Hacker's King

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Activities during this week include engaging workshops, informative webinars, and community events, all designed to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate today’s cyber threats effectively. Promoting Cyber Hygiene Good cyber hygiene is about adopting habits that minimize security risks in everyday activities.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 15, 2021

But on top of all of that, passwordless should also raise the bar by substantially reducing or even eliminating the risk of phishing attacks. That isn’t to say that every password-less solution needs to be phish-proof. Doing anything else would make push phishing attacks viable.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Recently, while co-hosting a webinar that kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a panelist commented that cybersecurity and privacy are team sports on a campus, much like our athletic teams. The use of phishing to take over user accounts as a first step to gain access to a campus for a ransomware attack has been making the headlines.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 19, 2025

Despite the many security tools and training programs available, identity-based attackslike phishing, adversary-in-the-middle, and MFA bypassremain a major challenge. Instead of accepting these risks and pouring resources into fixing problems after they occur, why not prevent attacks from happening in the first place? Our upcoming

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

To achieve more resilience in this heightened risk environment, stepping up zero trust maturity is essential. In other words, it’s not just about implementing MFA to verify user trust, it’s about using phishing-resistant MFA with risk-based authentication , device posture checks and other security controls. And I get it.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To learn more about how Duo’s access management trifecta empowers you to authenticate further and defend faster, be sure to tune into our webinar Authenticate Further, Defend Faster with Higher Security from Duo. Managing third-party risk is tricky, but not impossible. Talk about a team up! Talk about a team up!

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 23, 2025

New threat types such as push-bombing, social engineering, and spear phishing are forcing organizations to do more than rely on MFA alone. Duo Risk-Based Authentication takes baseline authentication behavior and evaluates contextual signals to dynamically adjust authentication requirements in real time. Attacks have evolved.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Phishing is still one of the most common attack vectors, and the holidays provide an especially appealing time to launch an attack thats been supercharged by modern natural language processing models and novel QR codes. No industry is spared this phishing season, though some are targeted more often than others.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

No Phishing, Please See the video at the blog post. To prevent phishing, your authentication solution should offer a few general properties. Passwordless should also raise the bar by substantially reducing or even eliminating the risk of phishing attacks. One Step at a Time See the video at the blog post.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 2, 2023

Apple fixes actively exploited vulnerability and introduces new features Steer clear of this EE phish that wants your card details 3 tips to raise your backup game 3 tips for creating backups your organization can rely on when ransomware strikes Stay safe!

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Add to this, the risks of weak authentication factors such as SMS one-time passcodes and dormant or inactive accounts. On the proactive side, ITDR can detect policy misconfigurations, excessive privileges, and high-risk scenarios such as dormant or inactive accounts or accounts with MFA disabled.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Security Holes Weak Initial Authentication : Relying on less secure methods such as username/password combinations or SMS one-time passwords (OTPs) for FIDO authenticator registration exposes the system to phishing attacks, account takeovers, and fraudulent activities. PIN Length : The FIDO 2.0 Go beyond FIDO 2.1 Want to know more?

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Office supply phishing cyberattack campaign. A federal judge just sentenced a Nigerian national to three years in prison for being part of a phishing ring that effectively stole office supplies so it could resell them. It turns out, cybercriminals would like that person's login credentials because they have value.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Cloud security issues refer to the threats, risks, and challenges in the cloud environment. Risks include potential damage from cyber threats and vulnerabilities. Malware in Cloud Storage Buckets Malware threatens cloud storage buckets due to misconfigurations, infected data, and phishing.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

TAG reported that Iranian-government-backed actors, known as APT35 and by the aliases Rocket Kitten and Charming Kitten, are quickly picking up speed, especially when it comes to implementing slick phishing attacks. Developing advanced phishing techniques to lure victims. Rocket Kitten successfully attacks university website.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. You can find the recording of the webinar here and a summary/Q&A here. The phishing kit market. Typically, the smishing messages contain a very short description and a URL to a landing page.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

How Enterprise Customer Identity Helps You Make Money, Slash Costs, and Reduce Risk. Here are four reasons why investing in great customer experiences with ForgeRock's enterprise CIAM will help your organization make money, slash costs, and reduce risk. Reduced Risk. ForgeRock also reduces risk with Zero Trust security.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Impersonators are known to use phishing , Business Email Compromise (BEC) and domain spoofing to lure victims, and they’re always looking for new ways to innovate. This is why a multi-layered approach that can block phishing sites (including HTTPS) in real time, is key for staying safe. How Do Infiltrators Breach Systems?

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 6, 2023

The study also covered multi-factor authentication, identity protections, identity risks and identity vulnerabilities experienced. However, at the same time, we also enable our customers to implement the strongest multi-factor authentication (MFA) options available in the industry.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

In the current digital landscape, identity security has gained paramount importance due to the growing cyber risks posed by phishing and social engineering attacks utilizing AI. Thus, a robust identity security framework is essential to safeguard against these risks and ensure the protection of personal information.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

That’s according to “ CISA Analysis: Fiscal Year 2023 Risk and Vulnerability Assessments, ” a report about the risk and vulnerability assessments (RVAs) conducted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.S. Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending September 20. Coast Guard (USCG).

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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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Security Boulevard

MARCH 19, 2021

These detect phishing emails and remove threats from messages, documents and other files and disable any URLs before they even enter the network, a process known as content sanitization. Yet they are not without risk in terms of cybersecurity. This is where advanced email security solutions can play an important role. Request a Demo.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Other potential risks include targeted phishing attacks where criminals could send convincing phishing emails using insider information from the exposed database to target employees, clients, or vendors. He identifies real world examples of how exposed data can be a much bigger risk to personal privacy.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Be sure to check out our upcoming webinar The State of Passkeys in the Enterprise on September 7th at 9am PST | 12pm EST. Passkeys and Cloud Sites Cloud sites are where the web applications are hosted. An alternate site cannot be substituted, mitigating the threat of phishing. Want to dig in deeper on the password vs. passkey debate?

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Addressing identity-based attacks Duo has made a number of significant investments in identity security over the last several years with the release of Duo’s Trust Monitor, Duo’s Risk-Based Authentication, and moving Duo’s Trusted Endpoints feature into Duo’s Essentials edition. Stay tuned!

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Security Boulevard

JULY 6, 2023

According to the 2023 ForgeRock Identity Breach Report , fraudsters are using generative AI to execute phishing emails, create malicious code, and deliver voice or video-based impersonation attacks, known as "deepfakes," that are becoming more frequent and more difficult for humans to detect.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This is a transcript of the Kaseya Webinar: Key Takeaways for Managed Service Providers webinar broadcast on July 29, 2021.This This transcript was generated primarily by automated voice recognition with edits for readability. Although highly accurate, you may note minor differences between the audio recording and this transcript.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2021

DLP policies are highly flexible and granular, and can easily extend to scanned documents and images, while the Clearswift DLP also protects data from phishing or ransomware attacks via its unique Structural Sanitization feature. Request a Demo. Additional Resources. Featured: .

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Passwords that are easily detectable or reused often are vulnerable to phishing attacks. A smart user, when faced with the risk of stolen credentials, knows better than to face this threat alone. It’s also the foundation for a passwordless future, powering-up phishing resistance and user experience to defend against attackers.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 20, 2023

This application of AI is known as risk decisioning, and it's what fuels our ForgeRock Autonomous Access threat protection product. Trusted users can sail through authentication with choices like passwordless authentication , while suspicious or high-risk requests are prompted for further authentication or stopped and held for remediation.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But is something missing from these industry reports, webinars, and white papers? And they contend there is a hidden risk as a result of the angle these reports take, which is warping how leaders in business, academia, and government understand cyber risk. The researchers in this case conclude the following: ".this

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

The Australian government is urging companies in the region to adopt strong cybersecurity practices due to increased global risk stemming from the conflict in Ukraine. Resources Webinar: Essential Eight - How Does Your Organization Rate? Solution Brief: Duo for Essential Eight Customer Story: Deakin University.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Be sure to tune into our webinar, The State of Passkeys in the Enterprise , on September 7th at 9am PST | 12pm EST. Passkeys on Cloud Platforms Passkeys have growing support from significant vendors. Recovery Password managers often sync to the cloud, but this comes with a risk. Want to learn more about passkeys in the enterprise?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2023

By providing visibility into attack paths, it helps to mitigate these risks. Removing passwords will mitigate many password-based cyberattacks, such as phishing, brute-force, and credential stuffing. Risk scoring: Based on the detected anomalies, ITDR assigns risk scores or profiles to individuals or events.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Now in its seventeenth year, the report offers IT, risk management, and security leaders a look into factors that can increase or help mitigate the cost of data breaches. In 2021, the most common initial attack vector was compromised credentials (20% of attacks), followed by phishing (17%) and cloud misconfiguration (15%).

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

For that reason, most experts now recognize that a complete cybersecurity strategy not only includes technological solutions aimed at preventing, detecting, and mitigating attacks, it should also include cyber insurance to help manage the associated financial risks. Also see: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools.

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