CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

These attacks have become more complex and challenging to detect, leading to increased instances of data breaches, account takeovers, and impersonation attacks. For instance, popular social media platforms such as YouTube and Twitter have seen a surge in account takeovers and impersonation incidents.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

“Vishing is one of the attacks that we’ve seen a huge surge in since lockdown,” in part due to the increase in conversations that happen over the phone or over Zoom, said report author Abhishek Iyer, director of product marketing at Armorblox, in an interview with SC Media. Setting up a Google Voice number is very easy.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

Business social media platform LinkedIn is being exploited by nation-state threat actors to target UK citizens. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles. Millions in the UK Targeted by Malware via a DHL Scam Text Message.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Ryan Flores, senior manager of forward-looking threat research in APAC region at Trend Micro, told SC Media that the finding was pretty striking, because typically you would see a spam or phishing campaign sent to a wide range of email addresses. We need to realize that these executives do hold a lot of power,” Flores continued. “If

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

This method involves using emails, social media, instant messaging, and other platforms to manipulate users into revealing personal information or performing actions that can lead to network compromise, data loss, or financial harm. It provides an additional degree of security beyond just a login and password.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

money from a bank account) or use it for other social engineering types. Water holing uses websites that users often visit to spread malware links, for example, social networking websites, forums, popular blogs, or trusted online media. A good example of spear phishing would be an email from Accounting or HR department or CEO fraud.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

Normally, doxing involves a threat to specific people, such as media personalities or participants of online discussions. Such key positions include the CEO, HR department director, and chief accountant. The unsuspecting accountant asks the employee to send his new bank details. Attacks using publicly accessible data: BEC.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

The LockBit threat group is the biggest source of ransomware and RaaS attacks, accounting for 44% of successful ransomware attacks in 2022, according to Trustwave SpiderLabs in a new report released today. Seasoned cyber criminals can create and sell attack portfolios as a service to receive simple, quick, and repeatable paydays.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

IoT-enabled scams and hacks quickly ramped up to a high level – and can be expected to accelerate through 2021 and beyond. With control of the exec’s smart speaker secured, the attackers were able to achieve their objective to eavesdrop on the CFO’s private conversations. In response, threat actors are hustling to take full advantage.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Most modern small businesses have one or more digital properties, including a website and various social media pages. Most simply don’t have the resources to employ a dedicated cybersecurity team or invest in comprehensive security awareness training, leaving employees more vulnerable to phishing attacks and other scams.

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Webroot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Being aware is the first step towards protecting your business. Security awareness training (SAT) can help. What is Security Awareness Training? Security awareness training is a proven, knowledge-based approach to empowering employees to recognize and avoid security compromises while using business devices.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There have been some very high profile data breaches in the last couple of years, all of which have cost thousands of dollars of damage and a severe blow to the reputation of the company involved: In late 2014, hackers stole the account information of over 500 million Yahoo email accounts.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

The scammers are impersonating c-level executives and instructing accounts payable employees to complete a capital call transaction to a fraudulent bank account. However, for now the scam isn’t executed especially well, Hassold noted. The report partially attributes this sudden spike to the newly identified scheme.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2023

Scams will also target consumers for fake merchandise, phony tickets, etc." This creates an environment of heightened emotions and raised expectations for communications from strangers, colleagues, and friends, writing to work and personal email accounts. Scammers may also use social media to learn more about you or request money.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Outside the fearsome headlines, the lives of ordinary people are regularly hijacked through scams, account takeovers, and data leaks. The value of a hacked email account is higher than ever and the number of ways to break into them greatly outnumbers the ways to prevent that from happening.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

We repeatedly say that companies need to invest significantly in advanced protection tools and security awareness, including a Zero Trust approach. On 14th August 2019, the auto parts supplier was tricked into making a large fund transfer into the hackers’ bank account. Phishing and spear-phishing are types of scams.

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Spinone

JANUARY 9, 2019

In this article we will discuss how to avoid phishing attacks in G Suite and provide phishing prevention best practices on how companies can enhance G Suite security awareness and protection against phishing scams. Cloud security concerns today are some of the most important and challenging problems that businesses have to face.

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SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in March released its 2020 Internet Crime Report with updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC), Email Account Compromise (EAC), and COVID-19 scams. Security pros know better. There’s no single security solution that will stop all email attacks. billion in 2020.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. In addition, the report highlights the threats, trends, and key takeaways of threats observed and reported into 0xSI_f33d. in Q2 2022.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

One of the most critical questions of work-from-home security is related to employees’ awareness of the main concepts of cybersecurity. Some employees are not strictly using their business accounts for work-related purposes. Scam and phishing. One of the most common concerns for workers is related to phishing scams.

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