ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. Almost all of them come into this where and when I'm saying Trick question that's not on you. GRAY: Absolutely.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

Such was related to a worldwide malware operation known as NullMixer, a controversial and widespread malware delivery maneuver based on SEO poisoning and social engineering technique to lure tech-savvy users, including IT personnel. Filename: KiffAppE2.exe exe Hash: 53f9c2f2f1a755fc04130fd5e9fcaff4 The “KiffAppE2.exe”

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KnowBe4

JUNE 27, 2023

"What's more, they may ask for personal information like Social Security numbers, setting people up for possible identity theft." Finally, scammers impersonate Amazon and send fake security alerts to trick victims into sending money. Fake gift card offers took second place, followed by phony package delivery problems. But oopsie!

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KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

link] Mid-Sized Businesses Lack the Staffing, Expertise, and Resources to Defend Against Cyberattacks Mid-sized businesses – those with 250 to 2000 employees – don't appear to have what they need to fend off attacks in a number of critical ways. Don't trust the voice. Call the person who supposedly contacted you and verify the story.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

To kick off the session, SANS Fellow and Director Ed Skoudis touched on the software integrity conundrum. Department of Homeland Security is the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), charged with being the nation’s risk advisor for cyber and physical risk and working to strengthen national security resilience.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

APTs will contain a cyberattack component, but APTs also commonly include confidence schemes, social engineering , physical access to facilities , bribes, extortion, and other methods to gain system access. Phishing commonly tricks users into disclosing their login credentials or executing malware on their computers.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 15, 2019

Emails requesting password resets for social media accounts, online banking, you name it. These are just a few ways scammers use social engineering to bypass technological safeguards and compromise sensitive data. The strategies are many and recent industry research continues to show how effective these attacks are.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

link] Cyber Insurance: Is Paying a Ransom Counter-Productive? million in funding for a program designed to uplift cybersecurity for 50,000 small businesses with a cyber warden program. What we can do is limit the effectiveness and frequency of ransomware by increasing basic cyber awareness. By Jacqueline Jayne.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

Social engineering is involved in 70% to 90% of successful compromises. Spear phishing is when a social engineering attacker uses personal or confidential information they have learned about a potential victim or organization in order to more readily fool the victim into performing a harmful action. This is that fact: ".spear

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

One risk of the AI language models is that they can be adapted to perform social engineering at scale. link] [Eyes Wide Shut] Fed Powell's Call with Russian Pranksters Exposed as Social Engineering It was all over the news. Fed's Jerome Powell was social engineered by Russian pranksters posing as Zelensky.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Since the notice does imply that only a single employee fell victim, we have to make a few assumptions about this attack: The attacker had some knowledge of Reddit's internal workings – The fact that the attacker can spoof an intranet gateway shows they had some familiarity with the gateway's look and feel, and its use by Reddit employees.

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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

[link] [Finger on the Trigger] How the FBI Nuked Russian FSB's Snake Data Theft Malware The Five Eyes member nations' cybersecurity and intelligence agencies dismantled the infrastructure of the Snake cyber-espionage malware that was operated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). Grimes , Data-Driven Defense Evangelist.

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