IT Governance

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Welcome to our December 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. FTX customers offered refund in deepfake phishing scam. FTX customers offered refund in deepfake phishing scam. Can you spot a scam?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Approximately 83 percent of organizations said they faced a successful phishing attempt in 2021, up from 57 percent in 2020. This guide breaks down the different types of phishing attacks and provides examples to help organizations better prepare their staff to deal with them. What is Phishing? Spear Phishing.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Spear-Phishing Campaign Aimed at Potential Attendees at 2 Upcoming Events A hacking group linked to Iran's government targeted over 100 security and policy experts who are potentially attending two upcoming security conferences with phishing emails designed to steal credentials and gather intelligence, according to Microsoft.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 11, 2024

In a surprising turn of events for Formula 1 enthusiasts, the Haas F1 Team is grappling with the departure of its widely-respected Team Principal, Guenther Steiner. Let's dive into the implications of Guenther Steiner's departure and more information on a new template that our KnowBe4 customers can access in the ModStore now!

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Phishing scams, malware, ransomware and data breaches are just some of the examples of cyberthreats that can devastate business operations and the protection of consumer information. Here are five notable historical events that influenced cybersecurity assessment and transformed it into what it is today: The Battle of Midway (1942).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2019

A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. ” “They decided they were coming after us,” he said. Image: Accenture iDefense.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) 2022.4 SolarWinds SEM also integrates with online threat feeds and can notify and respond to inbound/outbound traffic and authentication attempts with known bad IP addresses for threats such as ransomware, malware, spam, phishing, and more. It trades on the NYSE under the symbol SWI.

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IT Governance

MAY 10, 2023

Welcome to our May 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. The latest issue facing the AI landscape is a report detailing phishing campaigns masquerading as ChatGPT. to create ‘@paypaI.com’.

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KnowBe4

MAY 1, 2023

Security teams face unique challenges in today’s rapidly-changing landscape of phishing , malware, and other social engineering and cybersecurity threats. Collaboration across disparate teams and siloed tools adds additional layers of complexity to security teams’ day-to-day operations.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Welcome to our November review of phishing scams, in which we examine the latest campaigns and the tactics being used by cyber criminals to fool you into handing over your information. Phishing attacks are harder to spot on your smartphone. Phishing attacks are harder to spot on your smartphone.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of targeted phishing attacks conducted by threat actors based in Russia and Iran. The UK agency reported ongoing spear-phishing campaigns carried out by Russia-based group SEABORGIUM and Iran-based group TA453 to gather intelligence on the victims.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 21, 2023

Connect your TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, website, store, videos, music, podcast, events and more,” Linktree says. ”It If you’re unfamiliar with Linktree, which, we stress, is a legitimate service, here’s how the company describes what it will let you do. It all comes together in a link in a bio landing page designed to convert.”

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IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2023

Phishing attacks are among the most common forms of cyber crime that organisations face, so it’s crucial that you learn how to prevent scams. We answer that question in this blog, as we provide our top ten ways to avoid phishing attacks. But what can organisations and individuals do to ensure that they don’t fall victim?

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an event designed to educate people about information security and the steps they can take to stay safe online. This year’s event focuses on phishing and ransomware – two of the biggest threats that organisations currently face. Getting involved.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2022

As their cities suffered more intense bombardment by Russian military forces this week, Ukrainian Internet users came under renewed cyberattacks, with one Internet company providing service there saying they blocked ten times the normal number of phishing and malware attacks targeting Ukrainians. Of those 121 million events, 4.6

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IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

Phishing attacks are a persistent threat to businesses. A staggering 90% of breaches involve phishing, according to Verizon’s Data Breach Digest. And these attacks are on the rise – Proofpoint’s 2019 State of the Phish Report reveals that 83% of survey respondents experienced phishing attacks in 2018.

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IT Governance

APRIL 6, 2021

That number of scams is expected to increase as more events are confirmed in the coming weeks. Make sure your staff know how to identify and avoid scams with our Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. The post Catches of the month: Phishing scams for April 2021 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 23, 2022

In an unusual turn of events, a recent court decision sided with the policyholder, despite specific policy language that probably should have favored the insurer.

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Threatpost

JUNE 25, 2020

Threat actors shift focus from COVID-19 to employee coronavirus training and current events like Black Lives Matter as cyber-attacks continue to rise.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

SME Edge verifies all connections in and out of offices, disallows internet traffic that has not been approved for enterprise use, and closes all network traffic loopholes, protecting against phishing, social engineering, and zero-day attacks. SME Edge protects the Client’s traffic in real-time.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode , an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic. com — which was created to phish U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

(“Carnival”), the world’s largest cruise-ship operator, for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) in connection with four cybersecurity events between 2019 and 2021, including two ransomware events. . NYDFS also found that Carnival had failed to implement basic protocols to prevent data breaches.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Threat actors conducted spear-phishing attacks, using files related to current events as bait, such as the Taiwanese presidential election that took place in January 2024. The spear-phishing emails sent by the threat actors include a Google Drive link that hosts a password-protected archive file, which will download DOPLUGS malware.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 27, 2023

The “Singapore Cyber Landscape (SCL) 2022” reviews Singapore’s cybersecurity situation in 2022 against the backdrop of global trends and events, and highlights Singapore’s efforts in creating a safer cyberspace.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Football world-governing body FIFA has admitted that its systems suffered a sustained phishing hack earlier this year. It is believed that the breach was caused by an employee falling for a phishing scam. Phishing attacks are increasingly sophisticated, but there are simple steps that can be taken to mitigate the risks.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Encrypt sensitive data and maintain regular, secure backups to ensure data integrity and availability, even in the event of system failures or cyber attacks. User education: Regularly train employees on cybersecurity best practices, including recognizing phishing attempts and secure handling of sensitive information.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A search in Google for a string of text from that script turns up a December 2023 blog post from cryptocurrency security firm SlowMist about phishing attacks on Telegram from North Korean state-sponsored hackers. “When the project team clicks the link, they encounter a region access restriction,” SlowMist wrote.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

According to Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, 74% of breaches were caused by human error, with phishing and text message phishing scams being some of the leading causes. These back-ups can also be used to form a disaster recovery plan in the event of a natural disaster. Employee training is crucial.

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OpenText Information Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The 2020 Webroot Threat Report analyzed samples from more than 37 billion URLs, 842 million domains, … The post 2020 Webroot Threat Report shows 640% increase in phishing attacks appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

While different—mainly due to the causes of the events they help mitigate—cyber recovery and DR are often complementary, with many enterprises wisely choosing to deploy both. Many small- and medium-sized businesses don’t have the resources to recover from a disruptive event that causes damage on that scale.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

LLM-enhanced scripting techniques: Utilizing LLMs to generate or refine scripts that could be used in cyberattacks, or for basic scripting tasks such as programmatically identifying certain user events on a system and assistance with troubleshooting and understanding various web technologies.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Historically, October has always been an important month for the cybersecurity community and a month of major cybersecurity events. Recognize and report phishing. Read the full 2022 Thales Consumer Trust Index and find out more about events around Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Tue, 10/04/2022 - 05:20. Use strong passwords.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 21, 2022

The BRATA Android banking Trojan is evolving into a persistent threat with a new phishing technique and event-logging capabilities.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

The APT group has persistently refined its social engineering tactics, making its spear-phishing campaigns progressively harder to detect. Threat actors often impersonate real journalists and broadcast writers to appear as a credible front and make inquiries to prominent about political events in the Korean peninsula.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Teodoro ordered “to refrain from using AI photo generator applications and practice vigilance in sharing information online” At this time, it remains unclear whether the order was issued in response to a specific event or to address potential attacks aimed at exploiting the data collected by these applications.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

According to the advisory, the threat actors have been observed exploiting Zerologon ( CVE-2020-1472 ) in Microsoft’s Netlogon Remote Protocol in phishing attempts. wevtutil.exe A standard Windows Event Utility tool used to view event logs. AnyDesk also supports remote file transfer.

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Threatpost

JANUARY 11, 2021

The release of a CIA archive on UFOs is exactly the kind of headline-making event that phishing and scam actors long for.

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