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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

Also read: Network Protection: How to Secure a Network 2. A CRM at a large financial services company might have an RTO of 15 minutes, while a storage archive for cold data may have an RTO of 12-24 hours. Your individual business will have to decide how to implement NTA in a cost-effective way.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 | March 28th, 2023 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks Users need to adapt to an evolving threat landscape in which attackers can use AI tools like ChatGPT to craft extremely convincing phishing emails, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO. "A Don't get caught in a phishing net!

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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for October 2023

IT Governance

October is both Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US and European Cyber Security Month in the EU – twin campaigns on either side of the Atlantic that aim to improve awareness of the importance of cyber security both at work and at home, and provide tips on how to stay secure.

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SHARED INTEL: How attacks on web, mobile apps are being fueled by rising API vulnerabilities

The Last Watchdog

API-fueled romance scams are just the tip of the iceberg. Here’s how he breaks it down: “We take a machine learning-based approach to look at the APIs, as well as the web transactions, to understand the intent of the transactions, and to separate the legitimate from the malicious. I’ll keep watch.

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Mysterious custom malware used to steal 1.2TB of data from million PCs

Security Affairs

million unique email addresses, NordLocker found, for an array of different apps and services. These included logins for social media, online games, online marketplaces, job-search sites, consumer electronics, financial services, email services, and more. How to protect your data from such kind of malware?

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What Is Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)? Types, Risks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Table of Contents Toggle How Does Cross-Site Scripting Work? 3 Common Types of Cross-Site Scripting Attacks Top 5 Risks Associated with XSS Attacks How to Tell if You’re Vulnerable to XSS Attacks Can You Prevent Cross-Site Scripting? Also, XSS attacks often involve a specific type of code, commonly JavaScript.

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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