Segregation of duties (SoD) is aninternal controldesigned to prevent error and fraud by ensuring that at least two individuals are responsible for the separate parts of any task. SoD involves breaking down tasks that might reasonably be completed by a single individual into multiple tasks so that...
Stealing sensitive orpersonal data,—login credentials, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, social security numbers—that they can use to break into other systems, commit identity theft or sell. According to the IBMX-Force Threat Intelligence Index, data exfiltration is the most common impact...
Malicious, high-privilege users can cause the most devastating insider attacks by stealing data with minimal detection. Keep in mind that these users are not always employees. They can be vendors, contractors, partners, and other users with high-level access across all sensitive data. What Is No...
Credential stealing is a type of cyberattack where hackers target the process that handles Windows security. You can liken it to a thief swiping your house keys and quickly copying them. With these keys, they have access to your house whenever they want. So what do you do when you discover...
A sudden glut of pop-ups is a dead giveaway that a hacker’s placed some malware on your device. Someone’s spending or stealing your money. If you notice charges popping up, and you haven’t bought those items or services, get in touch with your financial institutions right away to ...
Mimikatz is a leading post-exploitation tool that dumps passwords from memory, as well as hashes, PINs and Kerberos tickets.
Digital signature fraud is a crime where criminals misuse or exploit legitimate digital signatures for illegal purposes. Unlike traditional forgery with a pen and paper, this fraud relies on hacking, manipulating, or stealing digital signatures to deceive individuals or organizations. False authenticity ...
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Consumers are being trained to look for the on-screen presence of the padlock or green bar that begins with https:// as a sign that they can trust the website they are connected to. While they may not understand the underlying mechanics of SSL/TLS, they do understand that it protects ...
Authentication is the process that an individual, application, or service goes through to prove their identity before gaining access to digital systems.