CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 13, 2023

Latest email security trends Phishing and spear-phishing attacks: Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where cybercriminals use deceptive emails to trick recipients into divulging sensitive information or downloading malware. These attacks often rely on social engineering tactics and email spoofing.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

In November 2021, an unauthorized third party called a Robinhood customer support employee and, through social engineering , gained access to the company’s customer support systems. Other cybersecurity tools offered include DNS filtering, disk encryption , backups , and email security for Microsoft-oriented infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Financial institutions in the 1990s and 2000s were some of the first to incorporate encryption to protect online transactions, particularly as backup tapes were lost in transit. The race continues for cryptographers to keep encryption systems ahead of cryptanalysts and hackers. Asymmetric Cryptography: Need for Security.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Hackers love small businesses. Currently, three times more small businesses are targeted by them than larger ones and around 60% go under within six months of falling victim to a cyberattack. The World Economic Forum reports the average share price can drop three points, even after six months. .

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Hackers apply more sophisticated smart social engineering tactics. Ransomware attacks O365 cloud of individual users, small businesses, and enterprise companies. Recovery from Backup Native OneDrive ransomware protection and recovery tools are not convenient if you need to restore many files.

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Chicago CyberSecurity Training

JULY 1, 2023

Be sure to avoid passphrases that may include information that can be easily gathered about you via social engineering. Backup Your Data: Data loss can be catastrophic for any business, especially an online business. A strong backup strategy is key to disaster recovery and business continuity.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

I can go into my [saved] folders, and find our folder on social engineering. Ask your employees if they need help with your mobile devices to figure out how to backup information or if they need help with phishing.". The SecureWorld panelists suggest the following: social engineering methods. social media safety.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Many groups have come to realize that some companies have good backups, so they start by stealing a copy of the data for themselves at the beginning of the attack. Even medium and large businesses struggle to handle this threat, and that’s with dedicated security staff to help them. Nowhere near fast enough.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 14, 2020

These new contexts create new opportunities for social engineering attacks like phishing and scare tactics to get us to open emails and click on fraudulent links. They’re used to running a thin-margin business, but this has become even more difficult as their small business customers struggle. Tyler Moffitt, Sr.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

I should also say that this when it does happen and again it's extremely, extremely rare when it does happen, It almost always involves some kind of social engineering. Vamosi: There's also Pegasus, a type of surveillance software created by NSO in Israeli security company. What is the worst thing you could see happening to you.

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