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The Social Engineering of Survivor

Security Through Education

Though these two facets are important in getting further than most, the third facet is perhaps the most important…and that is the social game. At its core, Survivor is a social experiment. In fact, taking this one step further…you could say that Survivor is in essence, a social engineering experiment.

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Zero Trust Can’t Protect Everything. Here’s What You Need to Watch.

eSecurity Planet

As Sam Ingalls writes in his How to Implement Zero Trust article, “a zero trust strategy centers around refined controls to improve and rightfully restrict access to your network and applications. However, this doesn’t address a glaring issue staring everyone in the face: social engineering.

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7 Best Penetration Testing Service Providers in 2023

eSecurity Planet

For those who favor the DIY approach, we also have articles on the best commercial and open source pentesting tools. The company offers a range of pentesting services, including applications, networks, remote access, wireless, open source intelligence (OSINT), social engineering, and red teaming.

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How Much Does Penetration Testing Cost? 11 Pricing Factors

eSecurity Planet

and different types of penetration tests (black box, gray box, white box, social engineering, etc.). This article will provide insight into penetration test pricing, 11 key factors affecting pricing, information needed for a penetration testing quote, and how to pick a penetration testing vendor.

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Improve your AWS security posture, Step 3: Encrypt AWS data in transit and at rest

CyberSecurity Insiders

This can occur due to data leakage through faulty apps or systems, by laptops or portable storage devices being lost, by malicious actors breaking through security defenses, by social engineering attacks, or by data being intercepted in man-in-the-middle attacks.

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Cybersecurity Management Lessons from Healthcare Woes

eSecurity Planet

Social engineering: The US Office of Information Security issued a sector alert to warn of threat actors using social engineering tactics on the IT help desks for healthcare and public health providers to gain access to systems and hijack payments. Online trackers: Kaiser Permanente disclosed a HIPAA breach of 1.34

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From Caribbean shores to your devices: analyzing Cuba ransomware

SecureList

An understanding of how various gangs operate and what tools they use helps build competent defenses and investigate incidents. We hope this article will help you to stay one step ahead of threats like this one. We have made Yara rules that detect these new samples, and we are providing these in the attachment to this article.