IT Security Guru

JANUARY 9, 2025

Cybercriminals weaponise AI to speed up and scale traditional attack tactics, such as phishing and password cracking, while also creating entirely new forms of cyber threats. As businesses navigate digital transformation and evolving cybersecurity threats, the need for comprehensive PAM solutions becomes even more critical.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Through malware, phishing, and other exploitive activities, these villains take advantage of vulnerabilities and seek to cause harm. By taking advantage of not only the rise in hybrid work – but also malicious email phishing campaigns – actors in the cybersecurity sphere are fighting hard to upstage their victims.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2024

The online commercial banking industry is experiencing a rising challenge with the subtle yet impactful presence of reverse proxy attacks, particularly in the form of reverse proxy phishing. Read on […] The post Commercial Banking Takes on Reverse Proxy Phishing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2025

Modern APIs Must Fight Bad Bots Todays businesses rely on APIs to drive digital transformation, AI automation, and seamless integrations, making them essential for agility, innovation, and competitive advantage. However, this functionality makes them prime targets for bad bots to commit fraud, scrape data, and bypass security controls.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2019

APIs are the glue that keeps digital transformation intact and steamrolling forward. APIs have been a cornerstone of our digital economy from the start. Today APIs are empowering companies to speed up complex software development projects – as part of digital transformation. They simply can’t keep up.

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Jane Frankland

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Cyberattacks and data breaches will continue to arise because of credential theft, social engineering (phishing, smishing, vishing etc), vulnerabilities in third party software and supply chain processes, forged or stolen machine identities, and misconfigured cloud computing. Digital transformation. Types of attacks.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The post Russian FSB Targets US and UK Politicians in Sneaky Spear-Phish Plan appeared first on Security Boulevard. TA446’s new TTPs: “Star Blizzard” FSB team called out by Five Eyes governments (again).

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2021

Some 91 percent of the respondents agreed that passwordless authentication was important to stop credential theft and phishing. Meanwhile, 64 percent saw value in improving user experiences and 21 percent said it could help achieve digital transformation.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 18, 2025

Robust Authentication Offers phishing-resistant MFA options (e.g., Secure Access Management Enforces granular access controls based on user roles and context, ensuring only authorized personnel can access PHI. Centralized policy management simplifies compliance with Privacy Rule restrictions on PHI sharing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Google seems to have taken a pledge to safeguard the security and digital transformation of governments, critical infrastructure managing companies and enterprises-large and small by creating a new cybersecurity advisory team. The post Google creates a Cybersecurity Action Team appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 17, 2024

Their research also underscores the correlation between high digital evolution, momentum, and user engagement, signifying the importance of seamless user experiences and consumer willingness to adopt new technologies. This makes sense, especially considering the relationship between trust, digital transformations and cybersecurity.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Phishing and Fraud Bad actors can defraud customers out of their money, financial details, and other sensitive data by using deception and social engineering. By using AI to compose phishing messages, bad actors can avoid many of the telltale signs that indicate a scam, such as spelling and grammar errors and awkward phrasing.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 10, 2019

The recent network breach of Wipro , a prominent outsourcing company based in India, serves as a stunning reminder that digital transformation cuts two ways. Our rising dependence on business systems that leverage cloud services and the gig economy to accomplish high-velocity innovation has led to a rise in productivity.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 8, 2023

The cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving, with familiar attack tactics like ransomware , phishing, and credential abuse and theft becoming more sophisticated and destructive.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In fact, the Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report found that “with an unprecedented number of people working remotely, phishing and ransomware attacks increased by 11 percent and 6 percent respectively.” Cybercriminals have taken advantage of security challenges that arise from the new model of remote work and collaboration.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Below the main trends reported in the document: Attack surface in cybersecurity continues to expand as we are entering a new phase of the digital transformation. The number of phishing victims continues to grow since it exploits the human dimension being the weakest link.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 8, 2024

Deploying FIDO (Fast Identity Online) security keys within a business offers substantial benefits, such as improved security through phishing-resistant, passwordless authentication. Having an MFA that is resistant to phishing attacks is insufficient; you also need to ensure that your management procedures are secure, reusable, and traceable.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 5, 2022

This is a necessity as digital transformation continues as a secular trend. This does bring additional challenges, because bad actors are also evolving their tactics to trick users, for example through phishing emails using the meeting invites.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Like most other pressing cybersecurity challenges today, the problem is rooted in digital transformation. Specifically, to make their digital operations ever more flexible and agile, enterprises have grown ever more reliant on third-party software developers. Losing control of risk. Smart attacks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Recognizing unusual behavior, identifying and reporting phishing scams, and following best practices like enabling MFA and using strong, unique passwords can significantly reduce the risk of their employer falling afoul of a data breach. Employees play an integral role in the security of their organization.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

Silverfort has introduced new technology that is designed to help corporations address unprecedented authentication exposures spinning out of ‘digital transformation.’. This is what digital transformation is all about. Here are excerpts edited for clarity and length: LW: How did Silverfort get started?

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2021

Covid 19 turned out to be the best digital transformation initiative ever,” Cornell says. “It Phishing scams, supply chain attacks and ransomware extortion — all pivoting, in one way or another, off the shifting operating environment – spiked. At the moment, a lot of organizations are in this boat.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The attackers have a vast, pliable attack surface to bombard: essentially all of the externally-facing web apps, mobile apps and API services that organizations are increasingly embracing, in order to stay in step with digital transformation. Related: The ‘Golden Age’ of cyber espionage is upon us.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Cybercriminals could use this tool to generate and send phishing emails automatically. In 2025, we could well see a cyberattack tool that requires only the name of a corporate target to set off a series of malicious activities. Once inside a target network, they could leverage the technology to gain further access.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2021

Due to our dependence on the internet for digital transformation, most people suffer from the risks of cyberattacks. Aside from that, phishing is also a known way of attempting to get sensitive information from users through a webpage that looks the same as a trustworthy entity. Article by Shiela Pulido.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

On the other hand, malicious actors are leveraging AI for more sophisticated attacks, such as deepfakes and AI-enhanced phishing. Some key insights from the survey: Ransomware and phishing remain top threats, but AI-generated attacks are rapidly gaining ground. Promote the CISO's role in digital transformation.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

When you’re facing this dizzying array of threats – from the aforementioned breaches to compromised public Wifi to phishing – you must take matters into your own hands. LW: How does digital transformation play into this? This is where security really becomes DIY.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

During the reporting period, Emotet evolved into a botnet, increased its activity, and initiated new localized spam campaigns with spear-phishing functionality to install ransomware or steal information.". More on these things in a minute. Web-based Attacks. Web Application Attacks. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). Identity Theft.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Hackers, phishers, cybercriminals, inside threat actors, and supply chain impersonators continue to be more successful with their email phishing attacks. Insure Risk is the Decision factor for Digital Transformation Decisions. Time for a new perspective?

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for retailers and further shifted consumer buying habits online, which has expanded their attack surface and heightened the number of vulnerabilities and risks of a breach, said Casey Ellis, founder and CTO at Bugcrowd. “As

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Webroot

APRIL 5, 2024

Other times, well-intentioned employees fall victim to attacks like phishing, legitimate-looking emails that trick employees into giving attackers their credentials or other sensitive information—like patient data. In fact, 16 percent of breaches start with phishing. Train your employees to recognize malicious activities like phishing.

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

The increased reliance on decentralized connection and the continued rapid expansion of digital transformation by enterprises, small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and individuals, provided cybercriminals with many opportunities to exploit and capitalize on unsuspecting businesses and individuals.

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Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As we ride the biggest digital wave in history, the internet has become fundamental to how society maintains livelihoods, conducts business, and stays connected. A Trust Benchmark for Digital Transformation. With it, come a constant evolution of risk. That is where trust and transparency come in.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

No longer confined to isolated malware or phishing attacks, threats now encompass a wide range of sophisticated tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by cybercriminals and nation-state actors alike. Her experience spans B2B tech, with a lot of focus on cybersecurity, cloud, enterprise, digital transformation, and data centre.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

At the onset of the year, we predicted that the top priority for any CISO or CIO will be to manage the risk associated with digital transformation and enhance their security programs in order to keep up with new technological complexity. Looking back, that was an understatement! .

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 12, 2025

The newly introduced SafeNet eToken Fusion NFC PIV enables passwordless, phishing-resistant authentication across a wide range of devices. In this blog, we will explore how SafeNet eToken Fusion NFC PIV the innovative FIDO security key designed by Thales - unlocks the potential of passwordless across your organization.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 27, 2019

Employees are the first line of defense when it comes to averting phishing attempts and distracted employees are off their game. Unfortunately, this year, companies are essentially “taking it to the hoop” when it comes to digital transformation initiatives. For IT security, March can quickly become maddening.

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