The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

For example, ReasonLabs researchers recently uncovered a scam that used stolen credit cards and fake websites to skim monthly charges off of unsuspecting consumers. With more and more people working remotely, unsecured home or public WiFi networks represent a security risk not only to individuals but to their companies as well.

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Risk Cybersecurity Antivirus Phishing 203

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Regularly updating and patching systems, including antivirus software, firewalls, and SCADA networks, can mitigate this risk. This significantly reduces the risk of unauthorized access. Sophisticated adversaries: Nation-state actors, cybercriminals, and hacktivists are leveraging advanced tactics to target this sector.

Energy and Utilities 109

Energy and Utilities IoT Artificial Intelligence Backups 109

Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

How to stay safe, even when tech-savvy admins can't tell the difference between a scam and the truth.

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Cyber Risk Media Scams Risk 94

Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2025

Check out key findings and insights from the Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025. In addition, find out how AI is radically transforming cyber crime. And get the latest on open source software security; cyber scams; and IoT security. Plus, get fresh guidance on how to transition to quantum-resistant cryptography.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 7, 2025

Check out best practices for shoring up data security and reducing cyber risk. And get the latest on cyber scams; zero-day vulnerabilities; and critical infrastructure security. 1 - CSA: How to boost data security and reduce cyber risk Risk assessment gaps. Siloed cyber tools.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 17, 2022

The potential for hacks and scams is limited to the imagination of the person or group performing them. Educating employees and colleagues about the risks of phishing emails, cloned websites, and other common vectors for cyberattacks, especially during annual events like March Madness or the Superbowl can help prevent a data incident.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

The opportunities for scams are numerous when a single missing letter can take a would-be victim to a completely separate site. The risk posed by this sort of hack on a business’s reputation is also worth noting. As in virtually every cyber risk, one path to risk mitigation here is education and training.

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Hacking Phishing Risk Accountability 237

Adam Levin

JULY 16, 2018

The personal data for up to 14 million Verizon customers was discovered on an unprotected web server in late June by a cyber risk researcher. ” Dan O’Sullivan of UpGuard, a cybersecurity company, also expressed concern, stating that the exposure was a “remarkable incidence of third-party vendor risk.

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Identity Theft Cyber Risk Accountability Scams 138

Security Boulevard

MARCH 20, 2025

From hyper-realistic deepfakes to advanced vishing scams, AI-generated threats have quickly raised the stakes for enterprise security.With AI fundamentally changing both how businesses operate and how cybercriminals attack, organizations must maintain a current and comprehensive understanding of the enterprise AI landscape.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And sometimes, 23% of them experienced cyber-bullying and around 20% of them became a victim of a romance scam. Just by creating awareness among employees, using proactive security solutions, deploying MFA, using password managers can help in mitigating most of the cyber risks to a large extent. .

Identity Theft 117

Identity Theft Scams Passwords Password Management 117

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Proper mechanisms should be considered to mitigate the risk of customer compromise, regardless of the past incident announcement. The opportunity to acquire them in bulk will be extremely attractive for actors involved in spam, online banking theft, scam, business email compromise (BEC), and account takeover (ATO) activities.

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Scams Passwords Accountability Phishing 142

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As hackers and cyber crooks are always on a prowl of vulnerable of those who can be targeted easily by email scams, messages, malware or phishing attacks. However, not all seem to be merry for staying connected to the web 24×7.

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Cybersecurity Internet Internet Passwords 130

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2025

What was once protected behind secure walls is now out in the wild, widening the attack surface and opening up new risks. AI-powered social engineering makes scams more convincing, while stolen passwords enable criminals to log into corporate networks and move laterally unnoticed. Its not just personal and corporate identities.

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Authentication Identity Theft Digital transformation Passwords 62

SecureWorld News

MAY 14, 2020

The latest risk for increased phishing attacks? Security awareness study: how do end-users view cyber risks? First, they showed subjects email phishing scams. Next, they provided the subjects with a statistic about phishing risk: something like, "37.3% Increasing cybersecurity risks associated with COVID-19.

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Security Awareness Phishing Scams Risk 98

eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

The Attack Surface Management team at Group-IB said it constantly scans the IPv4 landscape for exposed databases, potentially unwanted programs, and other risks. A data breach, a follow-up strike on clients whose data was exposed, and other risks may result from an exposed database. Redis DBMS Tops the List. Ransomware.

Social Engineering 129

Social Engineering Internet Internet Risk 129

Adam Levin

JULY 23, 2020

The opportunities for scams are numerous when a single missing letter can take a would-be victim to a completely separate site. The risk posed by this sort of hack on a business’s reputation is also worth noting. As in virtually every cyber risk, one path to risk mitigation here is education and training.

Hacking 130

Hacking Phishing Risk Accountability 130

Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

Cyber attack instances are steeply rising across all sectors , leaving even the FBI to issue a bulletin about business email compromise (BEC) – the $43 billion scam. To address this gap, the JCDC is planning proactive measures for future cyber risks. The backbone of this planning is the JCDC’s 2023 Planning Agenda.

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Cyber threats Risk Cyber Risk 98

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sharing good security practices and raising awareness of the risks is a bit like coaching young footballers: when they’re confident in their ability, they learn to stay composed, resist the opponent’s pressure, and put their foot on the ball before choosing the right pass and escaping the danger. Sounds familiar? Put ’em under pressure.

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Scams Cybersecurity Data breaches Phishing 59

Webroot

JULY 25, 2022

Unfortunately, as cyber risks mount, insurers are raising prices for coverage, requiring customers to answer lengthy questionnaires and limiting who they provide cyber insurance coverage to. The cyber insurance market is expected to reach around $20B by 2025. Cyber Resilience planning puts focus on recovery readiness.

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Cyber Insurance Insurance Marketing Ransomware 136

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

Cybersecurity US holds conference on military AI use with dozens of allies to determine ‘responsible’ use DFSA’s Cyber Risk Management Guidelines: A Blueprint for Cyber Resilience?

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Malware Cybercrime Hacking Cyber threats 124

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We hear it all the time from the virtual stage of regional SecureWorld conferences: Cyber risk is business risk. Yes, cyber risk is business risk. Here is more evidence that a view like that is accurate. Hedge fund firm: profits way up before the cyberattack. Levitas Capital was making a killing.

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Cyber Attacks Banking Cyber Risk Accountability 117

The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 18, 2018

To answer those questions we invited two experts into The Security Ledger studio to talk about the evolution of the event and of the cyber security industry itself: Russ Schrader is the Executive director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA) and Angel Grant is the Director, RSA Identity and RSA Fraud & Risk Intelligence.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For years, attackers have manually collected information about their target to send them scams (e.g., Whether it’s bots faking online engagement, consumers messing with algorithms for personal benefits, or fake companies trying to top legitimate businesses in listings, the risks are high and growing.

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Cybersecurity Phishing Risk Artificial Intelligence 145

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The account access could be sold in bulk to other cybercriminals to conduct traditional monetary scams. This group has been conducting various activities ranging from online shopping scams to phishing attacks since 2017. Hence, it opens up a wide range of possibilities. The group is allegedly led by a Nigerian goes by the nickname Sam.

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Phishing Accountability Financial Services Cloud Migration 136

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

In the current digital landscape, identity security has gained paramount importance due to the growing cyber risks posed by phishing and social engineering attacks utilizing AI. Thus, a robust identity security framework is essential to safeguard against these risks and ensure the protection of personal information.

Identity Theft 105

Identity Theft Education Authentication Data breaches 105

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2021

Phishing scams, supply chain attacks and ransomware extortion — all pivoting, in one way or another, off the shifting operating environment – spiked. Company leaders can then make more informed decisions, not just about cyber risk mitigation, but also how to run their organizations more efficiently, overall.

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Digital transformation Phishing Cyber Risk Ransomware 203

SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2024

Tom O'Malley , Advisor to The Identity Theft Resource Center and Founder of Frozen Pii LLC, has advice for keeping personally identifiable information (PII) secure, or at least managing PII if an organization you do business with is hacked and your identity is now at risk. Ticketmaster is a near-monopoly in its space.

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Data breaches Data privacy Marketing Accountability 117

SC Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

Devon Ackerman, managing director and head of incident response for North America with Kroll’s Cyber Risk practice, said that the malicious actors behind this growing trend are “directly tied to ransomware groups” and are likely using automated scripts to seek out “Contact Us” or chat forms on the internet that they can abuse.

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Phishing Antivirus Scams Malware 134

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Staying safe online is not just a worry for parents of young children and teenagers – organizations are also constantly at risk from cyber-attacks, which is why training staff to reduce the likelihood of any such attack is crucial. So why is it vital to train employees on cybersecurity and internet risks?

Internet 94

Internet Internet Data breaches Phishing 94

BH Consulting

JUNE 22, 2021

Also known as cyber risk insurance, it’s now a prerequisite in some public sector tenders. You could argue cybersecurity insurance is useful because it makes people think of business risk, not just IT problems. Insurers know this and will say it’s a significant business risk not to have cover if a breach happens.

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Hot for Security

MAY 25, 2021

Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, spikes in online scams, fraud, identity theft, phishing and malware attacks have served as a constant reminder that individuals are waging war on two fronts. However, the increased exposure to cyber risks is not limited just to the remote-working population.

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Cybersecurity Identity Theft Media Digital transformation 124

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 16, 2020

There are some significant consequences and risks that are associated with a medical data breach. Financial Fraud: having a real patient's data can be used to commit medical fraud and scam the healthcare system. Hopefully medical organizations can learn from this research and use it to help reduce cyber risk.

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Healthcare Data breaches IoT Engineering 73

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

What job function is most common in the failures, and how does that map to overall security risk? With a good grasp of where your risk is, you can start focusing on problem areas of the organization with challenging, more frequent tests that use real-world tactics. You’re not using the data.

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Phishing Risk Cyber Risk Scams 98

BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

From ransomware and scams to security frameworks and employee privacy, our 2021 ‘greatest hits’ show how broad the areas of cybersecurity and data protection can be. We begin with a look at a contentious topic: cyber risk insurance. Risk vs reward. He also outlined four key business benefits from following the framework.

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Cybersecurity Insurance Scams Cyber Risk 59

BH Consulting

JULY 17, 2024

MFA is seen as a critical control in reducing the risk of account takeovers. Sadly, making things mandatory is often the most effective way to manage this risk. Coalition said this highlights the importance of email security as a critical part of cyber risk management. MORE Can LLMs work for vulnerability research?

Cyber Insurance 69

Cyber Insurance Insurance Risk Marketing 69

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Effective cybersecurity is essential to protect against these risks, and understanding the types of network security available can help small businesses implement the right safeguards for their unique needs. Lack of Awareness Many small business owners remain unaware of the specific cyber risks targeting their businesses.

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Small Business Cybersecurity Backups Firewall 68

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 9, 2023

Run the industry’s fastest scans to discover all risks. • with TruRisk is an enterprise-grade cyber risk management solution. Powered by the Qualys Cloud Platform, the vulnerability management tool enables you to prioritize assets, groups of assets, and vulnerabilities based on business risk. Qualys VMDR 2.0

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