Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the first two months of 2023 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch reported more than 19,000 phishing reports with estimated financial losses of more than $5.2 What is phishing? What is phishing? This is part of what makes phishing attacks so dangerous.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Could be phished credentials. It’s too early to assess compliance to data loss regulations. Often inadvertent data breaches stem from a well-meaning employee trying to meet the needs of clients but without the technical systems to facilitate. Could be weak application security practices. Could be a bad actor.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A sophisticated cyber attack launched on the visa website of French government has led to a data breach where sensitive info related to applicants such as nationalities, birth dates and passport numbers were exposed to hackers. France-based media channels report that the incident could be a state funded attack.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Multiple trusted sources told KrebsOnSecurity that Sosa/King Bob was a core member of a hacking group behind the 2022 breach at Twilio , a company that provides services for making and receiving text messages and phone calls. 0ktapus often leveraged information or access gained in one breach to perpetrate another. According to an Aug.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2020

Even the title of SecureWorld's first story about the incident had questions: "Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked: Insider Threat or Social Engineering Attack?". Some influencers in security have openly questioned the company's access policies in tweets and social media posts. Spear phishing: what security experts are saying.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Is it just us, or is phishing everywhere right now? Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. An emotional phish .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

The vast majority of cyberattacks rely on social engineering – the deception and manipulation of victims to coerce them into either opening malware or voluntarily providing sensitive information. Employees with the right training, on the other hand, have developed the right habits to help them spot and thwart cyberattacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

ransomware builder used by multiple threat actors Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Cybercrime Unpacking the MOVEit Breach: Statistics and Analysis Cl0p Ups The Ante With Massive MOVEit Transfer Supply-Chain Exploit FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown U.S.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 6, 2023

With the proliferation of social engineering attacks, employees continue to be the biggest risk factor,” said Stu Sjouwerman, CEO, KnowBe4. However, according to IDC, less than 3% of IT spending is allocated to help secure the human layer.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2021

The exposed records include email addresses full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation records, LinkedIn username and profile URL, personal and professional experience/background, genders, and other social media accounts and usernames. Passwords are not included in the archive. ” reported RestorePrivacy.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Data breaches damage trust. Thales has worked together with the University of Warwick to produce the 2022 Consumer Trust Index survey, which includes some interesting findings: 33% of consumers globally have become victims of a data breach. Who most trusts digital platforms to hold and process personal data?

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

Javvad Malik, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4, said LinkedIn has become one of the most impersonated brands when it comes to phishing, and having access to such a treasure trove of information can help facilitate convincing phishing and social engineering attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

Samples from the archive shared by the author include full names, email addresses, links to the users’ social media accounts, and other data points that users had publicly listed on their LinkedIn profiles. Read more about the April 2021 LinkedIn scrape: Scraped data of 500 million LinkedIn users being sold online.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Thus, these Australian attacks significantly contribute to the rising trend in socially engineered attacks. Social media-based scams are increasing as the average Australian uses their smartphone to connect unilaterally with multiple social networking services. Common Trends Among the Australian Mobile Threats.

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SC Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been a strong proponent for average users facing phishing scams, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s columnist, Tony Pepper of Egress, writes about how people have become the new perimeter and they must be properly trained to spot phishing attacks. They’re also not perfect.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Although the main types of threats (phishing, scams, malware, etc.) We expect cybercriminals to use these anticipated titles along with streaming service names when distributing Trojans, creating phishing pages and implementing scams. Social media and the metaverse. New social media will bring more privacy risks.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, such as phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering attacks. Regularly review privacy settings on social media platforms to ensure that your personal information is not being exposed to potential threats.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Hacker's King

JUNE 27, 2023

It involves gathering and analyzing data from publicly accessible sources such as websites, social media platforms, news articles, and public records. However, it has been linked to data breaches or credential leaks as recently as 03/24/2021, but not recently. It provides valuable information for risk assessment.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the Allianz Risk Barometer , this year companies are worried about the threat of ransomware attacks, data breaches and IT outages – even more than business and supply chain disruption, natural disasters or the Covid-19 pandemic. The rise of cyber-attacks and phishing. Maintaining compliance.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 29, 2022

Category Awareness, Guides, News, Social Engineering. Here are some of the scams we see most frequently, and some of the quick tips for avoiding them: Scammers impersonate tax officials to trick you into giving them your money and data. Visit [link] to block more phishing pages. Risk Level.

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Spinone

MARCH 25, 2020

Phishing is one of the hacker’s trickeries, often used to infect Office 365 (or other cloud services) with ransomware. In this article, we’ll take a look at the main phishing types, ways to detect them, and how to avoid the potential damage they can inflict. What is Phishing?

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Social media activity: likes, shares, comments and posts. When you share your thoughts and life events on social media, it allows you to connect with family and friends. A common example is phishing. Data Breaches. billion records exposed in data breaches leaving more than half of the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

This sort of information would no doubt be of interest to scammers seeking to conduct social engineering attacks against Sprint employees as way to perpetrate other types of fraud, including unauthorized SIM swaps or in gleaning more account information from targeted customers.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sample uses of these stolen and compromised databases includes: - setting the foundation for a successful spear-phishing campaigns. setting the foundations for successful targeted malware and exploits serving campaigns. setting the foundations for successful widespread spam and botnet propagation campaigns.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Australian password security company Click Studios said it believes only a small fraction of its 29,000 customers were affected by a breach caused by a corrupted update containing malicious code. Meanwhile, customers posting correspondence from the company on social media may be unwittingly feeding into new phishing schemes.

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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. This lessens the possibility of data breaches and helps prevent unwanted access.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And with data breach related information available easily for sale online, it takes criminals few pennies to gather large amounts of personal information to craft phishing campaigns. The post Cyber Attacks in UK leading to Silent Stealing appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 6, 2021

Unless you keep your social media at a pole’s distance, you have probably heard that an absolutely enormous dataset—containing over 500 million phone numbers—has been made public. Some reports say the data was scraped in 2019, others talk about early 2020. Whether you like it or not. Why it still matters.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

CyberNews researchers discovered an unsecured data bucket that belongs to View Media containing close to 39 million US citizen records. The CyberNews research team discovered an unsecured data bucket that belongs to View Media, an online marketing company. What happened to the data? Original post: [link].

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

ImmuniWeb founder, CEO and chief architect Ilia Kolochenko told eSecurity Planet that a grey market for scraped data has been in place for several years, “attracting diversified buyers from banal spammers to sophisticated hacking groups who search for up-to-date records to launch large-scale phishing and social engineering campaigns.”

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

How to protect your organization from a social engineering attack. This tactic is called social engineering and is one of the key methods used in attacks that result in data breaches. These types of "unauthorized access" attacks account for 50% of all data breaches and can cost companies as much as $9.5M

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Identity IQ

MAY 30, 2023

How Does My Data End Up on the Dark Web? Your personal data can end up on the dark web through various means, but the most common are data breaches and targeted hacking. Targeted hacking is another way that data can end up on the dark web. What Happens if Your Information Gets on the Dark Web?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2022

One slip on a phishing email, one weak password, one orphaned account or a misconfigured privilege could wreak havoc — even for an SMB. According to Forbes , the cyberthreats that SMBs most commonly face are “ransomware, misconfigurations and unpatched systems, credential stuffing and social engineering.”.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 5, 2021

Security researchers generally believe Facebook when the social media giant says the data breach reported over the weekend was the same one addressed in 2019. Cybercriminals can use information such as phone numbers, emails, and full names to launch targeted social engineering attacks, such as phishing, vishing, or spam.”

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