The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2020

27 rocket attack on a military base in northern Iraq killed an American contractor and a number of service members. President Trump then retaliated by ordering a drone strike that killed a top Iranian military leader, Gen. Protesters attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. Qasem Soleimani. Reports from U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

These Russian cyber actors are government organizations and include other parties who take their orders from the Russian military or intelligence organizations – while not technically under government control. Educate your employees on threats and risks such as phishing and malware. Enable auto-update features if available.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.). Make any digital training personal and relevant to employees by providing programs about how to protect themselves and their families. Your employees can be your first line of defense or your weakest link.

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KnowBe4

MAY 23, 2023

Blog post with links: [link] [Free Tool] Who Will Fall Victim to QR Code Phishing Attacks? Bad actors have a new way to launch phishing attacks to your users: weaponized QR codes. QR code phishing is especially dangerous because there is no URL to check and messages bypass traditional email filters.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. The packages themselves weren't malicious, but they contained README text files with links to phishing sites. government.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 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 TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 3, @ 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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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

Grimes Teaches You Phishing Mitigation Phishing attacks have come a long way from the spray-and-pray emails of just a few decades ago. Grimes, KnowBe4's Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, where he'll share a comprehensive strategy for phishing mitigation. They are prominent techniques used by phishing scammers everywhere.

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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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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

“The exfiltrated data would have either been part of an intellectual property theft for economic purposes and/or would have provided insights that would be beneficial in case of military interventions. By having such long-term access, one knows how to stay below the radar,” he said. “We

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Disaster recovery can refer to everything from equipment failures, power outages, cyberattacks, civil emergencies, natural disasters and criminal or military attacks, but it is most commonly used to describe events with non-malicious causes. How do cyber recovery and disaster recovery work? What is cyber recovery?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

Most cyberattacks today start with social engineering, phishing , or smishing. While automated phishing tests can help security teams, penetration testers can go much further and use the same social engineering tools criminals use. But a fundamental component of an effective human security culture is putting it to the test.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 18, 2023

Find out how adding PhishER can be a huge time-saver for your Incident Response team! link] Affinity Phishing Attacks Use Social Engineering Tactics to Prey on Victims Affinity phishing scams are ones in which criminals cultivate trust in their prospective victims by trading on common background, either real or feigned.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

drone attack that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani. Immediately following Iran’s counterstrike against American military posts in Iraq, a tweet circulated claiming that more than 20 American soldiers had been killed. More Phishing Attacks. Cyberwar could be a life disrupter as well as a business killer.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

The ransomware was accompanied by a note: “Your files are encrypted with the strongest military algorithms. Many attacks are caused by phishing emails that contain infected attachments. If you teach your staff how to spot malicious emails, you can avoid all manner of threats, including ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

Military operatives and intelligence units today routinely hack to knock down critical infrastructure, interfere with elections, and even to exact revenge on Hollywood studios. About a month after Symantec’s Dragonfly disclosures, NBC News’ broke a story linking North Korea to spear phishing attempts targeting the control networks of U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

military systems and launch nuclear missiles through mere whistling. Read next: Top Cybersecurity Training Courses for Your Employees Network Protection: How to Secure a Network 24 Top Open Source Penetration Testing Tools The post Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59 appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 27, 2020

As a cybersecurity principal analyst at Forrester, he advises enterprise clients on how to stay in front of the latest iterations of cyber attacks coming at them from all quarters. Organizations really need to secure their email systems and I suggest using solutions that can kill phishing type attacks and browser isolation, if possible.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Get recommendations on how to protect against new threats. Training of employees to prevent phishing from both email and social media, as well endpoint protection and other cybersecurity safeguards to prevent future attacks. Free advice and consultation on options for data recovery and how to prevent further potential data loss.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

8 Best Practices for Secure Network Architecture Network security architecture goals define what to do, but best practices offer guidance on how to implement those goals effectively. Basic cybersecurity training uses cybersecurity training courses to educate about common issues such as phishing and ransomware.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 13, 2018

Polar Fitness and military personnel tracking. Check out Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson's poll on how to handle a customer with a pwned password (wow, you people are ruthless!). There were a bunch of data breaches I discussed this week including: 2. Domain Factory in Germany. Timehop got popped.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 12, 2022

federal security agencies are putting companies on alert to potential threats from Russian state-sponsored cybercriminal groups, warning in particular about dangers to critical infrastructure and urging organizations to learn how to detect and protect against attacks. The joint cybersecurity advisory issued Jan. Tactics and Responses.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

I recently visited with Silverfort CEO Hed Kovetz, who described how the idea for the company percolated when the co-founders were toiling in the encryption branch of Unit 8200 , the elite cybersecurity arm of the Israeli military. LW: So the bad guys have figured out how to overcome the two-factor authentication?

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

So the threats that we look after are ones that you would see popular in the wild and against the customers that work large financial institutions, militaries, the US military, foreign militaries, NATO partners, how well do they defend and react against these threats? So the question is, what are the Russians up to?

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The Security Ledger

JULY 26, 2018

» Related Stories Expert says: Hack your Smart Home to Secure It Fitness apps: Good for your health, not so much for military security Mobile, automation-industry leaders promote two new IoT security efforts. Among them: establishing strong device. Read the whole entry. » Secure identities are the foundation of secure ecosystems.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Here, then, is a comprehensive look at ransomware, what it is, how to prevent it, and what to do if you become one of its unfortunate victims. How ransomware works. Jump to: What is ransomware? Preventing ransomware. Ransomware attacks and costs. Without external backups or rollback technology, recovery is impossible.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

The NACD Handbook principles provide directors with a high-level understanding of how to think about cyber issues from the perspective of corporate strategy. Directors should develop at least a high-level familiarity with how data is secured ( e.g. , encryption of critical company data, both while at rest and in motion).

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. We have to order food, you have to get deliveries, do your banking, insurance, government services, everything's digital, and then how do you consume those services? How do I register services?

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

So I started thinking about other ways to hide messages or even how to get malware onto a system without it being detected. I worked at NSA both as a contractor and in the military for about 15 years, building those implants, building these exploits to do some of these attacks that we are currently talking about.

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