Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. Social engineering scams leverage psychological manipulation to deceive individuals and exploit the victims’ trust.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

In this blog, we’ll tackle encrypting AWS in transit and at rest. This can occur due to data leakage through faulty apps or systems, by laptops or portable storage devices being lost, by malicious actors breaking through security defenses, by social engineering attacks, or by data being intercepted in man-in-the-middle attacks.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2025

Encryption Technologies: Encryption protects data confidentiality and integrity, but attackers also use it to conceal malware, establish encrypted communication channels, and secure stolen data. Social Engineering Tactics: These tactics exploit human psychology to manipulate individuals.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 3, 2025

Allegedly orchestrated by the same group known as Scattered Spider, these attacks highlight the significant challenges even the most respected and established brands face in defending against modern cyber threats. On one hand, AI enhances security by enabling faster threat detection, predictive analytics, and automated responses.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The cybercriminals behind Storm-050 employ advanced social engineering techniques, including phishing emails to trick victims into granting access to internal systems. Once inside, they deploy ransomware, encrypting files and demanding hefty payments to restore access.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron: On the software side of things, some exciting breakthroughs are about to gain meaningful traction in leveraging machine learning and automation to shape new security platforms and frameworks that are much better suited to helping companies implement cyber hygiene, as well as execute effective, ongoing threat detection and incident response.

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SecureList

APRIL 21, 2025

Lumma has also been observed using exploit kits, social engineering, and compromised websites to extend its reach and evade detection by security solutions. The encrypted payload To decrypt the payload independently, we wrote a custom Python script that you can see in the screenshot below. com bot-detection-v1.b-cdn[.]net

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

The solution includes cloud sandboxing technology, preventing zero-day threats, and full disk encryption capability for enhanced data protection. ESET Protect Advanced complies with data regulation thanks to full disk encryption capabilities on Windows and macOS. Get started today! Learn more about ESET PROTECT Advanced.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2024

Businesses must ensure that they are using robust encryption methods to store passwords and encourage end-users to adopt strong, unique passwords for their accounts. As cyber threats evolve, organizations must prioritize protecting customer data. Knowledge is a powerful tool in protecting against cybercrime.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Role of Social Engineering Social engineering has emerged as the predominant attack vector, accounting for 41% of initial breach incidents. The training should focus on recognizing social engineering attempts, understanding security policies, and maintaining proper data handling procedures.

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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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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 14, 2025

Organizations can use threat hunting and behavioral analytics to spot early signs of ransomware attacks, such as unusual file encryption or lateral movement. By mid-2024, Scattered Spiders hallmark tactics, including social engineering and SIM-swapping, were evident in RansomHubs double extortion attacks, cementing their collaboration.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Meow” took fourth place in Q3 2024, shifting its tactics from data encryption to selling stolen data on cybercriminal forums and its own data-leak site. Together, they use native English speakers to execute sophisticated social engineering operations, contributing significantly to their newfound dominance. compared to Q3 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Despite all the advances in cybersecurity, email remains the starting point for the vast majority of cyberattacks, as phishing, malware and social engineering remain effective attack techniques. As some of these solutions are pretty low-cost, they potentially offer high ROI considering the enormity of the email threat problem.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 11, 2023

This move prompted malware authors to seek out new ways to distribute their payloads, resulting in an increase in the use of other infection vectors, such as password-encrypted zip files and ISO files. Emotet and Qakbot, among other high-end stealers and crypters, are known malware threats that use OneNote attachments.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 27, 2025

We recorded a mean time of just four minutes between the initial email wave and the phishing message, with another four minutes to establish command-and-control (C2), demonstrating how quickly threat actors can move. This Playbook cuts off an attackers access by terminating hijacked sessions and resetting compromised credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Vulnerability Management Product Guides 8 Best Vulnerability Scanner Tools Top 10 Open Source Vulnerability Assessment Tools 12 Top Vulnerability Management Tools Threat Intelligence and Detection At the most basic level, threat detection strategies and tools monitor networks for suspicious and anomalous activity.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

CERT-GIB’s report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Threat Detection System (TDS) Polygon as part of operations to prevent and detect threats distributed online in H1 2019 in more than 60 countries. Thanks to behavioral analysis, such systems make it possible to detect previously unknown malware samples.”.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud Storage Security Risks Despite its obvious benefits, cloud storage still faces common challenges, including misconfiguration, data breaches, insecure interface, unauthorized access, DDoS attacks, insider threats, lack of control, encryption problems, patching issues, compliance, and monitoring issues.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Edward Snowden and the NSA breach of 2013, as well as dozens of other nightmares, point to the growing threat of inside threats for a universe of IT environments. Detection for signature-less, insider, and encrypted malware threats. Malware analysis without decryption for advanced encrypted threats.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Data Security & Threat Detection Framework The data security and threat detection framework serves as the foundation for data protection plans, protecting intellectual property, customer data, and employee information. Is data encrypted in transit and at rest?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2024

They will enhance threat detection and response, improve threat hunting, and combine security posture management with behavioral analytics to help monitor and secure large datasets in real-time, spotting risks such as data exfiltration attempts or unusual data access patterns.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2023

There is a worrying rise in multipurpose malware, which can perform a variety of malicious actions and is adept at evasion, lateral movement and data encryption.

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Spinone

APRIL 13, 2020

As you probably know, phishing involves various social engineering methods. Ransomware Ransomware is malicious software used by hackers to encrypt data and demand money to give that data back. Cloud services like G Suite and Microsoft 365 allow you to encrypt an email. Exploiting fear and uncertainty is one of them.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 13, 2023

Latest email security trends Phishing and spear-phishing attacks: Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where cybercriminals use deceptive emails to trick recipients into divulging sensitive information or downloading malware. These attacks often rely on social engineering tactics and email spoofing.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 29, 2025

Top ransomware predictions for 2025Prediction 1: AI-powered social engineering attacks will surge and fuel ransomware campaignsIn 2025, threat actors will increasingly use generative AI (GenAI) to conduct more effective social engineering attacks. A top emerging AI-driven trend is voice phishing (vishing).

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 13, 2024

Social Engineering Techniques Social engineering is different—it’s about manipulating people instead of hacking technology. Here are some common social engineering techniques: Phishing: Sending fake emails that look real to trick users into clicking on bad links or sharing sensitive info.

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Cytelligence

MAY 24, 2023

Here are seven best practices for cybersecurity in small businesses: Employee Education and Training: Provide cybersecurity awareness training to your employees, teaching them about common threats such as phishing emails, social engineering, and the importance of strong passwords. WPA2 or WPA3).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This includes tools and practices such as encryption, which secures data by making it unreadable to unauthorized users; firewalls, which monitor and control incoming and outgoing network traffic; and regular software updates to close security gaps as they arise.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Lack of Encryption Cloud computing involves data transmission over networks and storage in shared infrastructures. Encryption is vital due to the distributed and multi-tenant nature of cloud services. Teams must implement encryption measures compatible with cloud environments to protect data across various states.

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Andrew Hay

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Conversely, defenders will increasingly rely on AI-driven solutions for threat detection, anomaly detection, and automated response systems. At the same time, social engineering attacks will grow more nuanced, targeting emotional and psychological vulnerabilities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In 2023, 74% of all breaches include the human element, meaning people were involved through mistakes, misuse of privileges, use of stolen credentials, or social engineering tactics. Ciphertrust Transparent Encryption with centralized key management for third-party security solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

As cybercriminals leverage publicly available and custom-made AI tools to orchestrate highly targeted campaigns, exploiting the trust of individuals and organizations alike, security vendors will integrate generative AI into their toolkits to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The ransomware itself doesn’t handle data exfiltration but relies on these tools to steal data before encryption. RansomHub uses the Elliptic Curve Encryption algorithm Curve 25519 to lock files with a unique public/private key pair for each compromised individual.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In 2023, 74% of all breaches include the human element, meaning people were involved through mistakes, misuse of privileges, use of stolen credentials, or social engineering tactics. Ciphertrust Transparent Encryption with centralized key management for third-party security solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 1, 2025

Toxic combinations represent scenarios where multiple risks come together to form a critical severity issue that poses a very real threat to security, as one Wiz guide puts it ( Uncover Toxic Combination of Risks in Cloud Security | Wiz Blog ). By itself, that database might be properly encrypted and seem secure.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 16, 2024

They will enhance threat detection and response, improve threat hunting, and combine security posture management with behavioral analytics to help monitor and secure large datasets in real-time, spotting risks such as data exfiltration attempts or unusual data access patterns.

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