Tag: social engineering
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Ransomware Attacks Cost Universities Over £2m
- by Connor McBean
- Advent IM News
The UK’s education sector continues to be hit by spiraling ransomware attacks, which can cost affected organizations in excess of £2m per incident, according to a new Jisc report. Read via Info Sec Magazine
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Email marketing giant Mailchimp has confirmed a data breach
- by Connor McBean
- General
Email marketing giant Mailchimp has confirmed a data breach after malicious hackers compromised an internal company tool to gain access to customer accounts. Read via Tech Crunch
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What is Social Engineering?
- by Connor McBean
- Advent IM Blog
Join us for a chat on Social Engineering, where we discuss what it is and what threats and details criminals could be after…. Watch here
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FBI Hacker Offers to Sell Data Allegedly Stolen in Robinhood Breach
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
The hacker who last week sent out thousands of fake emails from FBI systems is offering to sell data allegedly stolen in the recent breach at mobile stock trading platform Robinhood. Robinhood last week revealed that it had suffered a data breach in early November after someone used social engineering to trick an employee into […]
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Robinhood trading app hit by data breach affecting seven million
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
US share-trading app Robinhood has been hit by a security breach that has exposed the names or email addresses of more than seven million people. The company says the breach affected “a limited amount of personal information for a portion of our customers”. And it does not believe the most sensitive information it gathers – […]
Read MoreTrust Nothing, Question Everything… #socialengineering
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
IFSEC Global – Our very own Steve Foley talking about the threats we face from social engineering and the part it plays in insider threat to our organisational security. Read it here.
Read MoreTime to look at your Social Media Policy
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Malware delivery methodology We have known for some time that one of the most effective methods of malware delivery is via email spam. We have also come to learn that 40% of that spam now contains ransomware (IBM/CNBC research), so training staff in recognising spam and phishing that can lead to infection, is vital. However, Social […]
Read MoreSome top security tips that ALL employees can use
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
When it comes to security, one thing is clear, people occasionally do daft things with computers and devices, and they frequently do these daft things at work. They occasionally do malicious things too but it’s mostly just daft. So we can train our employees (including managers and directors) in our procedures and policies and enforce […]
Read MoreSocial Engineering – Still the best attacker exploit – guest post from Dale Penn, Advent IM Security Consultant
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Another great post from one of our consultants, this time from Dale Penn on the topic of Social Engineering. Introduction Social engineering is still the most prolific and successful method of hacking. It is a non-technical attack that relies on a user being tricked or coerced into some form of action which presents the attacker […]
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