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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." New-school security awareness training with simulated phishing tests enables your employees to recognize increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks and builds a strong security culture. We must ask: 'Is the email expected? Is the from address legit?

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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

The breach of a CFO’s home smart speaker Through the course of 2020, IoT-enabled attacks have manifested new wrinkles. In one very recent caper, the attackers targeted the CFO of a financial services firm, as he worked from home, Sherman says. The attackers successfully got a foothold on the exec’s MacBook.

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Cybersecurity Standards for the Insurance Sector – A New Patchwork Quilt in the US?

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

For example, the New York Department of Financial Services (‘NYDFS’) in March 2017 issued its Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500) (‘the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation’), a groundbreaking and far-reaching regulatory regime focused on financial institutions licensed in New York, including insurance companies.

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SHARED INTEL: Microsoft discloses how the Nobelium hacking ring engages in routine phishing

The Last Watchdog

This of course is how they get a toehold to go deeper. Microsoft said it notified the targeted 150 organizations, which included “IT companies (57%), followed by government (20%), and smaller percentages for non-governmental organizations and think tanks, as well as financial services.” Simple techniques.

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

KnowBe4

Perhaps more importantly, do you know how effective new-school security awareness training is as a mission-critical layer in your security stack? million simulated phishing security tests. Get tricked into giving away their credentials or download malware? million users across 35,681 organizations with over 32.1