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Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.

 

So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.

 

It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.

 

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Hackers Abuse DocuSign APIs to Target Large Businesses With Fake Invoices

November 11, 2024
Attackers are targeting the DocuSign APIs to generate large amounts of fake invoices, which often skirt automated security and land in inboxes as they originate from "docusign.net" and appear to be coming from legitimate companies.
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Five Eyes Alliance Issues Security Guidance for Tech Startups to Protect Innovations From Nation-State Hackers

November 7, 2024
The Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance has published security guidance to help tech startups protect their innovations from nation-state threat actors and other hackers.
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Hacking Campaign Scanned Exposed Git Config Files, Made Off With 15,000 Stolen Credentials

November 7, 2024
The campaign was conducted by malicious hackers who sold the stolen credentials off, with much of the info being put to use in spam and phishing campaigns. The attack simply made use of open-source tools to scan IP ranges for potentially vulnerable Git config files.
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Chinese Hackers May Have Accessed the Phone Data of Donald Trump and JD Vance

November 7, 2024
Chinese hackers have attempted to interfere in US elections before. Anonymous official sources have spoken out claiming that this year's free-ranging espionage campaign is seeking phone data from senior officials and leading candidates regardless of party affiliation.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Russian Midnight Blizzard Spear Phishing Campaign Targets Thousands Using RDP Files

November 6, 2024
Microsoft has warned of an ongoing spear phishing campaign for intelligence gathering by the Russian state-linked threat actor Midnight Blizzard.
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Delta and CrowdStrike Trade Lawsuits Over IT Outages and Flight Disruptions

November 6, 2024
As early as late July, Delta CEO Ed Bastian was threatening CrowdStrike with a lawsuit to recoup some of its estimated $500 million in losses from flight disruptions. CrowdStrike has filed its own suit pointing to Delta's slow recovery from the IT outage.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Canada Revenue Agency Admits Paying Out $190 Million to Scammers, Fake Tax Refunds

November 5, 2024
CRA has lost about $190 million in payments made to scammers since 2020, with the highlight item being a $40 million tax refunds scam in which the perpetrator simply logged into an account and requested the astounding sum of money using false T4A income reporting slips.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Insurance Administrator Landmark Admin Ransomware Data Breach Impacted Over 800,000 People

November 5, 2024
Insurance administrator Landmark Admin confirms that the May 2024 data breach stemming from a ransomware attack leaked the personal information of over 800,000 individuals.
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Cyber SecurityNews

White House National Security Memo on AI Boosts Federal Agency Adoption, Bans “Undemocratic” Uses

November 1, 2024
The Biden White House continues to seek a balance between AI innovation and safe ethical use with a new national security memorandum that stresses the need to outcompete rivals, but also sets limits in the most potentially abusive areas.
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Vote key on laptop showing election website cyber attack
Cyber SecurityNews

Georgia’s Election Website Suffers a Suspected Nation-State Cyber Attack

November 1, 2024
The U.S. state of Georgia’s election website experienced a “probing” cyber attack from a suspected nation-state threat actor, delaying absentee ballot requests.
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