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Child identity theft, part 1: On familiar fraud

March 17, 2020 admin awareness, child identity fraud, child identity theft, cyberbullying, familiar fraud, fraud, id theft, Identity Theft, personally identifiable information, PII

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:17:19 +0000

In this two-part series on child identity theft, we shed light on the growing problem of familiar fraud, where those entrusted with a minor’s information are the very ones who abuse it.

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Tags: child identity fraud child identity theft cyberbullying familiar fraud fraud ID theft identity theft personally identifiable information PII

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Misleading cybersecurity lessons from pop culture: how Hollywood teaches to hack

February 14, 2020 admin awareness, black hats, cybercrime, cybercrime in the movies, cybercrime on tv, cybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness, hack, hackers, hacking, hacking movies, hacking tv shows, HOLLYWOOD, jurassic park, Mr. Robot, ncis, POP CULTURE, swordfish, the flash, The Matrix, white hats

Credit to Author: Sam Chester| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:32:10 +0000

We take a look at some of the most famous (or infamous) hacking scenes from TV and movies and the cybersecurity lessons, if any, we can learn from them.

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Tags: black hats cybercrime cybercrime in the movies cybercrime on TV cybersecurity cybersecurity awareness hack hackers hacking hacking movies hacking TV shows Hollywood jurassic park mr. robot NCIS pop culture swordfish the flash the matrix white hats

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Four theories for better learning

January 9, 2020 admin awareness, Business, cybersecurity awareness, SMB, Training

Credit to Author: Anastasiya Gridasova| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:46:10 +0000

When training staff, it is not enough to give them the right information; they also have to digest it and remember it.

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A decade in cybersecurity fails: the top breaches, threats, and ‘whoopsies’ of the 2010s

December 19, 2019 admin ashley madison, Ashley Madison hack, awareness, badrabbit, cambridge analytica, cryptolocker, cryptolocker ransomware, Data Privacy, Edward Snowden, emotet, Exploits, Facebook, Hacktivism, Mat Honan, NotPetya, NSA, nsa spying, nsa surveillance, NSA tools, playstation breach, playstation hack, ransomware, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, security fails, Shadow Brokers, social media, Sony, sony pictures hack, SURVEILLANCE, target breach, target hack, trickbot, triple threat, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:03:33 +0000

As the 2010s come to a close, we take a snarky walk down memory lane, listing the craziest, most impactful, or simply just awful cybersecurity fails of the decade.

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Tags: ashley madison ashley madison hack BadRabbit cambridge analytica cryptolocker cryptolocker ransomware Data privacy Edward Snowden emotet exploits facebook hacktivism mat honan NotPetya NSA nsa spying nsa surveillance NSA tools playstation breach playstation hack ransomware ryuk Ryuk ransomware security fails shadow brokers social media sony sony pictures hack surveillance target breach target hack trickbot triple threat WannaCry

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Report: Organizations remain vulnerable to increasing insider threats

December 5, 2019 admin awareness, Carnegie Mellon University, cert insider threat center, cybersecurity insiders, defense counterintelligence and security agency, Department of Homeland Security, espionage, fraud, gurucul, insider threats, malicious insider, mitigate insider threats, national counterintelligence and security center, national insider threat awareness month, national insider threat task force, ncsc, nittf, office of the under secretary of defense, Paige A. Thompson, scope of insider threat, sei, software engineering institute, types of insiders, william evanina, workplace violence

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The risk and challenges insider threats pose to organizations are ever present, even before tech as we know it existed. The age of digitization only made it higher and far-reaching. How has insider threats evolved over time? Where are we now in terms of mitigating insider threat risk? Are businesses really doing something about it? We answer such questions—and more—in this post.

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Tags: Carnegie Mellon University cert insider threat center Cybersecurity Insiders Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Department of Homeland Security espionage fraud Gurucul insider threats malicious insider mitigate insider threats National Counterintelligence and Security Center national insider threat awareness month National Insider Threat Task Force NCSC NITTF Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Paige A. Thompson scope of insider threat SEI Software Engineering Institute types of insiders William Evanina workplace violence

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As Internet turns 50, more risks and possibilities emerge

October 29, 2019 admin arpanet, awareness, DNS, domain, Domains, history of the internet, internet, internet dangers, internet infrastructure, Internet Safety, ip address, Network, networks, online threats, world wide web

Credit to Author: Akshay Bhargava| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The world as we know it changed on October 29, 1969, the day the Internet was born. 50 years later, it’s both ubiquitous and full of potential—and risks.

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Tags: arpanet dns domain domains history of the internet internet internet dangers internet infrastructure internet safety IP address network networks online threats world wide web

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When can we get rid of passwords for good?

October 16, 2019 admin 2fa, authentication, awareness, mfa, passwords

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:17:19 +0000

Passwords are a burden and security risk, especially when used as a single authentication method. Can we get rid of passwords once and for all? We list alternative authentication methods and discuss their pros and cons.

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Europol: Ransomware remains top threat in IOCTA report

October 14, 2019 admin awareness, bec, Business Email Compromise, child sexual exploitation, cse, ddos, Europol, fraud, internet organized crime threat assessment, iocta, phishing, ransomware, spear phishing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, or Europol, just released its annual Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report. We highlight their key findings and remind readers how to better protect themselves.

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Tags: bec Business Email Compromise child sexual exploitation cse ddos europol fraud internet organized crime threat assessment iocta phishing ransomware spear phishing

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