Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 17, 2023

Phishing Emails: Cybercriminals send an email containing a malicious file or link, which deploys malware when the recipient unknowingly clicks opens the file attachment or clicks on the link. Cybercriminals hold your data hostage by encrypting it, and threaten to destroy it or publish it, unless a large ransom is paid.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is Phish(ing)? But, never mind the dozens of other reports and white papers about phishing that come out every year from security industry leaders, let’s take a look at the 2021 Verizon DBIR. Why should I care about Phish? The reason why phishing is still reigning supreme?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This can be carried out directly or using a shadow payload or using a phishing attack aimed at compromising the user's system. At this stage, the attacker's task is to create a stable channel for delivering various hacking tools and auxiliary data onto the target system. Establishing a connection. Issues with terms.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

He writes about this in his book, "Ghost in the Wires": "I would call the company I'd targeted, ask for their computer room, make sure I was talking to a system administrator, and tell him, 'This is [whatever fictitious name popped into my head at that moment], from DEC support. Mitnick says his favorite emotional tool was fear.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

“APT10 often attacked a service provider’s system by “spear-phishing” – sending company employees emails designed to trick them into revealing their passwords or installing malware. APT10 hackers also targeted the customers of the IT companies stealing plans, blueprints, personal information, and other data.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The fix: System administrators are encouraged to install the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14), which was issued in February 2024 and enabled NTLM credentials Relay Protection. Despite VMware’s three-year-old deprecation statement, unprotected systems remain at risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

From phishing attacks to ransomware attacks, business owners need to be adequately prepared to prevent further damage. . Let your staff know about the significance of maintaining strong and unique passwords. That is why most companies hire professional information security services to mitigate the risks arising from data breaches.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

This means deploying the best cybersecurity technology that implements a zero trust paradigm; developing and implementing policies and procedures that reinforce zero trust and redundancy; and educating users and systems administrators to follow procedures that mitigate risk. Build Strong Policies and Procedures.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The auditors claim account passwords must “be changed every 90 days”. If CISA still has it in their recommendations for election systems, then CISA is wrong. In practice, system administrators aren’t available (again, it’s an airgapped system, so no remote administration). This is absurd.

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Errata Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The auditors claim account passwords must “be changed every 90 days”. If CISA still has it in their recommendations for election systems, then CISA is wrong. In practice, system administrators aren’t available (again, it’s an airgapped system, so no remote administration). This is absurd.

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NopSec

OCTOBER 19, 2015

These include spear phishing attacks and drive-by downloads; vulnerabilities that should be addressed to ensure external attackers cannot compromise an internal network. A NULL session attack is something that system administrators often neglect to consider when hardening networks.

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SiteLock

MAY 16, 2022

The SiteLock Malware Research Team (SMRT) detected and remediated numerous phishing kits installed on a customer site in a variety of locations. Maarten Broekman has worked as a system administrator and systems engineer for over 25 years, primarily in the shared web-hosting space. There it is. About The Author.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

How to Meet Phishing-Resistant MFA madhav Tue, 08/01/2023 - 05:18 Incorporating multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a fundamental security measure for your organization is now considered standard practice. How can we combine the best of two worlds in a single phishing-resistant MFA solution? It's a sensible decision to utilize MFA.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. We're on a mission to encourage unique passwords stored in a password manager with MFA on.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Sending phishing emails to engineers can be used as an exploitation technique to get them to import malicious configuration files ( CVE-2023-31171 ), which results in arbitrary code execution. Business email compromise (BEC) assaults were the main aim of this large phishing effort, which resulted in significant financial losses.

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