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Internet Safety Month: Avoiding the consequences of unsafe Internet practices

June 3, 2022 admin 101, 2fa, internet safety month, malware, mfa, password manager, ransomware, romance scam, romance scams, strong passwords, virtual private network, VPN

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:22:33 +0000

This Internet Safety Month, learn about the consequences of unsafe Internet practices, and how to avoid them.

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Why you shouldn’t automate your VirusTotal uploads

April 18, 2022 admin 101, attachments, bsi, tlp, virustotal

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:33:35 +0000

Security teams use VirusTotal as a second opinion scanner, but it’s not advisable to upload documents to VirusTotal as that may result in a breach of confidence and exposure of confidential data.

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How to update your drivers and when you need to

February 24, 2022 admin 101, device drivers, driver update, inux, Mac, windows

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:39:07 +0000

Device drivers are often forgotten. This article tells you how to update drivers and goes into when you should and what to avoid.

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Firefox and Chrome reaching major versions 100 may break some websites

February 17, 2022 admin 101, chrome, Edge, Firefox, user agent

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:59:50 +0000

With some of the most popular browsers reaching major versions 100, what problems can we expect because of the 3 digit version numbers?

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Spear phishing 101: what you need to know

January 29, 2020 admin 101, Business, malspam, organisation, organization, organizations, phish, phishing, SCAM, smishing, Social engineering, spam, spear phish, spear phishing, whaling

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:50:01 +0000

We look at the threat of spear phishing, why it’s such a problem, and what organizations can do to lessen the chance of a successful attack.

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Tags: 101 business malspam organisation organization organizations phish phishing scam smishing Social Engineering spam spear phish spear phishing whaling

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Everything you need to know about ATM attacks and fraud: part 2

August 2, 2019 admin 101, ALICE, Anunak, assistance fraud, atm attacks, atm cash-out attacks, ATM fraud, atm malware, Barnaby Jack, black box attacks, blog series, c0decalc, Carbanak, cutlet maker, Daniel Regalado, defrauding the elderly, distraction fraud, eavesdropping, extensions for financial services, greendispenser, jackpotting, logical attacks, malware-based attack, padpin, ploutus, sdelete, secure delete, shoulder surfing, social engineering attacks, stimulator, suceful, tyupkin, xfs middleware

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

In part two of this two-part series on ATM attacks and fraud, we outline the final two ATM attack types—logical and social engineering—and provide info on how they are conducted, the different malware families used in these attacks, and how to protect against them.

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Tags: ALICE anunak assistance fraud atm attacks atm cash-out attacks atm fraud atm malware barnaby jack black box attacks blog series c0decalc carbanak cutlet maker daniel regalado defrauding the elderly distraction fraud eavesdropping extensions for financial services greendispenser jackpotting logical attacks malware-based attack padpin ploutus sdelete secure delete shoulder surfing social engineering attacks stimulator suceful tyupkin xfs middleware

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Everything you need to know about ATM attacks and fraud: Part 1

May 30, 2019 admin 101, atm, atm attacks, atm card trapping, atm cash trapping, ATM fraud, atm industry association, atm malware strains, atm physical attack, atm safety guidelines, ATM scam, atm security 101, atm security working group, atm shimming, ATM skimming, atmia, atmswg, automated teller machine, east, ENISA, european association for secured transactions, explosives, glue trap, How-tos, police service of northern ireland, psno, ram raiding, taiwan heist, terminal tampering, vulnerable atm

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

If you’re familiar with skimming, you may have also heard of shimming, card trapping, and cash trapping. These are attacks and scams targeted at ATMs. Part 1 of our series explores various ATM attack scenarios and explains what users should look out for when using an ATM.

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Tags: atm atm attacks atm card trapping atm cash trapping atm fraud atm industry association atm malware strains atm physical attack atm safety guidelines ATM scam atm security 101 atm security working group atm shimming atm skimming atmia atmswg automated teller machine east enisa european association for secured transactions explosives glue trap police service of northern ireland psno ram raiding taiwan heist terminal tampering vulnerable atm

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What to do when you discover a data breach

May 23, 2019 admin 101, breach, Business, data breach, data breaches, Information, learn, obligations, preparations

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

You’ve discovered that your organization has been breached. Now what? Learn which steps to take in the immediate aftermath to limit the damage and preserve your company’s reputation.

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