eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Spear phishing is a more targeted and effective phishing technique that attempts to exploit specific individuals or groups within an organization. While phishing uses a broader range of tactics, such as mass emailing to random recipients, spear phishing is often well-researched and tailored to high-value targets.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This tool, from Cofense, proactively engages employees via simulated attacks based on real-time threats for various phishing tactics. Wide varieties of scenarios are offered to make the employees more aware of such attacks. PhishMe’s online forum provides a series of scenarios, landing pages, attachments and educational pages.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 | July 5th, 2023 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains A year-long phishing campaign has been uncovered that impersonates 100+ popular clothing, footwear, and apparel brands using at least 10 fake domains impersonating each brand.

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IT Governance

JULY 3, 2019

Phishing scams aren’t as compelling as some of the more sophisticated attacks that you read about. After all, every unusual email you receive could be a phishing scam, whether it’s an account reset message from Amazon or a work request from your boss. Sustained threat of spear phishing. Think you’re not susceptible to phishing?

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KnowBe4

MAY 21, 2019

Here’s another, this one offering four pieces of advice for security awareness training managers based on the findings of the DBIR. Educate the Execs. This means security awareness managers cannot exempt executives from training. Turn Employees into Phish Fighters. Short answer: get creative.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 | May 31st, 2023 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks With attackers knowing financial fraud-based phishing attacks are best suited for the one industry where the money is, this massive spike in attacks should both surprise you and not surprise you at all.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #08 | February 21st, 2023 [Heads Up] Reddit Is the Latest Victim of a Spear Phishing Attack Resulting in a Data Breach There is a lot to learn from Reddit's recent data breach, which was the result of an employee falling for a "sophisticated and highly-targeted" spear phishing attack.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2022

Twenty years ago, Saturday Night Live nailed a tendency in IT to be overly absorbed in tech-speak and to do a poor job of educating users. A recent experience highlighted that security awareness training and most alerts to users about unsafe practices may be making the error of being too general. I was intrigued.

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KnowBe4

AUGUST 5, 2019

My colleagues at MediaPRO and I have historically had loads to say about the importance of security awareness, and there’s always more to say on that subject. More and more I’m hearing talk of “culture change” and of “creating security cultures”—conversations that go well beyond mere awareness. I’m sure you’re asking.

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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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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Our recently released 2018 State of Privacy and Security Awareness Report found that 75% of U.S. employees lack at least some awareness toward threats to cybersecurity and data privacy. As part of this research, we asked a variety of questions to test respondents’ knowledge of phishing emails. Our Phishing Findings.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Filling these vacancies has become a security imperative, and several global compliance mandates have been established to tackle the issue. For example, in the US, the 2023-2025 CISA Cybersecurity Strategic Plan aims to increase basic-level cyber skills across the country, transform cyber education and boost the cyber workforce.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

As an example, in Basic Web Application Attacks, the use of stolen credentials was involved in 86% of attacks. A specific example of their actions involved using a fake job offer to trick a startup into losing over $600 million. Or will they report the suspected phish and play an active role in your human defense layer?

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

A cardplayer yawns when they're about to bluff, for example, or someone's pupils dilate when they've successfully drawn a winning card. In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. Now they're more targeted, more cunning and more dangerous.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

We already know that 10% of threats get past security solutions, so we're left with educating the user to stop attacks. Despite 71% of the survey respondents stating they had security awareness training in place, 40% do not conduct regular training, 16% only perform ad hoc training, and 9% only push training when an incident occurs.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For example, in the U.S., CONTINUED] at the KnowBe4 blog: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Get a look at THREE NEW FEATURES and see how easy it is to train and phish your users. All with just one click!

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2019

See also: Government surveys further education providers before Brexit. Cyber criminals will continue to use Brexit as a topic when conducting phishing scams , such as claiming that forms or questionnaires need to be completed quickly as part of Brexit preparations. UK data protection law and Brexit.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 27, 2023

With workplaces in transition, some scammers are using texts to perpetrate old-school forms of fraud – for example, fake 'mystery shopper' jobs or bogus money-making offers for driving around with cars wrapped in ads," the report says. Get a look at FOUR NEW FEATURES and see how easy it is to train and phish your users.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

For example, Mitnik received eight months in solitary confinement because a federal judge was convinced that Mitnick could hack into U.S. Mitnik claimed that the government was less worried about the accuracy of the charges and more worried about making an example of Mitnik to discourage other hackers.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Phish You for Information to Supposedly Get a Gift Card. Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing. Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Get a look at THREE NEW FEATURES and see how easy it is to train and phish your users. Did You Know?

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

For many end-users, the frustrating thing about the Viasat hack is that, unlike with a phishing attack, there was nothing they could have done to prevent it. The packages themselves weren't malicious, but they contained README text files with links to phishing sites. Checkmarx has notified NPM's security team about the campaign.

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The Falcon's View

AUGUST 29, 2017

For those unfamiliar with Fogg's work, he started out doing research on Persuasive Technology back in the 90s, which has become the basis for most modern uses of technology to influence people (for example, use of Facebook user data to influence the 2016 US Presidential Election). release, expected sometime soon).

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 2, 2019

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is the perfect time to think holistically about security awareness. National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is well underway! A cybersecure workforce does not come from a one-and-done approach to teaching security best practices. We certainly hope not! Our advice?

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Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

For example, the number of breaches of unsecured electronic Personal Health Information (“ePHI”) reported to the OCR affecting 500 or more individuals due to hacking or IT incidents increased 45% from 2019 to 2020. implement a security awareness and training program for all workforce members pursuant to the HIPAA Security Rule.

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The Falcon's View

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Most security awareness programs and practices are horrible BS. After all, awareness budgets are tiny, the people running these programs tend to be poorly trained and uneducated, and in general there's a ton of misunderstanding about the point of these programs (besides checking boxes). Awareness as Communication.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

This includes protecting diverse technological assets, such as software, hardware, devices, and cloud resources, from potential security flaws like malware, ransomware, theft, phishing assaults, and bots. Social engineering, for example, is a threat that makes use of human vulnerabilities for illegal access.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 9, 2023

WithSecure Elements Vulnerability Management automatically reports activities such as phishing sites, third-party scams, and brand violations. Best for: Small businesses that want to incorporate employee security awareness too. Smart IT and security personnel often keep a few of these tools handy for troubleshooting.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Policies, procedures, and user training : educate users, IT staff, and security teams regarding expectations, rules of behavior, standards, and methods of maintaining security and addressing incidents. For example, hackers can use packet sniffers or a phishing link using a man-in-the-middle attack.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

These core functions are helpful in describing the benchmarks by which an organization may evaluate its information security program, cybersecurity preparedness, and maturity.

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