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QR Code Scams: What You Need to Know About This Phishing Tactic

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

QR Code Scams: What You Need to Know About This Phishing Tactic madhav Tue, 03/19/2024 - 06:10 In a world where individuals and organizations alike are increasingly dependent on digital processes, cybercriminals are constantly looking for and developing new ways to exploit technology to take advantage of their targets.

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NCSAM 2018 Week 2: A Rewarding Career in Cybersecurity

KnowBe4

And with the constant stream of breaking news reporting phishing and ransomware attacks, data leaks, and hacking, you can quickly see why there has never been a better time to be in the fast-growing field of cybersecurity. Millions of Rewarding Jobs: Educating for a Career in Cybersecurity. Get your toolkit today!

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MFA Advantages and Weaknesses

eSecurity Planet

As noted above, people often reuse passwords to make recall easier, and many others use simple passwords or write passwords down on paper. People can be tricked into downloading malicious software through phishing or even through malicious apps. This method can be difficult to counter with technology. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks.

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Travelex says it won’t pay ransom to crooks as currency chaos continues

IT Governance

Employees have been forced to work with pen and paper, severely delaying the few processes that could still be performed, while several UK banks that work with the company have had to turn away customers who wanted to order foreign banknotes. See also: Lack of education is the leading cause of successful ransomware attacks.

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Data Breach: Turkish legal advising company exposed over 15,000 clients

Security Affairs

The server contained 55,000 court papers regarding over 15,000 legal cases, which affected hundreds of thousands of people. Although your data may not have been found by anyone else, in case any ill-intentioned hacker discovered it, here are some of the risks people exposed could face: Phishing Scams and Malware. What’s Going On?

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5 ways to improve your information security in 2019

IT Governance

Two of the biggest threats organisations face are phishing and ransomware , both of which exploit human error. If employees who receive phishing emails (which often contain ransomware) are unable to spot them, the whole organisation is at risk.

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Developments in Health Privacy and Cybersecurity Policy and Regulation: OCR Issues Cybersecurity Warnings and New Health Data Legislation Is Introduced

Data Matters

HIPAA and its Standards for the Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“Privacy Rule”) were released in the 1990s when health records were generally paper-based. The Bill is set for review for the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 45 CFR 164.308(a)(5)(i).