Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2020

“An analysis of the database revealed that aside from personal accounts, there were many corporate accounts belonging to banks, consultancy companies, educational facilities, healthcare providers, and software vendors, amongst others. .” reads the report published by security firm IntSights. ” concludes the report.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2022

These include lurking devices (think home automation tools and other smart devices lying around in the same room your employee works or attends confidential meetings from) to sophisticated email phishing attacks using pseudo names of the CXOs (since, well everything is virtual). Managing endpoints securely . Tools and best practices.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

Security solutions will help stop most attacks, but for those that make it past scanners, your users need to play a role in spotting and stopping BEC, VEC and phishing attacks themselves – something taught through security awareness training combined with frequent simulated phishing and other social engineering tests.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

His news analysis columns, podcasts, and videos are crafted to foster a useful understanding of complex privacy and cybersecurity developments for company decision-makers and individual citizens — for the greater good. Byron: Companies often underestimate threats, neglect basic cyber hygiene, and fail to educate employees on cybersecurity.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2023

Malware is delivered in one of several ways, but the most common method by far is phishing. By contrast, phishing emails that direct users to another website are typically designed to capture login credentials, but the bogus website might also use another method of malware delivery: drive-by downloads.

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

If you’re interested in detailed breakdowns of these incidents, why not subscribe to our Weekly Round-up or visit our blog , where we have a dedicated series on phishing scams ? Louis Community College caught out by phishing scam (5,100). Gambling firm Golden Entertainment discloses details of phishing scam (unknown).

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IT Governance

JULY 25, 2018

That link ended up sparking a discussion in my friend’s office about phishing. Having your staff regularly discuss phishing attacks is actually a very good defence vector, as it ensures they keep phishing on their minds and educate each other about methods of discovery. Discussion is good.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

With better audio and video simulations, phishing will move on from email and text to things like Facebook videos. Despite the rise in sophisticated attacks, 2020 will continue to see newbies and unskilled attackers using toolkits from the dark web to launch scams (such as sexploitation), and phishing and ransomware attacks.

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2018

The vast majority of malware is spread by drive-by downloads and phishing campaigns, both of which exploit human error. Watch our latest video to see how: ?. Phishing Staff Awareness Course. Take action against the increasing threat of targeted phishing attacks by educating your employees to be alert, vigilant and secure.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

Mitnick often represented the company at conferences and discussed his experience in KnowBe4 training videos. Mitnick understood where the greatest cybersecurity dangers were, and he used his platform at KnowBe4 to promote training all employees to be aware of attack vectors and to educate organizations worldwide.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

The developer behind the tool operates a YouTube channel named “Forza Tools”, which included a series of tutorial videos for using the Legion script. Typically, this type of tool would be used to hijack said services and use the infrastructure for mass spamming or opportunistic phishing campaigns.”

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But let's also keep some perspective here; look at how many pixels are different between an "i" and an "l": Are we really saying we're going to combat phishing by relying on untrained eyes to spot 6 pixels being off in a screen of more than 2 million of them?! Poor Googie! More on that soon.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2021

Threat actors behind ToxicEye spread the RAT via phishing emails containing a malicious.exe file. “The developers who publish these tools disguise their true purpose by defining them as “Remote Administration Tool” or “for educational purpose only”, although some of their characteristics are often found in malicious Trojans.”

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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. I’ve been writing about phishing scams , advising users not to click on suspicious attachments or links, and covering cybersecurity in general for years. I wanted to get to the bottom of it.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In today’s technological world, educating people about cybersecurity awareness is an absolute necessity. It is important when developing and implementing these programs to be aware of what methods of education work best. While cybersecurity awareness training can take many forms, most training programs are computer-based. Visual Aids.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Crooks use email addresses and cracked passwords obtained through phishing attacks and data breaches to send out scam emails to potential victims pretending to be in possession of videos showing them while watching explicit videos. The scammer demands a payment in cryptocurrency for not sharing the video.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 28, 2020

An extension of the celebration for Data Protection Day in Europe, Data Privacy Day functions as the signature event of the National Cyber Security Centre’s ongoing education and awareness efforts surrounding online privacy. January 28, 2020 marks the 13th iteration of Data Privacy Day. Key Management.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

method used for social engineering is phishing, wherein cybercriminals send legitimate- looking malicious emails intended to extort sensitive financial data. They must educate their employees about cybersecurity, social engineering, and phishing. It might include anything from names to private photos or video footage.

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The Security Ledger

JANUARY 23, 2024

And yet, the awareness of cyber security risks – from phishing and social engineering attacks to software supply chain compromises – remains low. Software is now central to the operation of our economy – as digital transformation washes over every industry.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2022

While there are numerous approaches to promoting a more cyber secure workplace, here are the most common and effective ways: Trick Employees via a Phishing Campaign. You can test your employees’ ability to distinguish authentic email content from fraudulent attachments by mass spear-phishing them. Introduce Data Privacy Laws.

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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. Phish You for Information to Supposedly Get a Gift Card. Blog post with 2:13 [VIDEO] and links you can share with your users and family: [link]. Maliciously Modified Gift Cards in Stores. Did You Know?

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Additionally, the political season gave rise to phishing campaigns, a phenomenon that is likely to continue through the end of the year. The incidence of ransomware attacks has continued to climb, over 700% by some estimates in 2020 in comparison to 2019, with phishing emails being the primary vector.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

However, there are plenty of other incidents to dig into, including a raft of ransomware attacks against the education sector. The majority of those records came from a cyber attack in which a hacker accessed Argentina’s government ID database, with every citizen of the country thought to be affected.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Running on neural networks , computer vision enables systems to extract meaningful information from digital images, videos and other visual inputs. Education In education and training , AI can tailor educational materials to each individual student’s needs. Robots handle and move physical objects.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

With all of us being more exposed to online threats and risks, including phishing attacks, ransomware, and misinformation, being able to take action to protect our personal data and stand for a more responsible and polite online behavior will make a difference. What has been the biggest challenge during this time?

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Coca-Cola received an overwhelming majority of the votes, beating out the toy maker Mattel, the online education platform Blackboard, the tech firm Danaher and General Electrics’ aviation subsidiary. All signs pointed to a senior employee being tricked by a spear phishing or whaling scam. Source: Security Affairs. Hurry up!”.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 7, 2018

Last year, I wrote a long piece on certs and phishing which I'll come back to and talk about more a little later on. Amusingly, this sort of thing hasn't stopped sellers of commercial Comodo certificates berating Let's Encrypt for issuing them to phishing sites , but you don't have to look far to understand why they're upset.).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 13, 2024

This partner drives major identity-related initiatives and educates the market on how to protect identities. Considering the prevalence and success of MFA fatigue attacks, many governments and security agencies such as NIST and ENISA now recommend organizations to move to phishing-resistant MFA when possible.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

However, these areas branch off into useful subtopics, including: The different types of ransomware attacks; The anatomy of an attack; How to identify ransomware attacks, such as phishing emails; How to respond to a ransomware attack; and Following organisation policies, such as for incident reporting. What do you like most about the course?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

These adware strains often present themselves as a video, banner, full screen, or otherwise pop-up nuisance. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. User education is one of the most powerful tools for preventing malicious mobile apps.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 25, 2023

Soon, the CEO of security firm Adversa AI had GPT-4 spouting homophobic statements, creating phishing emails, and supporting violence." Blog post with (lots of) links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Users beware.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“Organizations will look to understand what apps employees are using, evaluate whether they should be paid for by the company (to control), accept the risk, or block the app… the company can choose to educate (through a warning page) or block the app entirely.” continues Ricardo Villadiego, founder & CEO of Lumu. “By

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KnowBe4

JUNE 27, 2023

Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Join us Wednesday, July 12, @ 2:00 PM (ET) , for a live demonstration of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approach to security awareness training and simulated phishing.

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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 Falcon's View

JANUARY 3, 2019

Those "better decisions" might equate to not falling for (spear)phishing attacks, choosing hardened environments over default installs, or following reasonable secure coding practices in the development process (to name a few). Consider, if you will, that fundamentally we in infosec want people to make better decisions.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2021

Meanwhile, you can find detailed breakdowns of some of the more notable incidents by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or by visiting our blog (where we have a dedicated series on phishing scams ). Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

In March 2021, hackers gained access to a security company’s surveillance cameras and live-streamed those video feeds from hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, gyms, and even Tesla. ‘Twas a simple phishing scam that brought Twitter down! And here’s another shocking fact. Where do they send it?

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