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Unsophisticated campaigns use off-the-shelf RATs and other tools to exfiltrate data and demand a ransom to keep it private.
Fraudster innovation will continue to drive successful phishing, business email compromise, and socially engineered attacks, researchers say.
The new guidelines would require public companies to file periodic disclosures about their cybersecurity practices and notify the SEC within 96 hours of a material breach.
Proactive steps in recruiting women to cybersecurity teams, along with policies focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, help make cybersecurity teams more effective. Addressing specific barriers that female candidates face will make those teams more inclusive and more representative.
Scams pressure victims to "resolve an issue that could impact their status, business."
Security experts criticize company for reversing course, albeit temporarily, on a decision it made just this February to block macros in files downloaded from the Internet.
Fraudster allegedly passed off refurbished, modified Cisco equipment as new to hospitals, schools, and even the military.
This year's RSA Conference saw a strange mix of selling the future and the past — for good reason.