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Free Unsolicited Smartwatch in the Mail and I’m in the Military? What Could Possibly Go Wrong???

KnowBe4

From the “shaking our heads” files comes the story of how threat actors compromised military personnel mobile devices, credentials, accounts and more.

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State-Sponsored Russian Phishing Campaigns Target a Variety of Industries

KnowBe4

APT28 has been tied to Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU. Researchers at IBM X-Force are monitoring several ongoing phishing campaigns by the Russian state-sponsored threat actor ITG05 (also known as “APT28” or “Fancy Bear”).

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Blocking Social Engineering by Foreign Bad Actors: The Role of the New Foreign Malign Influence Center

KnowBe4

military, law enforcement, intelligence, and diplomatic agencies. government created a new office to block disinformation. The new Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC) oversees efforts that span U.S.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #14 [Eyes on the Prize] How Crafty Cons Attempted a 36 Million Vendor Email Heist

KnowBe4

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

KnowBe4

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." New-school security awareness training with simulated phishing tests enables your employees to recognize increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks and builds a strong security culture. We must ask: 'Is the email expected? Is the from address legit?

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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59

eSecurity Planet

military systems and launch nuclear missiles through mere whistling. Some support for claims of overzealous prosecution can be found in court records. For example, Mitnik received eight months in solitary confinement because a federal judge was convinced that Mitnick could hack into U.S.

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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

IoT devices help remotely control our household appliances, power plants, smart buildings, factories, airports, shipyards, trucks, trains and military. This is why it is important to build employee training for consumer IoT devices into security awareness training programs.” And we’re just getting started.

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