legitimate website and the user, enabling it to steal credentials and session cookies that it can then use to bypass multifactor authentication when impersonating the victim on the legitimate website.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

For example, Amazon.com is depicted as Amaz0n.com, or something.gov.us Enable multi-factor authentication on all your accounts. He likes to educate people about the latest technological threats. Here are a few factors you can look for to verify whether a website is fake or real: •Check the website’s URL.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

Social Engineering Attack Example You receive an email that appears to be from your bank, asking you to click on a link to update your account information. The link takes you to a website that looks identical to your bank's website, but is actually a fake. Infection - The malware infects the system and the criminal hacker gains control.

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Collibra

OCTOBER 27, 2020

A few common examples are attention-grabbing phishing emails, such as a fraudulent call for help from what appears to be a manager asking the target to urgently send money, or a communication from a familiar-looking source prompting the targeted individual to click on a link that opens that person’s devices and data to hackers. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

“For example, the same Telegram channel offered the credentials for a bank account with $1,400 in it for $110, whereas access to an account with a balance of $49,000 was put up for $700.” These bots allows phishers to bypass 2FA (two-factor authentication) protections automatically. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

It also concluded that the top three cybersecurity reasons that respondents use AI now are for network intrusion detection and prevention, fraud detection and secure user authentication. AI could also assist sectors that cybercriminals frequently target, such as the education industry.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For example, one of the most active accounts targeted in this week’s social network crackdown is the Instagram profile “ Trusted ,” self-described as “top-tier professional middleman/escrow since 2014.” WHAT YOU CAN DO.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Twilio provided an example of one of the fraudulent text messages. Security researchers at WithSecure discovered a series of phishing attacks that were stealing browser cookies to take advantage of authenticated Facebook sessions. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

We have taken steps across our technology, processes and employee education, to help prevent these types of attacks in the future.” For maximum security on your domains, consider adopting some or all of the following best practices: -Use 2-factor authentication, and require it to be used by all relevant users and subcontractors. -In

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Authentication guarantees that users are who they say they are, typically through usernames and passwords or multi-factor authentication (MFA). Authorization governs what activities users are permitted to take after being authenticated. To enhance security in a public cloud environment: Use strong authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This typically happens on dynamic web pages, which frequently change or can be actively manipulated by users (for example, a search bar where users can type queries). An example of reflected XSS would be a threat actor intercepting a software engineer’s request parameters to access a popular engineering application.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Example of exposed database access credentials: Note: Our researchers did not access any unsecured databases due to the potential ethical implications of accessing private databases without authorization. The importance of educating support staff on responsible disclosure. What’s the impact? Disclosure.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an early example of this. Conversations no longer stay within one platform: they can meander from email to text messages to Teams, for example. For eDiscovery, this means better evidence integrity and easier defense of the authenticity of digital records.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 18, 2024

To avoid falling victim to a QR code scam, users should be educated and trained in cybersecurity best practices, including specific training in how to recognize the telltale signs of phishing. By adopting best practices and remaining vigilant, we can safely enjoy the benefits of QR codes and avoid potential dangers.

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