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$2,4 billion damage: When the wrong CEO requests money
$2,4 billion damage: When the wrong CEO requests money

According to the FBI, CEO fraud is the most costly online scam, with fraudsters causing a total of $2021 billion in damage in 2,4. Here, a scammer requests a high referral from a company employee through the CEO's channels or with the identity. ESET shows how companies can get a grip on the threat. When it comes to IT security, people are usually the weakest link in the chain - this also applies to social engineering, a form of phishing. CEO fraud, a variant of social engineering, has caused more damage to victims in 2021 than…

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Critical: identity-based attacks
Critical: identity-based attacks

Identity-based attacks are one of the greatest threats to IT security today, as modern hybrid corporate networks offer cybercriminals numerous gateways. A comment from Martin Kulendik, Regional Sales Director DACH at Silverfort. Hackers, for example, use hijacked accounts to gain initial access via SaaS apps and IaaS in the public cloud or penetrate the company perimeter via compromised VPN or Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections. Hackers can then continue their attacks from one machine to the next using compromised credentials. Lateral movement of this type occurs in both Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) and ...

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