Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. banks using the Zeus Trojan virus to crack open bank accounts and divert money to Eastern Europe.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Hacking Banking 135

Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2022

Human identities are being phished…. This explains the rise in phishing attacks targeting users. According to Help Net Security , the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) detected 260,642 phishing attacks in July 2021. The issue is that users can’t always spot a phishing attempt. brooke.crothers.

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Risk Phishing Digital transformation Security Awareness 52

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 11, 2022

The three were linked together by exchanging data related to construction companies who were involved in multi-million dollar building projects, and whose emails they were able to acquire through phishing attacks against targets they had purchased from a commercial intelligence service intended to be used by potential sub-contractors. .

Banking 64

Banking Accountability Scams Marketing 64

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In the spirit of empowering people and organisations to protect themselves from cyber risks, we’re going to look back at three of the main threats from the past year: ransomware , data breaches , and phishing. More than one in three breaches tracked last year involved phishing , according to the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report.

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Scams Cybersecurity Data breaches Phishing 59

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Launched in 2004 in Bedford, Massachusetts, EDB specializes in software solutions for the open source relational database management system (RDBMS), PostgreSQL. With several attacks in the last year due to a breach of an administrator or personnel’s account, organizations must take a zero trust approach to protect data security.

Firewall 121

Firewall Encryption Computers and Electronics Software 121

Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Targeted attacks like these, plus social engineering, specifically phishing – where attackers pose as a trusted source, prey on human vulnerability, and use email or malicious websites to gain the information they want – are effective but they aren’t the only problem.

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CISO Mobile Technology Risk 130

Centraleyes

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Established by the main major credit card financial companies back in 2004 (American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, Mastercard and Visa), the standard has evolved over the years and is currently at version 4.0. Important Note: PCI DSS current version, Version 3.2.1, in March of 2024. .”

Passwords 52

Passwords Computers and Electronics Software Encryption 52

Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

Junk email campaigns touting employment or “money mule” scams cost $300 per million, and phishing emails could be blasted out through Severa’s botnet for the bargain price of $500 per million. In this paid ad from 2004, Severa lists prices to rent his spam botnet. Severa was a moderator on the Russian spam community Spamdot[.]biz.

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Antivirus Cybercrime Identity Theft Scams 342

The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2023

Cyber threats have steadily intensified each year since I began writing about privacy and cybersecurity for USA TODAY in 2004. A company may have thousands of employees, but it only takes one phished employee for cybercriminals to bring the network to its knees. The law of large numbers favors the bad guys.

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Cloud Migration Passwords Cybersecurity Cyber threats 188

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Unfortunately it also threatens to clean out somebody’s bank account. 2004: First contact. Cast your mind back to 2004, because that’s where our tale begins. Our nameless space explorer had a social media page, apparently posting fake images to an Instagram account and luring in a 65 year old woman in Japan.

Scams 94

Scams Accountability Banking Media 94

Security Boulevard

MAY 1, 2024

And despite relentless efforts to advocate for improved password practices (Bill Gates declared the death of passwords back in 2004), the uphill battle against ingrained habits and the allure of convenience continues. This allows users access to their accounts frictionlessly across multiple devices.

Passwords 64

Passwords Authentication Password Management Data breaches 64

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 1, 2024

And despite relentless efforts to advocate for improved password practices (Bill Gates declared the death of passwords back in 2004), the uphill battle against ingrained habits and the allure of convenience continues. This allows users access to their accounts frictionlessly across multiple devices.

Passwords 62

Passwords Authentication Password Management Data breaches 62

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It could install a keylogging program, allowing the hacker to gain access to sensitive information like bank account details, passwords, and physical addresses as long as the victim typed that information into their computer at any point. 2004 saw the first worm designed to infect cell phones in Cabir.

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