Human Beings: The most easily exploitable aspect of security
Phone number theft is more possible – and prevalent – than you might think. Hackers are deploying attacks known as SIM swap attacks and the damage might be more than you would expect. This article discusses everything you need to know about SIM swap fraud and how to better protect yourself. The SIM card inside …
Organizations spend ridiculous amounts of money to protect their network and data. They are constantly implementing the newest technology to stay a step ahead of malicious attackers. But malicious attackers know this. Why would they spend hours-on-end trying to circumvent these barriers when all they have to do is deploy a social engineering-based attack and …
How is your organization handling the disposal and storage of sensitive or confidential information / data? This is often a topic / area that can be overlooked but that is a big mistake. Check out these following examples of organizations that made this mistake: – In November of 2017, Charles River Medical Associates, a part …
“SPF is important because it helps to prevent a malicious attacker from spoofing your address. SPF records help to prevent sender address forgery by protecting the “envelop sender address”, allowing admins to specify which mail servers are allowed to send mail from their domain. Which means it makes it harder for hackers to perform phishing …
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Post based on the following article found at Gizmodo.com: Clever Tool to Detect Hacks Companies Haven’t Told Users About by Melanie Ehrenkranz People are at the mercy of the companies that they choose to give their personal or sensitive/confidential information to and companies are at the mercy of the vendors they choose to …
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“A survey by Centrify found that almost 60% of IT professionals shared privileged account access credentials with co-workers. Technology analyst firm, Forrester, estimates that 80% of corporate security breaches result from privileged identity compromises.” – Josh Berman More times than not, we are coming to find out …
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