Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Street, a self-described “hacker-helper-human,” contemplates bad password advice, investing in human behavior, and why social engineering continues to work. What are some of the reasons that social engineering continues to work? Back in 2007, I believe, the Aurora attack saw Google employees targeted by a nation state.

Passwords 98

Passwords Social Engineering Phishing Technology 98

NopSec

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The US Department of Homeland Security initially released it in 2007 to improve software assurance through security awareness at the development stage. The current version as of 2021 is version 3.7 , which has 546 attack patterns.

Software 52

Software IoT Cyber Attacks Social Engineering 52

Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Using Outdated Software – companies pay about $36 295 to return their data from hacker By “software” we mean using old versions of Office like Office 2007 / 2010 / 2013 and not checking for the system updates and patches in Office 365. If you are guilty of it too, be ready for some security repercussions.

Passwords 40

Passwords Data breaches Backups Authentication 40

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2 – It demonstrates the importance of security awareness training for your employees! 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S. In 2007, he is arrested and eventually pleads guilty to wire fraud, stealing millions of credit card numbers and around $86 million of fraudulent purchases. I love it for a few reasons. #1

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135