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Social engineering explained: How criminals exploit human behavior
Social engineering is the art of exploiting human psychology, rather than technical hacking techniques, to gain access to buildings, systems or data.
The 15 biggest data breaches of the 21st century
Data breaches affecting millions of users are far too common. Here are some of the biggest, baddest breaches in recent memory.
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks take phishing to the next level
Business email compromise (BEC) is a highly targeted, email-based attack that tricks victims into exposing company information, handing over money, or getting them to perform other acts that negatively impact the business.
Tabletop exercises: Six sample scenarios
Tabletop exercises are a low-stress, high-impact way to test your plans for handling a crisis. Here are some tips for getting the most out of the process, plus six scenarios you can use to start your journey.
5 biggest healthcare security threats for 2021
Healthcare organizations can expect ransomware, botnets, cloud misconfigurations, web application attacks, and phishing to be their top risks.
4 steps to prevent spear phishing
Your users are in the crosshairs of the best attackers out there. Follow these steps to better protect them.
What are phishing kits? Web components of phishing attacks explained
A phishing kit is the back-end to a phishing attack. It's the final step in most cases, where the criminal has replicated a known brand or organization.
17 cyber insurance application questions you'll need to answer
Recent high-profile security incidents have tightened requirements to qualify for cyber insurance. These are the tougher questions insurance carriers are now asking.
How cybercriminals turn ‘harmless’ stolen or leaked data into dollars
By merging data from multiple sources, cybercriminals can build profiles of hacked account owners to enable other attacks or increase the effectiveness of social engineering campaigns.
5 best practices for conducting ethical and effective phishing tests
Phishing tests have become a popular feature of cybersecurity training programs, but they should follow ethical frameworks to ensure they don’t do more harm than good.
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7 new social engineering tactics threat actors are using now
Old tactics in new packages lead the list of current social engineering attacks. Experts provide real-world examples.
Top cybercrime gangs use targeted fake job offers to deploy stealthy backdoor
The Golden Chickens cybercriminal gang is believed to sell its more_eggs backdoor for spear phishing campaigns executed using information gleaned from victims' LinkedIn profiles.
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Episode 4: Reduce SOC burnout
Episode 4 - Listen to the podcast to learn more about the expanding threat landscape and how security leaders can reduce SOC burnout and enable security teams to be proactive and preventive threat hunters with a modern threat...
How to prepare for an effective phishing attack simulation
Here's what users need to know about phishing attacks before you send out a test email.
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Episode 2: Empowering employees to be secure and productive
Episode 2: When it comes to protecting your business, security is a team sport. Criminal hackers –increasingly sophisticated and persistent – are playing offense, trying to find weak spots to breach an organization. And everyone in...
14 tips to prevent business email compromise
Criminals fool victims into clicking on malicious links or assisting in financial theft by sending emails that mimic real senders and real companies. Here's how to stop BEC.
8 types of phishing attacks and how to identify them
Phishing comes in many forms, from spear phishing, whaling and business-email compromise to clone phishing, vishing and snowshoeing. Here's how to recognize each type of phishing attack.
9 top anti-phishing tools and services
Some of these solutions will help find and stop phishing emails before they can cause damage, while others will find phishers fraudulently using your business's brand.
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