Krebs on Security

MAY 30, 2023

As shown in this Youtube video , the verification process involves dragging a button from the phony crypto news Discord server to the bookmarks bar in one’s Web browser. From there, the visitor is instructed to go back to discord.com and then click the new bookmark to complete the verification process.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2019

and higher can now be used as Security Keys , an additional authentication layer that helps thwart phishing sites and password theft. Many readers have expressed confusion or skepticism about how Security Keys can prevent users from getting hooked by phishing sites or clever man-in-the-middle attacks.

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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. A Streamlined Data Security Strategy.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2019

Despite social media companies immediately removed the content from their platforms it is still possible to find multiple copies of the shooting videos online. YouTube issued a statement condemning the snuff videos, confirming that it is removing them from its platform. — YouTube (@YouTube) March 15, 2019.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Here are some examples of the user records, videos, and images left on the exposed Snewpit bucket. The video files stored in the bucket seem to show raw footage from news posts, including criminal incidents. Look out for incoming spam emails and phishing messages. What data is in the bucket? Examples of exposed records.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

.” Cybercriminals will attempt to entice their victims in multiple ways including: E-mails advertising hot-ticket or products that are hard to find on the market, such as event tickets or gaming systems. Unsuspecting online shoppers could also fall victim of identity theft of phishing attack aimed at stealing their payment card data.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Visual aids such as graphs, charts, pictures, or videos are a quick and efficient way to convey information that might be harder to understand in text format. Adding social elements to your cybersecurity awareness training is a good practice because it allows employees to work together just as they would have to in the event of an attack.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2018

So that's precisely what I've done - intercepted my own traffic passed over an insecure connection and put together a string of demos in a 24-minute video explaining why HTTPS is necessary on a static website. Here's the video and there's references and code samples for all the demos used immediately after that: HTTPS Is Easy.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Mexico confirms hack of military records (unknown) Randolph-area school district disables its own website following transphobic hack (unknown) Australia’s Telstra hit by data breach, two weeks after attack on Optus (unknown) Patient details compromised in cyber attack on health provider Pinnacle (unknown) CHI Health faces ‘IT security incident’ impacting (..)

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AIIM

MARCH 12, 2020

This has led to the cancellation of numerous conferences and other events; many schools and universities are asking students to stay home and participate remotely. Best practices for avoiding phishing and other attacks. One of the key approaches many organizations are taking is to minimize sustained contact with large groups of people.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 10, 2019

This post summarizes the practical measures that may be adopted to protect your firm against cyberattacks and the keys to successful crisis management in the event that an unauthorized data breach occurs. These persons are then targeted for specific hacking and phishing attacks in startup institutions with system vulnerabilities.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 10, 2019

This post summarizes the practical measures that may be adopted to protect your firm against cyberattacks and the keys to successful crisis management in the event that an unauthorized data breach occurs. These persons are then targeted for specific hacking and phishing attacks in startup institutions with system vulnerabilities.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

They can also help businesses predict future events and understand why past events occurred. Running on neural networks , computer vision enables systems to extract meaningful information from digital images, videos and other visual inputs. AIOps is one of the fastest ways to boost ROI from digital transformation investments.

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IT Governance

MAY 14, 2020

This includes threats such as phishing , with cyber criminals demonstrating their ability to adapt scams to the current climate. Organisations must also be wary of vulnerabilities in third-party video conferencing tools, such as Zoom , which will still be in widespread use if large numbers of employees continue to operate remotely.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The first phishing campaigns have already been sent and more will be coming that try to trick you into clicking on a variety of links about blood drives, charitable donations, or "exclusive" videos. For KnowBe4 customers, we have a few templates with this topic in the Current Events.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 26, 2021

For example, when an employee spots a suspicious email, they can’t ask the person next to them if they’ve received the same message as part of a phishing campaign or speak directly to the person who supposedly sent the email. If you’re unable to make it, the video will be available to download from our website shortly after the presentation.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by tricking the victims into opening a specially crafted attachment sent via phishing messages. No No DoS CVE-2021-40452 HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Important 7.8 No No RCE CVE-2021-40453 HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Important 7.8

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 1, 2024

The problem: Decoding videos with large frame sizes on iOS and macOS devices could trigger an integer overflow flaw made possible by an integer overflow flaw and trigger an out-of-bounds write to memory. For more options to protect the development security and operations (DevSecOps) process, read about the best DevSecOp tools.

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IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2023

Million Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

However, thanks to the event organisers’ effective planning, the contest was largely unaffected. The Italian authorities said that more than 100 police officers monitored the event, enabling them to spot and respond to the attacks promptly. All signs pointed to a senior employee being tricked by a spear phishing or whaling scam.

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IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2023

At Slack, ML powers video processing, transcription and live captioning that’s easily searchable by keyword and even helps predict potential employee turnover. ML classification algorithms are also used to label events as fraud, classify phishing attacks and more.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

What happens if someone obtains, say, my fingerprint just like they may obtain my password in a data breach or a phishing attack? Very simple - data breaches, phishing, shoulder-surfing and in many cases, simply guessing. I'll also go backwards and forward between my iPhone and iPad with Face ID. because you can. A password?

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

as highlighted in the video above. While there are many unpredictable underlying reasons why new attacks emerge, in our experience the following two types of events are likely to trigger their emergence: New product or feature launch : By nature adding functionalities opens up new attack surfaces that attackers are very quick to probe.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

as highlighted in the video above. While there are many unpredictable underlying reasons why new attacks emerge, in our experience the following two types of events are likely to trigger their emergence: New product or feature launch : By nature adding functionalities opens up new attack surfaces that attackers are very quick to probe.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 19, 2023

Of course there's all the nasty stuff (phishing, identity theft, spam), but there are also some amazingly positive uses for data illegally taken from someone else's system. It's fascinating to see how creative people can get with breached data. But don't worry, he has a discount code!

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KnowBe4

APRIL 25, 2023

They planned a party, coordinated the event, and attended the party within the sim. Soon, the CEO of security firm Adversa AI had GPT-4 spouting homophobic statements, creating phishing emails, and supporting violence." Get a look at THREE NEW FEATURES and see how easy it is to train and phish your users. Users beware.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

So every one of the attacks you they might have does a wonderful job and it do a great job of I'll say, having a nice taxonomy where you can kind of see here's my simple way to think about as if all of your tax your testing, I'll say a spear phishing or the same technique. After every one of the events? Okay, great.

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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. Phishing and Social Engineering. How to Defend Against Phishing. Jump ahead: Adware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2019

Malware authors created well-designed fake web pages, replicating all the graphics of the game misleading the user to download the app, as shown in the following image: Figure 1:fake/phishing Apex Legends web page. The third sample is an attempt to hijack the user towards a phishing site. An example is “hxxps://apexhack[.]site/”,

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As 2023 draws to an end and cybersecurity budgeting is nearly complete, it helps to consider the year’s events and try to predict next year’s trends. This will include synthetic written, spoken, and potentially even image or video content. Social media will become even more of a cesspool of AI and human-created garbage.”

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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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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

For example, hackers can use packet sniffers or a phishing link using a man-in-the-middle attack. For example, hackers can use packet sniffers or a phishing link using a man-in-the-middle attack to steal network traffic. to attacker-controlled endpoint resources in order to steal login information or infect the endpoint with malware.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Another widely used tactic for information gathering is phishing or the engagement and manipulation of another user’s trust. Keeping up with current events is also an invaluable part of securing data as a user can act quickly to remediate the potential exposure. Publishing Documents. The Unintended Victims of Doxing.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 9, 2019

All great events but combined with the burden of travel, all a bit tiring too (plus, it turns out that emails don't stop coming in when you're busy.) There's also a follow-up to the video I promised to include in this blog post. After a mammoth 30-hour door-to-door journey, I'm back in the USA!

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

SWGs achieve this by blocking web-based attacks that forward malware, phishing , drive-by downloads, ransomware, supply chain attacks , and command-and-control actions. Log web activity in forensic detail and publish it to security information and event management (SIEM) solutions. Check Point.

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