CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

billion in losses, according to data collected by the FBI’s The Internet Complaint Center (IC3). Cybercriminals employed all manner of schemes to target businesses and individuals, including phishing, spoofing and tech support fraud, the FBI reported. This represents a 69% increase from the previous year and a total of U.S. 54 million.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 9, 2024

This makes malware command-and-control, phishing attacks, DNS tunneling and a number of other attacks significantly less effective. Bad actors that manage to penetrate networks typically compromise employees who are typically vulnerable (but sometimes willing) — often through phishing, spear-phishing or ransomware.

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Vipre

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Email is the #1 attack vector for SMBs, and serves as a primary starting point for malware, phishing, and other types of attacks. . Any network that connects to the internet and is used by your employees (e.g., Do they know how to spot a phishing email or other types of hacking attempts? Endpoints .

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 7, 2024

The National Security Agency (NSA) recently named it as one of the best defenses against evolving phishing attacks. No matter how a network breach occurs—whether through ransomware, phishing, or another cyberattack—the malicious software needs to “beacon out” to the attack’s infrastructure, also known as command-and-control (C2).

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Outside her organization, cybercriminals exploited these shortcomings with increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks and relentless persistence. Now, major internet players, such as Google , Amazon , and Apple have rolled out passkeys to all consumers, signaling the true end of passwords. Start with our eBook.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

At the advent of the internet, there were a mere 213 servers in existence. And employees themselves are a liability, prone to human error, phishing, malicious activity and poor judgement. Access control, secrets management, and identity are all dependent on each other,” states the SPIFFE eBook. brooke.crothers.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 21, 2021

Ransomware code propagated through phishing and malware attacks that target weak workforce, supplier, and partner access credentials is perhaps the most common type of attack. To learn more about how ForgeRock helps manufacturing organizations, download our latest eBook, “Unlocking the Power of Digital Identity in Manufacturing” today.

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Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. Read more about the hidden costs of ransomware in our eBook.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2021

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed that some of the unlawfully accessed documents relating to COVID-19 medicines and vaccines have been leaked on the internet. Source: Brave website) Sharing an eBook with your Kindle could have let hackers hijack your account. Other cybersecurity news.

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