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Tag Archives: social engineering
Top 5 CyberThreats of 2016 To Attack or Defend Against
Depending on what color hat you wear, here are the top cyberthreats that most companies face, according to research. 5. Cross Site Scripting or XSS Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, advanced persistent threat, application security, APT, behavioral, cross site scripting, cyber risk, hackers, information security, insider threats, personnel risk assessment, pra, Security Awareness, social engineering, sql injection, top 5, xss
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This Guy Asks Hackers to Ruin His Life!
An eye-opening video about the capability of hack attacks, from social engineering to complete digital-life and real life takeover. Not only is the journalist asking people to do it, experts blatantly show how they do it. Please take the time … Continue reading
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Tagged car hacking, Internet of Things, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, video tutorial, vishing
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Valid Apple Employee Logins Worth Up To $23,000
At the Apple headquarters of Cork, Ireland, low hanging fruit employees are being offered to sell their logins online, for up to $23,000 US. Easy Pickings! An employee login is very valuable, allowing for legitimate authentication to internal systems can … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Apple, bribe, bribes, logins, passwords, Security Awareness, sell logins, social engineering
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Hackers Hold Hospital Healthcare Data Hostage
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center’s data systems have been infected with encrypted ransomware. The hospital says patient care has not been compromised, though the cyber-attack has forced them to revert to paper registrations and medical records and send patients seeking emergency … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, computer security, cybercrime, FBI, Healthcare, phishing, ransomware, social engineering, spearphishing
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Con Job on the Department of Justice!
A hacktivist, who had a compromised email account belonging to a DOJ employee, was poking around the DOJ portal. With the determination to get further in, and getting stopped with a challenge of needing a token code they were stuck… … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, breach, dhs, doj, dump, FBI, freepalestine, hacked, hacktivism, hacktivist, privacy, sb50, social engineering
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Video on “What is a Social Engineer?”
Here is a nice primer video I found on social engineering. Yes, it’s basic, but we always start with the basics before we get into the advanced!
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Tagged 2016, Kevin Mitnick, Security Awareness, social engineering, video tutorial
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It’s Tax Season ∴ CyberThieves Are Working Full Time!
With most things going electronic, it’s beneficial to be aware of some of the tricks a con-artist would use to get your W-2 and try to claim your tax refund before you have the chance to. One popular method is … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, cybercrime, fraud, infographic, phishing, privacy, social engineering, spearphishing, tax refund
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Own Your Online Presence #PrivacyAware
I’m proud to announce that CarmeloWalsh.com is registered as a Data Privacy Day Champion. January 28th is Data Privacy Day. Please spread the word and share this post. #PrivacyAware A lot of people don’t know this, but Facebook is the leading … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, data privacy day, digital privacy day, fraud, fraudsters, harvesting, pharming, privacy, privacyaware, social engineering
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Social Engineering Fraud Losses Doubled in 2015
Consider the largest breaches of 2015 and realize they weren’t about getting financial data directly. It was all about personal details. Identity theft is a hotter commodity on the dark web, than credit card numbers. Anthem 80 million (Personal Details) Ashley … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, 2016, cybercrime, fraud, hackers, hacking, Identity Theft, personal details, phishing, PII, Security Awareness, smishing, sniffing, social engineering, spearphishing, vishing
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Facebook Scam…
It’s been seen all over Facebook, really highlighting those who are probably gullible enough to fall for Phishing and Spearphishing attacks.
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Tagged 2015, Facebook Scam, phishing, scam, Security Awareness, social engineering, spearphishing
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