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

Security Affairs

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. You should always stop and verify.

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When Accounts are "Hacked" Due to Poor Passwords, Victims Must Share the Blame

Troy Hunt

Yesterday was a perfect example of that with 2 separate noteworthy stories adorning my early morning Twitter feed. This is when hackers try usernames and password combos leaked in data breaches at other companies, hoping that some users might have reused usernames and passwords across services.

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New SEC Cybersecurity Rules Could Affect Private Companies Too

eSecurity Planet

For example, in the Enron financial fraud, executives and board members claimed ignorance or that they could not understand the financial maneuvering of Enron’s CFO (chief financial officer). In an ideal world, a team should also have the time to perform drills or tabletop exercises to simulate an event and practice the reporting process.

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Spear Phishing Prevention: 10 Ways to Protect Your Organization

eSecurity Planet

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. It provides an additional degree of security beyond just a login and password. Pose as coworkers , superiors, or business partners.

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Understanding HIPAA: A Guide to Avoiding Common Violations

Armstrong Archives

For example, imagine a hospital employee accidentally shares a patient’s medical records with someone who shouldn’t have seen them. To prevent something like this from happening, it always helps to check the access logs and exercise control over who can view sensitive information like this.

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Break Down Information Silos With Cloud Storage and File Sharing

OneHub

Educate them on the issues that information silos are causing within your organization, and lay out the steps you plan to take to heal these divisions by increasing communication and cooperation. How can you break down silos? Address the problem directly and promote common goals. The first step to recovery is admitting there’s a problem.

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Expert Insight: Cliff Martin

IT Governance

Before that, he taught computer systems and network technologies in further and higher education. For DDoS [distributed denial-of-service] attacks, for example, it faced over 30% of attacks, making it the second-most attacked sector. Banking and finance also faced 12% of malware attacks. Also, security needn’t be expensive.

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