CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

News is out that social security numbers of nearly 35,000 users were leaked in a cyber attack that could have emerged from a credential stuffing campaign launched by a state funded actor. According to the update provided by a source from PayPal, the attack took place on December 6 and was identified at the end of last month.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As we near the end of 2022, IT professionals look back at one of the worst years on record for incidents. Cyber attacks and breaches continue to rise with no end in sight. During 2022 over 65% of organizations expected security budgets to expand. With this increased spending the attacks continue at an exponential rate.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

A "highly operational, destructive, and sophisticated nation-state activity group" with ties to North Korea has been weaponizing open source software in their social engineering campaigns aimed at companies around the world since June 2022.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

26 key cyber security stats for 2024 that every user should know, from rising cyber crime rates to the impact of AI technolog y. Cyber Crime Surge: During COVID-19 , cyber crimes shot up by 600%, showing how threats adapt to global changes. Phishing Attacks: Phishing is the top cyber attack, causing 90% of data breaches.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 29, 2022

What are DDOS attack tools? DDOS attacks are cyber- attacks targeted at rendering certain computers, network systems and servers non-functional. Attackers have to carry out a long series of actions that involve social engineering, data breaches and sometimes even system testing.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

NINJIO prepares organizations to defend against cyber threats through their engaging, video-based training courses. They earned the highest score among providers named "Customer's Choice" in Gartner's 2022 "Voice of the Customer” Security Awareness Computer-Based Training report. are the different parts of cybersecurity.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The 2022 update to our research on the perception of data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk for a data breach instead of what feels right. In their 2021 report, Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all breach events. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 11, 2024

This article will delve into how AI can be manipulated by cyber attackers for scams, particularly ones that affect businesses. NCSC, 2024) Below are some of AI assisted cyber-attacks you should be aware of. What is AI Voice Scamming? Financial Times, n.d.)

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Anton on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

The famous Mandiant 2023 M-Trends (NOT G-Trends, mind you…) report is out, and here are some of the things that I found to be surprising and NOT surprising :-) Mandiant M-Trends 2023 Detection by Source SURPRISING “Mandiant experts note a decrease in the percentage of global intrusions involving ransomware between 2021 and 2022. Good news?!]

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2023

And under such circumstances, the IT staff should start becoming highly vigilant as hackers have a splendid chance to unveil help desk themed social engineering driven cyber-attacks. The NSA will make more details on this attack available in February last week of this year.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Don’t be afraid of social engineering attacks this Cybersecurity Awareness Month! In the spirit of this year’s theme, we created a parody of the Monster Mash to share social engineering prevention tips far and wide. In fact, 98 percent of cyber attacks involve some form of social engineering.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They are built to collaboratively work with other cybersecurity providers, cyber threat information institutions, and others that readily provide threat information and insights. Forrester released its 2022 State of Endpoint Security report in July this year, saying that buyers are seeking better product efficacy and integrated data security.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A penetration test , or pen test, is the simulation of a cyber attack. This critical IT security practice isn’t the same as a vulnerability assessment or vulnerability scanning, though, as pen testing involves an actual attack similar to what hackers would do in real-world conditions.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Stanford University, one of the top ranked Universities of the United States and world, has become a victim to a cyber attack leading to data leak or unauthorized access of sensitive information. Hackers can use stolen data for launching social engineering attacks such as phishing.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

The pressure for those in charge is immense as cyber risks have scaled, and can now bring businesses, economies, and communities to a halt. Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022. Today, cyber is not just disruptive, it can be weaponised and is capable of destruction. Now, I want to hear from you….

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2023

“In 2022, several IT security service providers reported on the APT group1 Charming Kitten2, which is said to be involved in investigating Iranian opposition figures and Iranian exiles.3 The cyber spies used social media to gather information on the targets and as a vector for social engineering attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Social Tactics.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. Navigating the internet in 2022 is more dangerous than ever for Australian netizens. Australian Mobile Cybersecurity in 2022.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems. This concealed their attack until the environment was encrypted and backups were sabotaged.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about cyber attacks against healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. The attacker stole $3.1 million with this attack. February 2022: in a separate incident a different threat actor used the same technique to steal approximately $700,000.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Clasiopa group targets materials research in Asia CERT of Ukraine says Russia-linked APT backdoored multiple govt sites UK won the Military Cyberwarfare exercise Defence Cyber Marvel 2 (DCM2) CISA warns of disruptive attacks amid the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Highly evasive cryptocurrency miner targets macOS Hackers are actively exploiting (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But with increasing pressures from the war and economic downturn, we have likely just glimpsed the beginnings of the new Cold Cyber War as state-sponsored hackers look for new ways to make money and disrupt critical infrastructure. 2 – Cybersecurity budget cuts introduce new threats.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 31, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations. Phishing, social engineering, and credential stuffing are often the end result. Data for sale is not unusual.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Let us know what you think on social media! For the past few years ( 2020 , 2022 ), weve shared our research on the data breach perception problem - pointing to the fact that how data breaches occur appears to vary widely between industry sources and how people think they may occur. Keep reading below! Or download now!

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

The Attack Surface Management team at Group-IB said it constantly scans the IPv4 landscape for exposed databases, potentially unwanted programs, and other risks. From Q1 2021 to Q1 2022, the team discovered 399,200 exposed databases due to those efforts. According to the Attack Surface Management team, an average of 170.2

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For the past few years ( 2020 , 2022 ), we’ve shared our research on the data breach perception problem - pointing to the fact that how data breaches actually occur appears to vary from how people think they may occur. Basic Web Application Attacks: SQL Injection, exploiting vulnerabilities, using stolen credentials. Or download now!

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Quishing, an insidious threat to electric car owners Google fixed actively exploited Android flaw CVE-2024-32896 Discontinued D-Link DIR-846 routers are affected by code execution flaws.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The 2022 update to our research on the perception of data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk for a data breach instead of what feels right. In their 2021 report, Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all breach events. Click the button!

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Appknox

AUGUST 7, 2022

On the other hand, a penetration test simulates a cyber attacker's behavior to discover any unknown vulnerabilities. It goes much more profound and is usually conducted with the assistance of an experienced and highly skilled engineer. Reality Check: Neither small nor big companies are immune from cyber-attacks or data breaches.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Sporting events, like the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (Qatar 2022 World Cup), attract massive attention from every corner of the world. So, it is extremely important to shine a light on some of the most pressing cyber threats to prevent and mitigate them ahead of time.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

Small businesses are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks since hackers view them as easy victims to target. While this may seem unlikely, statistics reveal that more than half of these businesses experienced some form of cyber-attack in 2022.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 26, 2023

This ransomware is most distributed through phishing attacks where the victim clicks on a link which starts the download process. Since then, it has been responsible for many cyber-attacks that have been launched against devices using Linux OS. Babuk is a ransomware that was first discovered in early 2021.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

As for KSB 2022, we invited notable experts to share their insights and unbiased opinions on what we should expect from cybersecurity in the following year. Given the continued surge of ransomware attacks, which soared 288% in the first half of 2022 alone, the need for cyber insurance will be a bigger priority, especially in the SMB market.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services HHS Breach Portal states that since the beginning of 2022, there have been at least 368 breaches affecting over 25.1 According to a recent IBM report , breaches now come with a record-high price tag of $10.1 million patients.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

State-Backed Tactics Above the Battlefield During the weeks preceding the official invasion of Ukraine, the ReliaQuest Photon Research team observed foreboding signs—among them, military movements along the Ukrainian borders and minor cyber attacks against Ukrainian private and public entities.

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