The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Compromised logins continue to facilitate cyber attacks at all levels, from phishing ruses to credential stuffing to enabling hackers to probe deep inside of a breached network. Using social engineering, the scammer tells a story about losing a phone and needing help activating a new one.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Phishing often serves as the gateway to cyber attacks, opening the door to impactful follow-on activity like malware and ransomware deployment or access to internal networks, ultimately causing substantial financial losses. This incident shows that while security tools are essential, phishing emails can still slip through.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The choice of which authentication methods to use is individual to every organization, but it must be informed by a clear understanding of how these methods defend against common identity threats. In this part, we’ll evaluate each method’s effectiveness in defending against five common types of cyber-attack.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. Also, one of the top ways attackers can target individuals is via social engineering or phishing.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

As coronavirus-themed cyber attacks ramp up, consumers and companies must practice digital distancing to keep themselves protected. That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 9, 2023

Passkeys are a lot easier to manage and are resistant to phishing , harvesting and other credential attacks, which is why it’s making its way into the mainstream as a more secure and convenient authentication method. Learn more about Social Engineering Attacks 2. Here are six benefits of passkeys.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2024

Strengthen authentication. Next, implement multi-factor authentication to make gaining access even more difficult for hackers. Ransomware: This attack involves criminals holding a network and its precious data hostage until the enterprise pays the demanded amount. Cybersecurity is a must for charities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

MongoDB on Saturday disclosed it is investigating a cyber attack against certain corporate systems. The cyber attack was discovered on December 13, 2023, and led to the exposure of customer account metadata and contact information. .”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 18, 2023

As data breaches and cyber attacks continue to rise, the traditional method of securing online accounts using passwords is becoming increasingly ineffective. Hackers can easily crack simple and commonly used passwords, or even use social engineering tactics to trick users into giving away their login credentials.

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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. Turn on Multifactor Authentication Even strong, secure passwords can be exposed by attackers.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. Social engineering scams leverage psychological manipulation to deceive individuals and exploit the victims’ trust.

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

When data breaches escalate, cyber-attacks grow more sophisticated, nation states ramp up their digital warfare, and regulations tighten the noose, staying ahead isnt just an optionits your only line of defence. On the one hand, AI is helping detect and prevent cyber-attacks through advanced threat detection and response capabilities.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Collect and safeguard critical artifacts such as event logs, system logs, and authentication records from corporate systems. If internal resources lack the expertise or tools to conduct a comprehensive investigation, external specialists, such as Cyber Forensics Experts and Threat Intelligence Analysts, may be required.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Can deepfakes be used to launch a cyber attack?” Hackers are always on the prowl and ready for any opportunity to launch a cyber attack on unsuspecting victims. Two other common cyber attacks that can be enhanced with the use of deepfakes include phishing and social engineering.

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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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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Category News, Social Engineering. All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. So far in September, IHG , Uber , and Rockstar Games have all been victims of major independent cyber attacks. Risk Level. The common theme?

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

It is an online scam attack quite similar to Phishing. It is a type of social engineering cyberattack in which the website’s traffic is manipulated to steal confidential credentials from the users. Pharming is one of the dangerous cyber attacks as it requires minimal user intervention. A few more tips.

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 13, 2024

Cyber attacks targeting cryptocurrencies can result in significant financial losses and compromised personal information. To safeguard your digital assets, this article will delve into key strategies to protect against various cyber threats. Recognize and avoid social engineering scams by educating yourself on common tactics.

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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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IT Security Guru

JUNE 13, 2024

This note is followed by instructions to contact the attackers via Telegram to negotiate the return of their data. These attackers appear to be using the stolen GitHub credentials of users who have not enabled two-factor authentication (2FA). Over recent months, GitHub-related security incidents have increased.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

As long as cyber attacks continue, financial institutions will remain a prime target, for obvious reasons. Yet, they are much less well equipped to detect and repel cyber attackers, who are relentlessly seeking out and exploiting the fresh attack vectors spinning out of expansion of mobile banking.

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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. “Cyber criminals are compromising user login credentials of healthcare payment processors and diverting payments to accounts controlled by the cyber criminals.

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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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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

.” The alert warns of cyber actors often using misconfigured or improperly secured RDP access controls to conduct cyber-attacks. Use multiple-factor authentication. Train users to identify and report attempts at social engineering. Windows 10). Audit logs for all remote connection protocols.

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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. Mobile devices pave the way to launch ransomware attacks on Australian businesses of every scale and domain. Common Trends Among the Australian Mobile Threats.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2021

How can organizations protect themselves against cyber-attacks when they have a hybrid working model? This uses encryption and authentication to allow the safe transfer of files inside and outside the organization. The nature of hybrid working. Most people working from home will have access to corporate systems.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 23, 2023

A social engineering development Making the notification via Twitter late last week , we’re still waiting on the full story as an investigation takes place. Based on how these things usually tend to go, social engineering launched via an email sent directly to an employee could be a strong candidate.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. Remote Technology. Conclusion.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

In his blog post , Kelley shared a video from CanadianKingpin12 that suggests DarkBERT will go well beyond the social engineering capabilities of the earlier tools with new “concerning capabilities.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

A cyberattack crippled the IT infrastructure of the City of Saint John Hundreds of female sports stars and celebrities have their naked photos and videos leaked online Romanians arrested for running underground malware services Threat actor shared a list of 49,577 IPs vulnerable Fortinet VPNs Computer Security and Data Privacy, the perfect alliance (..)

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency , lists the following 4 steps to protect yourself: Implement multi-factor authentication on your accounts and make it significantly less likely you’ll get hacked. More than 90% of successful cyber-attacks start with a phishing email. Update your software. Rosa Rowles.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Cybercriminals have mastered ways of taking advantage of humans’ psychological flaws, a primary reason why cyber attacks keep increasing by the day. Social engineering. This makes them fall victim to social engineering attacks such as; Baiting. Failure to keep up with system updates and upgrades.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

While humans do make errors that attackers are quick to exploit, the main path to our personal data seems to be social engineering – advanced techniques and tactics designed to lure people, which take advantage of a lack of awareness and poor security controls. And here’s the tricky part. What is the correct way to do that?

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In many enterprises, this includes administrators for tools like on-premises and cloud directories, single sign-on (SSO) solutions and multi-factor authentication (MFA) providers. Identity admins play a large role in defining and setting access policy and requirements, making these accounts attractive targets for cyber attackers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2022

According to Forbes , the cyberthreats that SMBs most commonly face are “ransomware, misconfigurations and unpatched systems, credential stuffing and social engineering.”. It’s a bad habit that makes it easier for cybercriminals to successfully access accounts without multi-factor authentication.

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