SecureList

APRIL 17, 2023

A short look at QBot The banking Trojan QBot was detected for the first time in 2007. Now the banker is delivered to potential victims through malware already residing on their computers, social engineering, and spam mailings. In 2021, we published a detailed QBot technical analysis.

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Malware Banking Social Engineering Passwords 140

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. since Q3 of 2007. Social Tactics. According to data from the Federal Reserve , the 55-69 age group currently controls 41.2%

Social Engineering 121

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Internet 121

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to a report by the Barracuda cybersecurity company, in 2021, businesses with fewer than 100 employees experienced far more social engineering attacks than larger ones. Encourage employees to create strong passwords for all digital services they use and to protect accounts with multi-factor authentication wherever applicable.

Cybercrime 122

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 122

Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Absence of a Password Policy for Employees – About 81% of company data breaches happened due to poor passwords One of the main O365 security concerns is password carelessness. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, more than 70% of workers reuse passwords. How to make passwords secure: 1.

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Passwords Data breaches Backups Authentication 40

Spinone

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Starting from Outlook 2007, there’s no such option anymore. Click ‘File’ then ‘Add Account’ Enter your email on Outlook 2016 and newer versions or fill in the form (name, email, password) for older versions. Enter your password and press Ok. Probably, the developers considered it redundant.

Backups 52

Backups Accountability Passwords Cyber Attacks 52

Malwarebytes

MAY 15, 2022

You can reach back to 2007 and look in amazement at the 419 death threat. Things become even worse when social engineering combines with publicly available data to make it even more convincing. Have a “password” that family members can use to confirm a loved one is really in trouble. You see this time and time again.

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Scams Social Engineering Password Management Engineering 130