IT Governance

MARCH 17, 2020

Cyber security experts have found that the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to a surge in phishing scams , with both individuals and organisations at risk. For example, millions of employees will likely to be forced to work remotely, as the UK government prepares for a lockdown scenario. What is phishing?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2022

government agency overseeing cybersecurity is urging the country’s businesses and other organizations to take the necessary steps to protect their networks from any spillover that might occur from the ongoing cyberattacks aimed at Ukraine government agencies and private companies. and Russian government leaders.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks. What form is this cyber badness taking?

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IT Governance

AUGUST 16, 2021

According to a Microsoft study , 73% of workers want to keep the flexible work arrangements created in response to COVID-19, and 67% want a return to in-person collaboration. If organisations are to protect remote workers, they must provide a VPN (virtual private network). Another benefits is that VPNs can be used anywhere.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The threat actor that employed the Kraken technique, likely an APT group, launched a phishing attack that used messages with a.ZIP file attachment. The.ZIP archive, titled, “Compensation manual.doc,” claims to contain information relating to worker compensation rights. ” states the blog post published by Malwarebytes.

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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

MARCH 1, 2022

First, Russia targeted banks and government departments, then Ukraine hit back, attacking the Moscow stock exchange. You can find out more about the cyber security implications of the Ukraine by registering for our special presentation hosted by IT Governance’s founder and executive chairman, Alan Calder. Cyber attacks.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Cyber criminals have had constant success with coronavirus-related phishing scams, but their most recent campaign is the most dangerous we’ve seen. Phishing scam uses COVID-19 vaccination as bait. This should be an immediate red flag, because the UK government has made it clear that the vaccine is free.

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IT Governance

JUNE 4, 2020

One of the more damaging side-effects of the coronavirus pandemic has been the increase in targeted phishing scams. As of 15 May, the UK’s cyber crime agency had uncovered 7,796 phishing emails linked to COVID-19. Healthcare workers are being targeted. Action Fraud estimates that Britons were conned out of £3.5

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IT Governance

MAY 20, 2020

It’s no surprise that phishing emails have been on the rise since the lockdown began, but a new report has found that the problem is just as bad – if not worse – for organisations directly involved in the coronavirus response. Phishing scams. But we must remember that life won’t be going back to normal any time soon. Cyber crime.

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IT Governance

JUNE 2, 2020

These are most likely to be organised crime gangs, although some sectors are also likely to be targeted by state-sponsored attackers. Two thirds of incidents were the result of employee error – most likely a case of scammers tricking recipients into clicking a link in a phishing email. Attackers are financially motivated.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

Cyber criminals who specialize in plundering local governments and school districts are in their heyday. There’s an obvious reason smaller public entities have become a favorite target of cybercriminals: most are run on shoestring budgets and corners tend to get cut in IT security, along with everything else operationally.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

These new attacks affect everything from private citizens and businesses to government systems; healthcare organizations; public services; and food, water, and fuel supply chains. Law enforcement agencies continually advise ransomware targets not to pay. Phishing attacks continue to dominate cyber threats.

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IT Governance

JULY 2, 2020

We provide a detailed breakdown of how it works in this blog, where we also discuss a phishing scam targeting WordPress website administrators. We provide a detailed breakdown of how it works in this blog, where we also discuss a phishing scam targeting WordPress website administrators.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #24 | June 13th, 2023 [The Mind's Bias] Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks The New Verizon DBIR is a treasure trove of data. The DBIR Figure 35 shows that Pretexting is now more prevalent than Phishing in Social Engineering incidents.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Breached organisation: BHI Energy, providing staffing solutions to the nuclear, fossil, wind, hydro and government energy markets. Incident details: The ICC suffered a cyber attack in September, and has since determined this was a “targeted and sophisticated attack” with the “objective of espionage”. Records breached: Unknown.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The group has targeted only Russian companies so far, which was typical for many Russian-speaking adversaries, such as Silence and Cobalt, at the beginning of their criminal path. As the initial vector of their attacks, OldGremlin use spear phishing emails, to which the group adopted creative approach. Up-to-date phishing.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

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 We must ask: 'Is the email expected?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2020

Iran-linked APT34 group has targeted a U. based research company that provides services to businesses and government organizations. Security experts from Intezer observed targeted attacks on a US-based research company that provides services to businesses and government organizations. ” continues the analysis.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

Macron spoke with officials and workers from some of the hospitals, noting the severity of the attacks and the threat to patients’ health. Speaking of government intervention on cyber attacks, the US government was forced to intervene after state-sponsored attackers targeted Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities in March.

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IT Governance

APRIL 8, 2020

Phishing attacks. The elderly are among those most at risk of coronavirus, so it’s no surprise that the NPC (National Pensioners Convention) has warned that there are a spate of scams targeting them. As we enter the third week of the UK’s lockdown (yes, it has only been that long), things are starting to take their toll. Cyber attacks.

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IT Governance

APRIL 15, 2020

Phishing scams. We recently discussed the threat of coronavirus-related phishing scams targeting the elderly , who are perhaps most at risk of falling victim due to their susceptibility to both criminal schemes and COVID-19. IT Governance employee tips for working from home.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2023

“If exploited, the attacker would gain the rights of the user that is running the affected application, so running least privilege would help to mitigate the impact of this vulnerability and force the attacker to take additional steps to take full control of the target system,” he wrote.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Target and other high profile Twitter accounts exploited for cryptocurrency scams. Amazon’s data breach email looks like a phishing scam. Boxes of private, personal records left exposed in government office for weeks. New York Oncology Hematology notifying more than 128,400 employees and patients after phishing attack.

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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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IT Governance

AUGUST 3, 2020

Hackers obtain COVID-19 patient database in protest at treatment of Indian health workers (80,000). Four military schools in Canada targeted in ‘mysterious’ cyber attack (unknown). Western Australia government hacked, with COVID-19 communications intercepted (unknown). Australian MyGov accounts for sale on dark web (3,600).

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDRP) The GDPR is a European Union privacy regulation that governs how organizations in and outside of Europe handle the personal data of EU residents. The US has no broad data privacy regulations at a national level, but it does have some more targeted laws. The price tag can add up quickly.

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IT Governance

JUNE 6, 2019

Phishing is one of the most longstanding and dangerous methods of cyber crime. Despite what people think they know about phishing, they consistently fall victim. According to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report , 32% of all cyber attacks involved phishing. The message is sent from a public email domain.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Vulnerable devices could be used to spread malware within the enterprise, used for corporate espionage, surveillance of personnel, or plan whaling phishing campaigns. Travelers explains that some advanced manufacturing systems might lack proper safety protocols that could jeopardize workers’ safety, for instance.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Yet, according to a report by Centrify , 77% of UK workers say they’ve never received any form of cyber skills training. This encourages brute-force password attacks, which are a type of hack in which crooks bombard targets with login attempts using lists of common passwords. Boost your cyber security skills with IT Governance.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

It took US regulators until January 2020 to essentially followed the Middle East’s and Europe’s lead — by implementing sweeping new data handling rules for government contractors — referred to as Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC.) Yet there are a few threads of a silver lining I’d like to point out.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Phish You for Information to Supposedly Get a Gift Card. Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing. Join us TOMORROW, Wednesday, December 7 @ 2:00 PM (ET) , for a live demo of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approach to security awareness training and simulated phishing. Did You Know?

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IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Million Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Upon discovery, we took steps to secure our systems, including rebuilding certain systems, and conducted a thorough investigation to confirm the nature and scope of the activity and to determine who may be affected.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

Consider that the average cost for a ransomware attack against a business is about $4,400, and your run of the mill phishing incident weighs in at a much less hefty $500. So Isn’t BEC Just Another Form of Phishing? The report also noted an uptick in BEC scams targeting payroll funds in 2019.

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CGI

JULY 5, 2018

Workers’ compensation laws were passed state by state during the first half of the twentieth century, but before the 1970 law that created OSHA, workers had little recourse to prevent injuries on the job. For more insight, download our whitepaper IT Security Governance: Taking a holistic approach. Add new comment.

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CGI

APRIL 19, 2018

Workers’ compensation laws were passed state by state during the first half of the twentieth century, but before the 1970 law that created OSHA, workers had little recourse to prevent injuries on the job. For more insight, download our whitepaper IT Security Governance: Taking a holistic approach. Add new comment.

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CGI

MAY 15, 2018

Workers’ compensation laws were passed state by state during the first half of the twentieth century, but before the 1970 law that created OSHA, workers had little recourse to prevent injuries on the job. For more insight, download our whitepaper IT Security Governance: Taking a holistic approach. Add new comment.

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