While there can be an element of entertainment in reading about the poor security decisions of others (especially those at the management level), stories like these should ultimately serve as illustrative examples. The truth is that no one is exempt from social engineering attacks, and even the ...
23 experts discuss the most common phishing attacks that businesses face and how you can protect against them. According to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report, social engineering attacks remain a prominent threat for businesses of all sizes. In fact, 32% of breaches involved phishing...
Accelerated by digital transformation, ransomware attacks are on the rise. Learn the 7 most common ransomware attack vectors & how to protect against them.
A DoS attack can also be used to create vulnerability for another type of attack. With a successful DoS or DDoS attack, the system often has to come offline, which can leave it vulnerable to other types of attacks. One common way to prevent DoS attacks is to use a firewall that detects...
The five most common types of cybercrimes How are they perpetrated How you can protect your brand and yourself 5 most common types of cybercrimes Phishing scams Phishing is one of the main forms of social engineering attacks. Its goal is to trick unsuspecting users into giving away their perso...
This paper describes Social Engineering, common techniques used and its impact to the organization. It discusses various forms of Social Engineering, and how they exploit common human behavior. The document highlights ways and means to counter these attacks, and also emphasizes on the importance of ...
In general, to protect your corporate infrastructure from complex attacks, you should rely on thehelp of external experts, who can protect your infrastructure, investigate security alerts, and notify you about dangerous activity and provide response actions and recommendations....
The ultimate aim of most cyberattacks is to acquire access to information. Attackers have developed many stealthy ways to do this. But sometimes, they don't need to be clever. They just use brute force. This is most common with passwords, where an attacker will use a program to try ...
Business e-mail compromise (BEC) and social engineering attacks Awareness and prevention The most important statistics Number of global phishing attacks Q3 2013- Q4 2024 Phishing: distribution of attacks 2023, by region Distribution of TLDs used by phishing sites in 2023 Most targeted industry sectors...
But the attacks also occur in person in bars and hotels during international conferences, says Maude. Technique Three: By Affinity Affinity social engineering relies on attackers forming a bond with a target based on a common interest or in some way that they identify with one another. "The me...