Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The landscape of attack methodologies continues to evolve, presenting unprecedented challenges for security professionals. Common Entry Points and Vulnerabilities Third-party vendors frequently become the weakest link in organizational security chains.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Healthcare Social Engineering Financial Services 98

Security Boulevard

MAY 9, 2022

Hundreds of millions of documents” are being leaked. The post Putin’s ‘Victory Parade’ TV Show Hacked: ‘Blood on Your Hands’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Ukrainian hackers and their friends continue to pummel Russian computers. And today, Putin’s famous Victory Parade has been marred by hackers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. In addition, the report highlights the threats, trends, and key takeaways of threats observed and reported into 0xSI_f33d.

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Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 98

Security Through Education

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Importance of Security Education According to Proofpoint’s 2023’s Human Factor report , more than 99% of threats require human interaction to execute, such as enabling a macro, opening a file, following a link, or opening a malicious document. This means social engineering plays a crucial role in a successful attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Original post at [link] While organizations must still account for flashy vulnerability exploitations, denial-of-service campaigns, or movie-themed cyber-heists, phishing-based social engineering attacks remain a perennial choice of cybercriminals when it comes to hacking their victims.

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Phishing Social Engineering Security Awareness Passwords 98

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2022

This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. In addition, the report highlights the threats, trends, and key takeaways of threats observed and reported into 0xSI_f33d.

Threat Reports 98

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 98

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2025

Threat actors used AI tools to orchestrate highly convincing and scalable social engineering campaigns, making it easier to deceive users and infiltrate systems. This trend, among other AI-powered social engineering attacks, will amplify identity compromise, ransomware, and data exfiltration in 2025.

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Social Engineering Architecture Phishing Risk 99

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Attackers exploit the geopolitical environment and use AI-powered tools to create convincing deepfakes, disinformation campaigns, and social engineering attacks. The report notes that these attacks can have significant implications for democratic processes, social cohesion, and national security.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Some are unaware of their involvement and fall victim to social engineering techniques like phishing scams. Others may engage in negligent behaviour, such as evading security measures for convenience. Some engage in clandestine activities like stealing private information or sensitive documents.

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Social Engineering Risk Technology Engineering 98

Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As we mentioned in a previous blog , hackers come in many forms, but their methods can generally be classified into three distinct types of cybercriminals: The Impersonator – Hackers that pretend to be others, often using social engineering and human psychology to trick users.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

As TechRepublic reports , IOCTA documents how cybercriminals often avail of multiple services for certain types of fraud. Europol plans to follow up the IOCTA report with three spotlight documents, each focusing on one emerging cybercrime trend. The group’s eighth annual Security Awareness Report is also its largest ever.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

Researchers have spotted a new business email compromise (BEC) trend that, if perfected, could represent a significant social engineering threat to the financial investment and private equity community. “They look like really good representations of what one of these documents could look like,” said Hassold.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Phishing attackers are increasingly using social engineering techniques to personalize their attacks and target specific individuals or organizations. For example, attackers may research their victims on social media or other online sources to gather personal information that can be used to make their phishing emails more believable.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. In addition, the report highlights the threats, trends, and key takeaways of threats observed and reported into 0xSI_f33d.

Threat Reports 98

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 98

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Real-world recent examples of advanced phishing and social engineering attacks To understand the severity of the current phishing landscape, let's delve into some real-world examples. Advanced Detection Capabilities: By leveraging NLP and image recognition, LLMs can identify subtle cues that traditional security measures might miss.

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Technology Phishing Risk Scams 109

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Examine the rationale behind present rules, considering previous security concerns and revisions. Configurations, network diagrams, and security rules should be documented for future reference and auditing. Throughout the change management process, keep security and compliance in mind.

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Firewall Network Security Backups Education 120

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

However, even strong and unique passwords have well-documented limitations and risks. Businesses should invest in security awareness training programs not only for their employees but also for their families to establish a positive culture where everyone is invited to report mistakes, like clicking on a malevolent link.

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Cybersecurity Passwords Password Management Phishing 75

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

However, even strong and unique passwords have well-documented limitations and risks. Businesses should invest in security awareness training programs not only for their employees but also for their families to establish a positive culture where everyone is invited to report mistakes, like clicking on a malevolent link.

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Cybersecurity Passwords Password Management Phishing 62

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 23, 2022

The malware, Interception.dll, is designed to execute by loading three files: a decoy PDF document and two executables FinderFontsUpdater.app and safarifontagent, according to a series of tweets by ESET Research. Compiled for M1 processor-based Macs and Intel silicon, the malware was uploaded to VirusTotal from Brazil, ESET said.

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Cyber threats Social Engineering Malware Banking 52

Jane Frankland

AUGUST 18, 2020

That could be through common hacking techniques like phishing, bait and switch, cookie theft, deep fake , password cracking , social engineering , and so on. Numerous studies have documented how men and women gauge risk differently. It’s something I wrote extensively about in my book, IN Security. INSIGHT #3.

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Cyber Risk Risk Cybersecurity Technology 100

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Explore the IT infrastructure analysis portion of our security checklist: Cybersecurity Training Cybersecurity training is a workforce initiative that helps all employees identify threats and potential attacks. Social engineering, for example, is a threat that makes use of human vulnerabilities for illegal access.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Phishing is respondents’ top security concern, cited by 55%, followed by network intrusion and ransomware. About 41% of security team members lack security certifications, although they are an employment requirement in more than half of organizations surveyed. Identify optional attributes beyond the baseline ones.

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Cybersecurity CISO CSO Risk 69

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2 – It demonstrates the importance of security awareness training for your employees! 1999 — The Melissa Virus — A virus infects Microsoft Word documents, automatically disseminating itself as an attachment via email. I love it for a few reasons. #1 It is thought to be the first computer virus. .

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Generous Sharing Permissions Employees share links to documents all the time. If people outside your organization gain access to the links, they are able to watch, save, and edit internal company documents. How to secure information privacy: To avoid data breaches, you can limit or forbid the external linking to some or all documents.

Passwords 40

Passwords Data breaches Backups Authentication 40

NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Each type of penetration test focuses on a different target: Network penetration testing Network penetration testing , also called network security testing , focuses on internal and external networks, wireless endpoints and wireless networks, email phishing, and other types of social engineering.

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NopSec

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Specification Document The Base metric group represents the intrinsic characteristics of a vulnerability that are constant over time and across user environments. The US Department of Homeland Security initially released it in 2007 to improve software assurance through security awareness at the development stage.

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Software IoT Cyber Attacks Social Engineering 52

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For perspective, marked document, the next highest alert type, accounted for only 9% of total alerts. A user uploaded a document to VirusTotal, likely to check if it was malicious. Unfortunately, this made the document available as a downloadable artifact to premium VirusTotal users, thereby inadvertently exposing confidential data.

Passwords 59

Passwords Accountability Data breaches Marketing 59

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 9, 2023

Holm Security VMP. Best for: Small businesses that want to incorporate employee security awareness too. Holm Security VMP is a next-generation vulnerability management platform that helps detect vulnerabilities across your enterprise network and human assets in a single integrated platform.

Risk 104

Risk Penetration Testing Small Business Software 104

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For perspective, marked document, the next highest alert type, accounted for only 9% of total alerts. A user uploaded a document to VirusTotal, likely to check if it was malicious. Unfortunately, this made the document available as a downloadable artifact to premium VirusTotal users, thereby inadvertently exposing confidential data.

Passwords 52

Passwords Accountability Data breaches Marketing 52

Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Insecure passwords , using the same passwords on several accounts and for long periods of time, working over an insecure network and even sending a document to the wrong person can all be ways in which an employee can accidentally cause a data breach.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

A new survey-based research report from Tessian – with contributions from HackerOne – looks to raise awareness about this very issue. According to the document, 84% of roughly 4,000 surveyed professionals in the U.K. said that they post on social media every week. At the end of the day, promoting security awareness is paramount.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

Depending on the position of the employee or the importance of the partner being impersonated by the cybercriminals, they could obtain access to fairly sensitive documents such as contracts or customer databases. Help your employees become more knowledgeable and aware of cybersecurity issues. Leaked data.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

Mitnick and KnowBe4 As an early expert in social engineering and hacking, Mitnick provided valuable first-hand knowledge when he joined KnowBe4. He helped design KnowBe4’s training based on his social engineering tactics, and he became a partial owner of KnowBe4 in November 2011.

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Cybersecurity Social Engineering Education Engineering 98

Spinone

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Employees need to know what a “phishing” email may look like, what “social engineering” may involve, and how they can help to avoid bringing ransomware into the environment. Employees need to be educated on the current cybersecurity risks they may encounter and what to do when they encounter them.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

That is why hackers use social engineering tricks to pressure victims into paying a ransom. The data can be anything: photos, videos, documents, emails, presentations. Pass some security awareness courses for beginners. Businesses Data is the life source of business.

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Ransomware Encryption Antivirus Backups 59

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It's hard to believe, but security awareness training is now being viewed through a political lens, as well. He attempted to get the employee to turn on his own company, something security experts call an insider threat. Court documents are taking us inside the FBI sting that tripped up the suspect. City Councilman.

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