CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As financial services become more digital in nature, it’s important that banks think differently when using data analytics, security tools, and education to improve identity authentication and customer data privacy. Avaya’s research report reveals three critical ways to do so. IT Leadership

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2022

million fraud reports from consumers that totaled more than $5.8 They may have a built-in user store supporting password authentication, for example. In response to cloud-based customer experiences, more focus has shifted to authentication. 5 Essential modern customer authentication elements that FIDO enables.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2021

Motherboard reported that it was in contact with the seller of the data, who said they had taken data from T-Mobile’s servers that included Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and driver license information related to more than 100 million people. After reviewing samples of the data, Motherboard reported it appeared authentic.

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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. Supporting Authentic Relationships.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

is co-founder of The Chances App , a new social relationships app he’s spent a year creating with daughters Vanessa Lipschutz, 23, a Seattle University grad, and Noelle Lipschutz, 19, a student at UCLA. Chances is a social relationships app created for and by Gen Z. Have you seen “The Social Dilemma” )?

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But casino gaming companies MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment were caught short in this area in recent weeks by hackers using identity-based and social engineering attacks that spoofed identity to gain access to secure systems. According to reports, MGM and Caesars were both customers of identity management company Okta.

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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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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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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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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 29, 2024

When you add multi-factor authentication (MFA) resets to the picture, that number is likely even higher. Most authentication methods are actually quite easy to get around, and in many cases were never intended to be security factors. In 2022, Microsoft reported more than 382,000 MFA fatigue attacks.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 8, 2019

It also provides a handy browser plugin to fill in credentials for me, once I’ve authenticated to the plugin. Multi-factor authentication (MFA). Now, on to our second point for today: multi-factor authentication (MFA). Now, on to our second point for today: multi-factor authentication (MFA). Where to use MFA.

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Network World

AUGUST 27, 2024

This collaboration is designed to help businesses tackle decarbonization challenges and accurately measure and report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through comprehensive sustainability consulting and diagnostic assessment services, the companies said in a statement.

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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

DECEMBER 18, 2024

And if they werent, multi-factor authentication (MFA), answers to security questions, and verbal passwords would solve the issue. Navigating IVR According to an analysis of call center deepfake attacks, a primary method favored by fraudsters is using voice deepfakes to successfully move through IVR-based authentication.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

There are widespread reports on social media of apps crashing whenever they’re launched on iPhones and iPads, and corresponding outage spikes on DownDetector.com. Users don’t have to be using Facebook to log into an app for this to affect their software, and there are no reports of the same apps crashing on Android.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2022

Samsung has addressed reports that it is throttling the performance of thousands of popular apps, saying a software update will return control to users. “We Samsung confirmed that the notice was authentic to The Verge. Samsung says the software was included on S22 devices. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

A mid-year breach report from Risk Based Security and the OSF [4] cited that 59% of reported attacks were in the business sector, followed by 16.1% The majority of these attacks are due to hacking, fraud and social engineering. The Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report, Cisco, 2014 7. A diverse set of industries is targeted.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Compared to older generations, younger generations have reported higher rates of victimization in phishing, identity theft, romance scams, and cyberbullying. Compared to boomers, Gen Z was also twice as likely to have a social media account hacked (17 percent and 8 percent). Older Americans also date, shop, bank, and socialize online.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This recommendation comes as reports reveal an increase in cyber fraud leveraging generative AI to enhance deceitful tactics. FBI warns smartphone users of rising AI-generated scams In public service alert number I-120324-PSA, the FBI reported that cyber criminals increasingly utilize generative AI in phishing schemes.

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GeekWire

APRIL 26, 2021

Half of these were authentic images of the three cities. As mobile devices have become increasingly capable of detecting and reporting on where we are, “location spoofing” — ways of faking our whereabouts — have become increasingly common. Research like this may help map our path to building a more authentic future. _.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

And it may have all started with a phone call, if reports citing the hackers themselves are to be believed. For the next several days, reports said everything from hotel room digital keys to slot machines weren’t working. ALPHV/BlackCat is denying parts of these reports, especially the slot machine hacking attempt.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Reuters first reported the new policy, which Facebook apparently says is in its early stages. We have little policy around coordinated authentic harm,” an internal report published by BuzzFeed admitted, referring to the Stop the Steal campaign to overturn the US presidential election. Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A finance clerk working at a Hong Kong branch of a large multinational corporation recently fell victim to an elaborate scam utilizing deepfake technology to impersonate senior executives and swindle more than $25 million, according to reports. In the past, fraud often relied on simplicity and social engineering to trick victims.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 11, 2020

“The EVRGRN Channel, as a result, reflects the authentic PNW persona: resilient, independent, artistic, and adventurous.” More people are streaming media due to the pandemic and social distancing mandates. Skerritt has lived in the Northwest since the 1980s.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 28, 2020

TikTok has exploded in popularity in 2020 to become one of the biggest social media networks on the planet, with everything from internet memes, comedy sketches, and even a full-fledged Ratatouille musical. Do you secure your internet accounts with two-factor authentication? If not, go set up two-factor authentication now!

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In a new report from Microsoft , the company's threat intel team says Storm-050 has emerged as a sophisticated group with ransomware capabilities, focused on exploiting vulnerabilities to infiltrate systems and demand ransom payments. Use multi-factor authentication to prevent unauthorized access.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Identity attacks use social engineering, prompt-bombing, bribing employees for 2FA codes, and session hijacking (among many techniques) to get privileged access. In this recent OKTA breach, no reports suggest major incidents so far. Regularly remind users to follow security best practices and report any suspicious activities.

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TechEmpower - Information Technology

JULY 24, 2023

Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? Registration Do you plan to support Google Sign-In, Facebook Connect, or similar 3rd-party authentication? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? Social Interaction Do users/members relate to one another? What about reporting and moderation?

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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. As expected with the rise of Generative AI, AI deepfakes are also on the rise, with Onfido reporting a 3,000% increase in deepfake attacks last year.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Several employees told The Verge they resorted to talking through their work-provided Outlook email accounts since Facebook mainly runs on an internal version of the social network that is currently not accessible. Employees who were already authenticated with non-Facebook tools like Google Docs before the outage began still had access.

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Galido

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In 2018, this sector reported a whopping 819 incidents, and that figure looks set to rise for 2019 once the statistics are released. What caused the security failure is not yet known, but the exposed documents were viewable to anyone without the need for authentication. First American Financial Corp. The Westpac/PayID Breach.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

For instance, Cisco's Annual Cybersecurity Report revealed that organizations using advanced firewalls, alongside other security technologies, experienced a 99.7% A report by Verizon found that organizations that provided security awareness training experienced a 70% decrease in successful phishing attacks.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

government and the companies that are best prepared to provide safe-by-default solutions to uplift the whole ecosystem,” says a report published by the Homeland Security Department’s Cyber Safety Review Board. “Organizations must act now to protect themselves, and the Board identified tangible ways to do so, with the help of the U.S.

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Spearline Testing

MAY 10, 2021

* This article is an excerpt taken from Spearline's Whitepaper ' 2020 Global Telecom's Report ' Businesses continue expanding their contact channels, and inbound voice is sometimes seen as outdated in this omnichannel world. Yet the inbound voice is far from obsolete. While another 11.5%

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 2, 2024

However, mounting evidence from cybersecurity researchers pointed to the data being authentic AT&T customer records. The compromised data includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and for many, highly sensitive information like Social Security numbers and dates of birth. "AT&T million former account holders."

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 28, 2015

According to the Verizon 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report, insider and privilege misuse has had the most notable increase in activity and is occurring in every sector of the economy. Additionally, insiders now have new ways of coordinating with others. Cognitio will help ensure this is done.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Scams like these typically start on social networks and messaging apps such as Telegram, where companies can meet potential reviewers. At least one Amazon user reported the man’s questionable ratings to CEO Jeff Bezos. Many of these reviews were for products from random Chinese companies.

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