eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 19, 2022

Cyber attackers continue to up their game. The new attack method, reported by Sophos researchers yesterday, is already growing in use. There’s a huge market for stolen credentials and various angles of attack to clone web sessions or spoof existing logins through specific instances. That’s why the attack can be scripted.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Retailers started the century as the prime targets for cyber attackers looking for credit card data. But negative blowback from major breaches in the 2000s, fines imposed by regulators, and strict cyber security mandates such as PCI-DSS, helped retailers dramatically improve cyber security and slow down the wave of attacks.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #14 | April 4th, 2023 [Eyes on the Prize] How Crafty Cons Attempted a 36 Million Vendor Email Heist The details in this thwarted VEC attack demonstrate how the use of just a few key details can both establish credibility and indicate the entire thing is a scam.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Organisations are warned all the time about the threat of cyber attacks, but what does that really mean? Here are seven of the most common methods of attack. Hackers also often use password-cracking software, which are programs that automate password-guessing based on a huge database of common passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A pentest report should also outline the vulnerability scans and simulated cybersecurity attacks the pentester used to probe for weaknesses in an organization’s overall security stack or specific systems, such as websites, applications, networks, and cloud infrastructure. To be truly useful, the report must be more than a simple list.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims. A WORRIED MOM.

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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. Not even Google.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

Most IT teams have at least an informal process for obtaining and applying updates and patches, even if they are not written down or monitored. A vulnerability management policy sets the ground rules for the process, minimum standards, and reporting requirements for vulnerability management. What is the process for vulnerability detection?

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In each case, the goal of the attackers was the same: Phish T-Mobile employees for access to internal company tools, and then convert that access into a cybercrime service that could be hired to divert any T-Mobile user’s text messages and phone calls to another device. ” or “ Tmo up!

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 23, 2018

As part of this research, we asked a variety of questions to test respondents’ knowledge of phishing emails. To call further attention to this threat, and to recognize National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), we’re presenting the phishing-awareness-specific findings from the report. Our Phishing Findings.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

IBM Security X-Force found the most common threat on organizations is extortion, which comprised more than a quarter (27%) of all cybersecurity threats in 2022. Malware attacks via backdoors made up 21% of all incidents, and 17% were ransomware attacks. Data breaches can be disastrous for organizations.

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Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

As the title suggests, this post will teach you the various, beginner-to-advanced cybersecurity tips, hacks, and strategies that when applied, will minimize that no black hat hacker can turn you into a victim of cybercrimes such as data leaks, blackmail, bank account hacks, and the various forms of cybercrimes that have become so rampant today.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Protection against sophisticated malware and zero-day attacks. Anti- phishing , anti-fraud and anti-spam features. What’s the best antivirus software? With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. A network firewall.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2020

This may be the fastest and most disruptive technological shift in global work conditions in history. In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, organizations around the world have moved to remote work platforms in a span of a few short weeks. The views expressed below do not constitute legal advice.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2019

We're simply seeing the successful result of credential stuffing attacks. Regular readers will appreciate the mechanics of this already but all those who I point here for whom this is new, this attack simply takes exposed credentials from a data breach and tries them on another site. Spotify "breaches" like this are enormously common.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

It really didn’t concern commercial organizations until the late 1990s, until the widespread use of the World Wide Web made it possible for organizations to suffer data breaches or denial of service attacks. And, you need to understand how attackers think. Who are you going to call for help?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We each need to consider how these trends may affect our organizations and allocate our budgets and resources accordingly: AI will turbo-charge cybersecurity and cyberthreats: Artificial intelligence (AI) will boost both attackers and defenders while causing governance issues and learning pains.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

A company that discovers that an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack is underway tends to be the exception. Attackers design APTs to be subtle, persistent, and to remain undetected for as long as possible. And they tend to succeed at remaining undetected. APT Attacks to Gain Access. What Are APTs? APT Examples.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Malware attacks pose a significant risk to both individuals and businesses, infiltrating computer systems, compromising sensitive data and disrupting operations, leading to financial and data loss — and even extortion. Be Alert to Phishing: Develop a sharp eye for phishing emails.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 18, 2023

With the rising use of Google and Facebook ads as attack vectors experts also suggest refraining from clicking on suspicious advertisements promising early access to any product on the Internet. Veriti added "The malware can upload and download files, execute commands, and send back data about the infected computer at regular intervals."

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Phishing attacks are a major threat to organizations, they remain a perennial choice of cybercriminals when it comes to hacking their victims.

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

Insider threats are one of the most difficult security challenges that organisations face. They can cause data breaches and other forms of disruption by mistakenly damaging the organisation’s systems or by enabling a cyber criminal to act. By contrast, negligent insiders act carelessly but have no intent to harm the organisation.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

As a business owner, you must be aware of the implications of different types of malware on your company’s bottom line, and what steps you can take to protect your company from future attacks. This article will walk you through the various types of malware, how to identify and prevent a malware attack, and how to mitigate the risks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Criminals tweaked existing forms of cybercrime to fit the pandemic narrative, abused the uncertainty of the situation and the public’s need for reliable information. This is the most widely evident finding. In the UK, four out of ten businesses (40%) and 25% of charities report having cyber security breaches or attacks in 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. The two most important encryption categories are symmetric and asymmetric encryption. Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Definition, How it Works, & Examples.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. These diverse roles ensure that a huge range of devices, applications, and services connect to the DNS server – and that attackers will exploit these connections when possible.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite the rapid evolution of what constitutes the users, assets, and connections, the fundamentals of networking security remain the same: block external threats, protect internal network communications, monitor the network for internal and external threats, and ensure that users only access authorized parts of the network.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Thales and Microsoft partner to provide Azure customers with FIDO and CBA phishing-resistant authentication. The impact and cost of cyber-attacks have skyrocketed, driving the need for better identity protection with phishing-resistant Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Thu, 10/13/2022 - 10:27.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

We hang on to these occasional victories because history tells us that most ransomware moneymaking collectives don’t go away so much as reinvent themselves under a new name, with new rules, targets and weaponry. Indeed, some of the most destructive and costly ransomware groups are now in their third incarnation.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Security elements include defenses against unauthorized entry (perimeter defense and access control), techniques to misdirect attackers (obfuscation defense), and specialized controls for specific assets (services, clouds, applications, virtual assets, endpoints, and networks). or segregated as cloud or network attached storage (NAS).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The geopolitical situations, particularly the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, caused a significant increase in the number of state-sponsored attacks with cyberespionage, sabotage, and misinformation purposes. According to the report, phishing campaigns are not identified as the most common initial vector of such ransomware attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Networks connect devices to each other so that users can access assets such as applications, data, or even other networks such as the internet. Network security protects and monitors the links and the communications within the network using a combination of hardware, software, and enforced policies.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 24, 2019

Ben Shoval , the developer who notified KrebsOnSecurity about the data exposure, said that’s because First American is one of the most widely-used companies for real estate title insurance and for closing real estate deals — where both parties to the sale meet in a room and sign stacks of legal documents. billion in 2018.

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Adapture

MAY 18, 2021

Is the Resurgence of Phishing Attacks A Cause For Concern? Easily one of the oldest attack vectors in the history of cybercrime, phishing attacks remain one of the most commonly used techniques for spreading malware, stealing credentials, infiltrating a network, or carrying out a range of nefarious acts on an organization.

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Imperial Violet

JULY 22, 2023

A password is the most common example of such a secret. If you want to throw it onto an ereader there's an EPUB version too.) Introduction Over more than a decade, a handful of standards have developed into passkeys—a plausible replacement for passwords. Nothing here is secret; it’s all described in various published standards.

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Imperial Violet

MARCH 26, 2018

None the less, the experience of most people is that passwords remain a central, albeit frustrating, feature of their online lives. Security Keys are another attempt address this problem—initially in the form of a second authentication factor but, in the future, potentially as a complete replacement. Introduction. RSA SecurID ).

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