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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.
Vox
AUGUST 22, 2024
A couple weeks ago, I got an unnerving message from my bank. My Social Security number had been compromised in an alleged data breach. One news station ran a hyperbolic headline that claimed , “Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American.” Now I know: It’s real. They haven’t.
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CTOvision
DECEMBER 19, 2014
The White House declares it’s a national security issue and leaks intelligence that North Korea is behind the attack. Most corporate hacks we see are focused on either customer data (credit cards, medical records, social security numbers, passwords, bank account information, email addresses) or company proprietary documents.
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The threat to banks from cyber crime is becoming increasingly complex, as state actors and criminal gangs become more adept at targeting vulnerabilities. A report by the Bank for International Settlements singled out the growth of cloud-based services and remote working as two of the primary drivers behind the heightened risk.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 30, 2013
We have previously discussed research and analysis we did for the Cyber Conflict Studies Association on the many “Wake-Up Calls” the nation’s policy makers have declared themselves to have had regarding cyber security. If history is any predictor of the past, we will still be getting these wake-up calls long into the future.
CTOvision
AUGUST 21, 2019
Your online passwords, your credit card numbers, your social security number, your bank account numbers, and other private data can all be used to access your accounts and steal your identity. Cybercriminals use a variety of tricks to try to steal and use your personal information for financial gain and other reasons.
CTOvision
MARCH 25, 2014
We have written here before about Cyber Security Wake-Up Calls. According to his blog KrebsonSecurity , MasterCard issued a private alert to nearby banks in March that a data breach existed at the DMV from August to December – on a credit card system that annually processes more than ten million credit card transactions.
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