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Security Through Education
JANUARY 4, 2023
Social engineering has become a larger threat to the healthcare industry in recent years. Clearly, we need to take notice of how social engineering attacks are targeting our vital healthcare systems. So, what exactly is social engineering? What is Social Engineering? In one case, $3.1
Security Boulevard
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
Facebook shuts down their face recognition system and deletes more than a billion facial recognition templates, how phone bots are being used to trick victims into giving up their multi-factor authentication codes, and the US blacklists the NSO Group and 3 other companies for malicious cyber activities. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Face […].
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SC Magazine
MAY 4, 2021
Infosec’s Choose Your Own Adventure training game “Deep Space Danger” tests employees on their knowledge of social engineering. One of our jobs is to make sure the brand stays true to its zeitgeist, its character, and [Infosec] really had it down right from the beginning.”. What do you do?
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. Leveraging its English proficiency, the collective uses social engineering for initial access. Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems.
Duo's Security Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Threat actors have dramatically escalated their attacks – targeting security controls like multi-factor authentication (MFA), conducting wily social engineering attacks and extorting businesses large and small with ransomware. Since then, teams have had years to adjust to this new reality, yet the attackers have as well.
Jane Frankland
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
For one, they often lack control over user access and authentication, leaving the door open for anyone to join group conversationsor worse, impersonate someone else. This risk is even greater with the rise of synthetic media (deepfakes), which are now frighteningly real and easily accessible.
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. Most if not, all social engineering attacks will attempt to trigger some emotion such as urgency, fear, greed, or curiosity.
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