CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 19, 2022

Customer demand for passwordless authentication has grown exponentially since smartphones first began offering built-in biometric readers. A staggering 93% of consumers preferred biometric authentication to passwords — and yet so many companies still force their customers to use risky, outdated login credentials. Your first clue?

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

The report also highlighted that Chinese groups continue to share malware tools a long-standing hallmark of Chinese cyber espionage with the KEYPLUG backdoor serving as a prime example.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 5, 2022

However, cybercriminals commonly take the path of least resistance, and organizations’ reliance on password-based authentication provides numerous avenues of attack. Passwords are known to be a weak form of authentication, and the widespread use of weak and reused passwords puts companies and their customers at risk.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Evolution of social engineering Social engineering exploits human psychology to manipulate individuals into revealing sensitive information or taking harmful actions. A recent example involved a deepfake video of a prominent tech CEO announcing false financial reports, causing stock fluctuations before the fraud was exposed.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 10, 2023

Here are three examples of organizations that have improved their customer experience with a “build-your-own-AI” approach: Bayview Technologies contextualizes CX and cuts handle time in half by blending omnichannel with self-built conversational bots. Traditional identity verification methods like knowledge-based authentication (e.g.

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CTOvision

JUNE 28, 2016

Social engineering is one of the most problematic attack techniques to combat. User education is most effective at stopping a social engineer. Users who are aware of the potential for social engineering attacks and learn to recognize them can use simple methods to thwart these attacks successfully. Stu Sjouwerman. Don’t do it!

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Take Google's BeyondCorp as an example. Google moved away from VPNs, instead using device-based authentication and continuous access verification, ensuring that each access request is authenticated. Deepfake social engineering: Deepfakes can mimic legitimate users to manipulate access.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In fact, CIO has reported that it takes only a few minutes for experienced hackers to set up a social engineering attack against enterprises (and their managed service providers) that consider themselves to be secure and protected. Deploy email authentication standards on enterprise email servers to check and verify inbound emails.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 17, 2022

Knowing this, cybercriminals focus on exploiting weak authentication methods as part of their attacks. For example, one study by SpyCloud [2] found a 64% password reuse rate for users with more than one password exposed in the last year. By doing this, customers can use the same device to authenticate to all accounts and services.

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Network World

AUGUST 21, 2024

For example, the health organization had hardware-based endpoint detection and response on its networks. For example, if ransomware shuts down local servers, healthcare professionals can still access patient records and other critical systems. Take, for example, device management. But that’s not how Weismann sees cybersecurity.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 30, 2025

The extension then silently authenticates the victim into a Chrome profile managed by the attackers Google Workspace. Once this authentication occurs, the attacker has full control over the newly managed profile in the victims browser, allowing them to push automated policies such as disabling safe browsing and other security features.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2022

Password-based authentication is likely the most widely used method of authenticating users to online services. Password-based authentication is used because it is easy to understand and implement. They provide multifactor authentication (MFA) without the usual burden on the user. on a user’s other online accounts.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2024

Two-factor authentication practices just won’t cut it. Social engineering for access Hackers, like the ones referenced above, are often motivated by financial gain, but their intentions may also be to create a political disturbance or simply ruin a company’s reputation, among other reasons.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 9, 2022

In recent months, you may have noticed an uptick in two-factor and multi-factor authentication prompts, which are being used to verify consumer and business accounts. In the T-Mobile case, Lapsus$ members hacked into T-Mobile’s network in March 2022 by compromising employee accounts, either via phishing or another form of social engineering.

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Network World

AUGUST 27, 2024

“Embarking on a sustainability journey for a business demands a multifaceted approach that includes meticulous tracking and reduction of emissions, insightful ESG [environmental, social and governance] analysis, and driving sustainable practices,” Sudhir Singh, CEO of Coforge said in a statement.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2024

In fact, Gartner estimates that by 2026, nearly one-third of enterprises will consider identity verification and authentication solutions unreliable due to AI-generated deepfakes. A prime example is the recent attack that injected an AI deepfake video feed to defraud a Hong Kong company for $25 million.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 30, 2024

For example, in e-commerce applications, separate, small, dedicated functions for every task such as inventory management, order processing, invoicing, etc., Likewise, a social media platform could have separate functions to handle user authentication, content moderation, and push notifications. optimize the overall performance.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 22, 2022

It’s now about using email, mobile, web, chat, SMS, social and other channels to access the banking environment and quickly get things done. For example, is the person on the phone frustrated, using angry words? Two examples of how digital transformation in banking is driving an enhanced customer experience: .

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

NIST, other government agencies, and industry bodies point towards the policy enforcement point (PEP) as the gateway device or service that performs this separation, gating access based on different authentication and authorization requirements, depending on the sensitivity of the resource.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Social engineering is how the bad guys get employees to say too much Image Credit: Alexandre Formagio. These days they use a more sophisticated attack: social engineering. What Is Social Engineering? So just exactly what is this thing that we call “social engineering” ? However, hackers have since moved on.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Using the “same old” low-skill tactics, common tools, and a bit of social engineering, hackers can get around complex security policies such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and identity and access management (IAM) systems. However, scammers might add a sense of urgency saying the offer expires in 2 hours, for example.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Recent cyberattacks at MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment have put the spotlight on cybersecurity practices at casinos – and the importance of educating employees on social engineering tactics. For example, being able to move from slot machine to slot machine using a digital wallet stored on your phone.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 12, 2020

Our online relationships with ecommerce companies, social media providers, banks, and others are cold and impersonal, but also relatively efficient. For example, social media platforms are designed to allow people to form a link (symmetrical or asymmetrical) to others online. As an example, consider an automobile.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

including such sensitive information as people's full names, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. For example, in 2018, GDPR non-compliance caused a data breach that cost British Airways 183 million ($230 million) for exposing personal and financial data of nearly 500,000 customers. EU, and China.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 11, 2022

For example, during the acquisition and retention stage, companies using a CIAM solution can provide prospective customers with simplified registration and single sign-on (SSO) to quickly onboard them. As certain factors change, the CIAM will add layers of security. Even if the data was intercepted, it would be of no use to a cybercriminal.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 25, 2024

and you’ll discover that the exploited vulnerability was a bush-league error — failing to institute multifactor authentication on exposed servers. Mission: how the plan will deliver the social value that is the business’s reason for being. As an example, figure General Motors’ true mission is to sell cars people want to buy.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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CTOvision

JUNE 12, 2014

A telling example is the Department of Defense and its approach to mobile security. That derived credential is transferred to a mobile device’s internal storage or microSD card, and can be used to authenticate an individual to an organization’s resources. However, the derived credential has less friction.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 17, 2023

For example, if you’re known for your expertise in emerging technologies, it makes sense to keep your brand up to date with the latest trends (while being careful not to spread yourself too thin attempting to cover too many topics). This might be as an author, influencer or speaker, for example, from your perspective as a CIO.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2024

Most departments had specific problems they were trying to solve, or an example of work that could be exponentially more efficient,” she says. I was pleasantly surprised that people had solid examples of how to make jobs better,” she says. “No For example, the AIs could review documentation or create draft messages.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 29, 2022

In a recent survey of 1,500 global executives, about three in four executives (78%) cite technology as critical for their future sustainability efforts, attesting that it helps transform operations, socialize their initiatives more broadly, and measure and report on the impact of their efforts.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Session cookies, for example, can be easily intercepted with packet sniffing tools when the user connects to an unsecured Wi-Fi network. The attackers place themselves between the user and the legitimate website, intercepting session data and bypassing multi-factor authentication (MFA) by relaying the authentication process in real time.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 18, 2022

This quaint excess of modesty about your career accomplishments might seem like an endearing trait—a refreshing lack of vanity in a world awash in social media noise. based), this Microsoft-owned social network dominates the business landscape. “No “I’m really not into self-promotion.”. What differentiates them?

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Vox

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 13, 2023

And the murder of George Floyd — and the social unrest that followed — made it clear that taking a stand around social justice is necessary to recruitment, retention, and even the viability of your brand. For example, explains Shapiro, “We found an expert on neurodiversity and asked him to speak.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For example, Balkis says IT can help support the sales team’s goal of ensuring effective communication with customers by not only equipping personnel with a complete array of modern and reliable communications tools, including email, chat, videoconferencing, and social media platforms, but also developing training to ensure their effective use.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

This intersection of sports, money, and digital activity makes for a perfect storm of social engineering attacks. RELATED: 5 Emotions Used in Social Engineering Attacks, with Examples ] The game plan: stay secure while enjoying March Madness So, how can fans and businesses enjoy the all the action without falling victim to cyber schemes?

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