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. Scattered Spider previously targeted telecommunications firms, likely to support its SIM-swapping activities that facilitate account takeovers.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As we move into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it would be a disaster to try to slow down the rate of change; instead, we must be fully aware of cyber risks and be able to better protect our assets. In other words, what we have to do is to manage human risk in the most competent manner. He is also a writer for Bora.

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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. Scattered Spider previously targeted telecommunications firms, likely to support its SIM-swapping activities that facilitate account takeovers.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. What are the benefits of cyber security awareness trainings?

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

Since founding Cedric Leighton Associates, he has become an internationally known strategic risk expert. Leighton is also a founding partner of CYFORIX, specializing in the field of cyber risk. His expertise is in social engineering, technology, security algorithms and business.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Provide cybersecurity awareness training to all personnel, enabling them to identify social engineering attacks and risky behavior. Cyber insurance will likely continue covering ransomware incidents, but insurers may increase scrutiny of policyholders' security measures before offering coverage.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Influence operations (IO) have also been utilized as a weapon during the conflict, by targeting Russian telecommunications providers, utilities, and private companies. The best possible method of understanding cyber risk—and of course tackling it—is through a robust intelligence service.

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