IT Governance

MARCH 14, 2018

A recent F-Secure report has found that phishing emails (16%) and malicious attachments (18%) together accounted for 34% of cyber attacks. Financial and manufacturing organisations were equally affected by both. If employees aren’t fully educated on phishing, they are liable to underestimate the threat.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide in multiple industries, including government, finance, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Technological tactics.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Small farms, large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants are particularly exposed to ransomware attacks. Focus on cyber security awareness and training. ransomware and phishing scams). Consider adding an email banner to messages coming from outside your organizations. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. Focus on cyber security awareness and training.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But right now, pure AI can be programmed for many tasks that require thought and intelligence , as long as that intelligence can be gathered digitally and used to train an AI system. Generative AI can produce high-quality text, images and other content based on the data used for training. We’re all amazed by what AI can do.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

The report outlines how cyber hacking groups are becoming more specialised and diversified, with some groups now using SME’s security systems as a training ground for new hackers to learn their trade.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We are aware that generative artificial intelligence can be trained to create spear-phishing campaigns that are difficult to detect, targeting candidates and spreading the contents of their inboxes with the intent of manipulating public opinion on their conduct.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Jump ahead to: Prioritize Data Protection Document Your Response Process Make Users Part of the Process Understand Business Context Be Thorough Proactively Collect and Organize Data Don’t Forget Network Analysis Train and Drill Enlist Outside Help Go on the Offensive 1. See the Top Cybersecurity Employee Training Programs 4.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2019

When implementing a security tool within a company, it is necessary to pay attention to some points that go beyond the implementation project, some of these points are maintenance and updating of the tool following the good practices of the manufacturer. Below we have the anatomy of a phishing attack: About the author: Zoziel Freire.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

. “According to open-source reporting, DarkSide actors have previously been observed gaining initial access through phishing and exploiting remotely accessible accounts and systems and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (Phishing [ T1566] , Exploit Public-Facing Application [ T1190 ], External Remote Services [ T1133 ]).[

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

Building automation, automotive manufacturing, energy and oil & gas, suffered major increases in the ICS engineering sector. European ICS engineering organizations were mainly targeted by phishing campaigns attempting to deliver spyware and cryptominers. In H2 2020, 39.3%

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

We offer a variety of resources to help understand and mitigate threats, from training courses and consultancy services to free guides. IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below.

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IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Reinforcement learning uses ML to train models to identify and respond to cyberattacks and detect intrusions. ML classification algorithms are also used to label events as fraud, classify phishing attacks and more. Together, watsonx offers organizations the ability to: Train, tune and deploy AI across your business with watsonx.ai

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Basic cybersecurity defenses still apply: next generation firewalls (NGFW) , endpoint detection and response (EDR) platforms, employee cybersecurity training , patching. Training of employees to prevent phishing from both email and social media, as well endpoint protection and other cybersecurity safeguards to prevent future attacks.

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CGI

JULY 5, 2018

When I worked with a major global chemical manufacturer, every meeting began with a PowerPoint presentation on safety, highlighting the importance of the topic. Conduct unannounced phishing exercises to test how susceptible your organization is to an attack (and train your employees to spot fake email messages!).

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CGI

APRIL 19, 2018

When I worked with a major global chemical manufacturer, every meeting began with a PowerPoint presentation on safety, highlighting the importance of the topic. Conduct unannounced phishing exercises to test how susceptible your organization is to an attack (and train your employees to spot fake email messages!).

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Cybersecurity Digital transformation Manufacturing Government 40

CGI

MAY 15, 2018

When I worked with a major global chemical manufacturer, every meeting began with a PowerPoint presentation on safety, highlighting the importance of the topic. Conduct unannounced phishing exercises to test how susceptible your organization is to an attack (and train your employees to spot fake email messages!).

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Cybersecurity Digital transformation Manufacturing Government 40

The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Related: Why diversity in training is a good thing. Social engineering, especially phishing, continues to trigger the vast majority of breach attempts. He came up with a new approach to testing and training the bank’s employees – and the basis for a new company, LucySecurity.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Severino specifically recommended that organizations “really consider” testing employees about phishing, describing such training as “almost becoming standard,” and that organizations “really consider two-factor authentication.” Emerging Trends in Breaches.

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IT Governance

JUNE 26, 2018

Incidents like this are far from rare, with toy manufacturer Spiral Toys providing another example. For example, your priorities and course of action will be substantially different when hit by a phishing attack as opposed to, say, a power outage.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In the midst of all this, organisations across Europe reported delays as a result of alleged state-sponsored attacks – including Toyota’s Japanese plants and a kettle manufacturer in the Isle of Man. All signs pointed to a senior employee being tricked by a spear phishing or whaling scam.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Sending phishing emails to engineers can be used as an exploitation technique to get them to import malicious configuration files ( CVE-2023-31171 ), which results in arbitrary code execution. Business email compromise (BEC) assaults were the main aim of this large phishing effort, which resulted in significant financial losses.

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

Phishing Phishing is perhaps the biggest cyber security risk that organisations face, with organisations of all sizes and in all sectors being at risk. The NHS learned that to its cost this year, after more than 130 email accounts were compromised in a prolonged phishing campaign. million (about £900,000) in damages.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Boost your organization’s IT literacy with ongoing cybersecurity training so they recognize the threats posed by malware attacks. Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. Phishing and Social Engineering. How to Defend Against Phishing. RAM scraper.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

Phishing & Watering Holes. The primary attack vector for most attacks, not just APTs, is to use phishing. Some APTs cast a wide net with general phishing attacks, but others use spear phishing attacks to target specific people and specific companies. Manufactured BackDoor Vulnerabilities. Upgrade When Possible.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Attackers have targeted critical and vulnerable sectors such as manufacturing, financial, transportation, healthcare, government administration, energy, and more, including a couple of $50 million attacks on the likes of Acer and Quanta. East Coast. If any of them unwisely open the attached files, it’s game over!

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

You need user education; you need to make sure that you recognize phishing and all that sort of stuff. David Brumley: It's a completely fundamental, basic library routine used by everything from rendering software to, autos, planes, cars, trains, and cyber physical systems. There's the people who are doing social engineering attacks.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

You need user education; you need to make sure that you recognize phishing and all that sort of stuff. David Brumley: It's a completely fundamental, basic library routine used by everything from rendering software to, autos, planes, cars, trains, and cyber physical systems. There's the people who are doing social engineering attacks.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

You need user education; you need to make sure that you recognize phishing and all that sort of stuff. David Brumley: It's a completely fundamental, basic library routine used by everything from rendering software to, autos, planes, cars, trains, and cyber physical systems. There's the people who are doing social engineering attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager is lauded for its user experience and technical training and was named a Challenger in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for IT risk management. Audit management. Incident management. Policy management. Business continuity planning. Financial reporting compliance. Plus, Forrester named it a Leader in its Q1 2020 GRC Wave.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager is lauded for its user experience and technical training and was named a Challenger in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for IT risk management. Audit management. Incident management. Policy management. Business continuity planning. Financial reporting compliance. Plus, Forrester named it a Leader in its Q1 2020 GRC Wave.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Whether deployed by ransomware groups or individuals via ransomware as a service (RaaS) , the most common method of ransomware deployment is a phishing email. Education, government, energy and manufacturing are others. Train employees on.exe and other malicious file types that should never be downloaded.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. Van Norman: industrial control systems are the systems that every industry is going to use from your manufacturing to your chemical, your food and beverage, your power plants. Right now, you think about shipping a manufacturing company, making widget pallets.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Asset Discovery Controls Unauthorized devices can intercept or redirect network traffic through attacks such as connecting unauthorized computers to the network, deploying packet sniffers to intercept network traffic, or delivering a phishing link to a man-in-the-middle attack to steal login credentials and data.

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