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Report highlights strange and unusual tactics scammers use to steal data

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Report highlights strange and unusual tactics scammers use to steal data

Cyber attackers are getting more creative as they choose their victims. For evidence, look no further than Proofpoint’s “Strangest Social Engineering Tactics of 2021,” released in early March. “They all gave us reason for concern,” said Ryan Kalember, the executive vice president of cybersecurity strategy at Proofpoint. “Just in terms of how much effort the attackers are putting into this, the labor that they use in order to do this, it means that their businesses…

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Warning: Hackers Are Targeting The Ukraine Refugee Crisis

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Warning: Hackers Are Targeting The Ukraine Refugee Crisis

Ukrainian government agencies and cybersecurity companies warn about attempts to hack organizations helping hundreds of thousands leave the country as it is bombarded by Russian bombs. Michael Kappeler/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Cyberattacks have been launched on organizations and individuals helping refugees trying to get out of Ukraine. Some may have been carried out by a Belarus-linked hacking group and the attackers have access to an email account of at least one Ukrainian military officer,…

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Aviation Attacks Tied To Single APT – TA2541

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Aviation Attacks Tied To Single APT – TA2541

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development , Threat Intelligence Group Uses Variety of RATs to Target Its Victims But Its TTPs Remain Constant Mihir Bagwe • February 17, 2022     TA2541 is targeting the aviation industry. The photo of a B-52H Stratofortress engine is from the U.S. Air Force via Wikipedia. Cyberattacks in the aviation sector over the past several years have been tied to a single advanced persistent threat…

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2022 Predictions for Healthcare Cybersecurity | Healthcare IT Today

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2022 Predictions for Healthcare Cybersecurity | Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2022, we asked the Healthcare IT Today community to share some predictions for the new year.  I always find it interesting to learn what people think is coming down the road.  Be sure to check out all our Health IT Predictions. There’s no topic in health IT that keeps healthcare CIOs more than security.  It’s likely one of the most challenging problems any CIO faces.  Plus, if they do a great…

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Council Post: How To Protect Your Consumers Against Email Fraud

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Council Post: How To Protect Your Consumers Against Email Fraud

Global Resident Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Proofpoint. getty While shopping online, consumers regularly hand over their personal and financial data, so retailers should protect their domains from unauthorized use. If they don’t, their domains could be used in business email compromise (BEC) attacks, phishing emails, email scams and other cyber threat activities, putting their customers at risk. At Proofpoint, we did our own research using the domain-based message authentication, reporting and conformance (DMARC) records…

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New malware seizes on COVID-19 to target Android users

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New malware seizes on COVID-19 to target Android users

A new form of malware that experts are referring to as “TangleBot” is relying on interest in COVID-19 to trick Android users in the U.S and Canada into clicking on a link that will infect their cell phones, according to analysts at the mobile and email security company Cloudmark.  Cloudmark says the “clever and complicated” malware sends Android users a text message claiming to have the latest COVID-19 guidance in their area or informs them…

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FTC Reports Huge Jump in Cryptocurrency Scams

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FTC Reports Huge Jump in Cryptocurrency Scams

By John P. Mello Jr. May 19, 2021 4:00 AM PT Claims of losses from cryptocurrency scams skyrocketed from October 2020 to March 2021, according to a report released Monday by the Federal Trade Commission. In its Consumer Protection Data Spotlight newsletter, the FTC revealed that during the October to March period nearly 7,000 consumers reported losing US$80 million. That compares to only 570 cryptocurrency scam reports amounting to $7.5 million in losses from October…

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Two-Thirds of CISOs Admit They’re Not Ready to Face a Cyberattack | Cybersecurity

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Two-Thirds of CISOs Admit They’re Not Ready to Face a Cyberattack | Cybersecurity

By John P. Mello Jr. May 12, 2021 4:00 AM PT Two out of three global CISOs feel unprepared to cope with a cyberattack, according to an annual survey released Wednesday by a cybersecurity and compliance company. The 2021 edition of Proofpoint’s Voice of the CISO report — based on a survey of more than 1,400 CISOs in 14 countries — found 66 percent of the executives acknowledged their organizations were unprepared to handle a…

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Proofpoint’s Joe Sykora on Building Channel Sales Cultures

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Proofpoint’s Joe Sykora on Building Channel Sales Cultures

Proofpoint’s Joe Sykora on Building Channel Sales Cultures Joe Sykora joins Channelnomics’ Changing Channels host Larry Walsh to talk about strategies and tactics for instilling in partners the imperative of selling persistently and consistently. The IT channel is, by definition, a route to market for selling and delivering technology goods and services to end customers. Partners are the conduit through which products flow. They influence and direct customer brand consideration and product purchasing decisions. And…

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