The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites. Byron: The economic impact of phishing, ransomware, business logic hacking, Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continues to be devastating.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 3, 2020

In particular, employees should refrain from transmitting confidential data through consumer services (storage, file sharing and collaborative editing services) or via consumer email services. Finally, employees should be particularly aware of phishing attempts that have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

“Someone was trying to phish employee credentials, and they were good at it,” Wired reported. “They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords. ” Twitter revealed that a key tactic of the group was “phone spear phishing” (a.k.a.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Compromised logins continue to facilitate cyber attacks at all levels, from phishing ruses to credential stuffing to enabling hackers to probe deep inside of a breached network. Username and password logins emerged as the go-to way to control access to network servers, business applications and Internet-delivered consumer services.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

INTERPOL operation targets global cyber crime Operation Synergia, an INTERPOL operation involving 60 law enforcement agencies from more than 50 countries, has identified 1,300 malicious command-and-control servers involved in phishing , malware and ransomware attacks.

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