IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2023

Ransomware spreads through a target’s systems, encrypting files as it goes. IT Governance Podcast 2023-7: Capita, ChatGPT and TikTok (yet again) 5th April 2023 How to Prevent Malware Attacks: 8 Tips for 2023 5th April 2023 List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in March 2023 – 41.9 A subset of this is social network spam.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 16, 2024

Video Podcast ] | [ MP3 ] | [ Transcript ] Cyber attacks on critical infrastructure have gone, in the past two decades from the hypothetical, to the actual, to the epidemic. Today, malicious actors from cybercriminal ransomware gangs to nation-state affiliated hacking groups are teeing up vulnerable operational technology (OT) environments.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

Grimes Teaches Ransomware Mitigation Cyber-criminals have become thoughtful about ransomware attacks; taking time to maximize your organization's potential damage and their payoff. Join Roger for this thought-provoking webinar to learn what you can do to prevent, detect, and mitigate ransomware. or UK government authority."

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

The revenue comes through advertising, with YouTube inserting commercials in their videos. The message contains the subject line “Changes in YouTube rules and policies | Check the description”, and includes a video that has been shared with the user. YouTube has said its team are investigating the phishing campaign. “We’re

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Ransomware will continue to increase. The complexity of ransomware is such that there have been decoders released by attackers that have bugs that prevent the decryption of the data. With better audio and video simulations, phishing will move on from email and text to things like Facebook videos.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

April saw a ransomware gang bucking the much-repeated advice given by cyber security researchers that criminal hackers target vulnerabilities rather than specific organisations. By comparison, a report published last year found that US firms pay $6 million on average in ransomware demands. Source: Security Affairs.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Damian recently updated our Ransomware Staff Awareness E-learning Course – a 30-minute, non-technical course that’s suitable for all staff. Over Q4 2023, our research found that 25% of all incidents involved ransomware. There really are two key areas: What ransomware is, and the threat it poses.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Roger covers these three scams in a short [VIDEO] and in detail on the KnowBe4 blog: You Need to Pay a Bill Using Gift Cards. Blog post with 2:13 [VIDEO] and links you can share with your users and family: [link]. You can upload your own training video and SCORM modules into your account for home workers. Did You Know?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We each need to consider how these trends may affect our organizations and allocate our budgets and resources accordingly: AI will turbo-charge cybersecurity and cyberthreats: Artificial intelligence (AI) will boost both attackers and defenders while causing governance issues and learning pains.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

This part will also discuss managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption. Techopedia (2021) defines a CSP as “a software environment where users can collaborate as well as create and work on different types of content such as text, audio and video pieces. Introduction.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 1, 2023

IT Governance found 87 publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2023, accounting for 146,290,598 breached records. You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware. These adware strains often present themselves as a video, banner, full screen, or otherwise pop-up nuisance. Unlike ransomware, it might be a criminal operation that does not involve the collection of a ransom. User education is one of the most powerful tools for preventing malicious mobile apps. Ransomware.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2021

The cyber security industry was rocked in February after a ransomware attack against the Cloud service provider Accellion. We found 118 publicly recorded incidents, of which 43 were ransomware attacks. Ransomware. Ransomware. In total, we detected 2,323,326,953 breached records. Cyber attacks. Data breaches.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2020

Wright County, MN, government notifies those affected by cyber attack (12,320). Online education site EduCBA discloses data breach after hack (unknown). Ransomware. Accounting firm MJ Payne reportedly infected with ransomware (unknown). Ransomware crooks leak ExecuPharm files after negotiation fails (unknown).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

LockBit leaks data stolen from the South Korean National Tax Service Italy’s Data Protection Authority temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns CISA adds bugs exploited by commercial surveillance spyware to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Hackers are actively exploiting a flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin Cyber Police of Ukraine (..)

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 25, 2020

As jarring as this abrupt shift to remote work has been for countless companies, government agencies and educational institutions, it has conversely been a huge boon for cyber criminals. Ransomware purveyors seek out open RDP ports , which have become the prime path for them to spread their cyber extortion campaigns.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Since then Hash started a reverse engineering wiki site called Recessim and created dozens of YouTube videos in a channel of that same name to chronicle his adventures. Vamosi: I first became aware of hash after the Texas freeze, in particular hash and published a video on YouTube showing him driving around the streets of Dallas.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This part also discusses managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption. Take the example of the pandemic: only some governments engaged pandemic experts to develop actions plans. RaaS is a new business model for ransomware developers. Introduction. Figure 3: Digital capability levels.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

These days, all employees need to be well educated in security best practices and good habits if the organization wishes to steer clear of ransomware and malware. Thus the goal of training is to educate users so they are far less likely to fall prey to the various ploys from the hacking fraternity. Key Differentiators.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Fortunately, vendor surveys identify five key cybersecurity threats to watch for in 2024: compromised credentials, attacks on infrastructure, organized and advanced adversaries, ransomware, and uncontrolled devices. NetScout: Observed 13,142,840 DDoS attacks, including: 104,216 video gaming enterprise attacks. globally, +19.8%

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Source (New) Finance USA Yes 1,955,385 BerryDunn and Reliable Networks Source (New) Finance and IT services USA Yes 1,107,354 VISAV Limited Source (New) IT services UK Yes >1,000,000 Designed Receivable Solutions, Inc. Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Finance USA Yes 498,686 J.P.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

The next layer in your defense should be a user that's properly educated using security awareness training to easily identify financial fraud and other phishing-based threats, stopping them before they do actual damage. Mr. Hall encourages more consultation between the government and the small business community.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And just a side-note before I jump into those fundamentals: I had a quick flick through the government's eSafety guidance for children under 5 whilst on the plane and it has a bunch of really good stuff. It can also be thought-provoking, creative and educational and I'm sure we can all relate to examples at both ends of the extreme.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

And this enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more. The integrity of the 15-minute footage is uncertain because of the current technical advances in deepfake audio and video technology. Now they're more targeted, more cunning and more dangerous. Join Roger A.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This prevention-first approach is one way to reduce vulnerabilities that are often caused by human error or lack of education on cyber matters." We plan to start training campaigns for all users and upload our own training videos (our vertical business) for future campaigns. She has been very helpful and informative. Thank you." - N.S.,

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AIIM

MARCH 4, 2022

last year’s ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline ). For instance, by educating a customer about how much more money he’s paying for his excessive AC use at peak summer hours, the electric utility can motivate him to reduce use at peak times. last year’s Texas blackout ) and cyberattacks by bad actors (e.g.,

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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

The Snake peer-to-peer botnet had infected computers of some NATO member governments. Here is what you'll get: Three Password Hacking Demo Videos from Kevin Mitnick, KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer Access to our free on-demand webinar The Good, the Bad and the Truth About Password Managers featuring Roger A. billion by 2027. "3x

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