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Understanding Dictionary Attacks in the Intersection of Cybersecurity and Business Strategies

Understanding Dictionary Attacks in the Intersection of Cybersecurity and Business Strategies

Insights Desk Mar 25, 2024

Highlights: A hacker typically targets applications and websites that lack rapid lockout mechanisms for incorrect login attempts and do not enforce additional authentication methods during the si...

Strategies to Defend Against Credential-Stuffing Attacks

Strategies to Defend Against Credential-Stuffing Attacks

Insights Desk Nov 27, 2023

Highlights: The most robust defense against credential stuffing is to mandate Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), demanding users authenticate with knowledge and possession factors. An effecti...

The Unseen Impacts of Spam Bots

The Unseen Impacts of Spam Bots

Insights Desk Nov 13, 2023

Highlights: Malicious bots give rise to various issues, from the mundane (inbox overflow) to the highly damaging (malware spread), affecting productivity for workers and compromising sensitive in...

Understanding Pharming Attack: A Sneaky Cyber Threat

Understanding Pharming Attack: A Sneaky Cyber Threat

Insights Desk Nov 06, 2023

Highlights: Malicious software, including viruses, Trojans, and keyloggers, can execute pharming attacks by infecting a user’s system, altering DNS settings, or manipulating host files, ultimat...

Defending Against Vishing Attacks: What You Need to Know

Defending Against Vishing Attacks: What You Need to Know

Insights Desk Oct 30, 2023

Highlights: While cybercriminals’ methods in smishing, phishing, and vishing attacks may vary, their objectives remain consistent: seizing control of accounts, perpetrating fraud, or looting fr...

Unmasking Cryptojacking: Threats, Detection, and Prevention

Unmasking Cryptojacking: Threats, Detection, and Prevention

Insights Desk Sep 05, 2023

Highlights: Malicious scripts can be injected into websites, online ads, or plugins. When a user visits an infected site, the script is executed without their knowledge, initiating the cryptojack...

GitHub Goes Passwordless With Passkey Support in Public Beta

GitHub Goes Passwordless With Passkey Support in Public Beta

Insights Desk Jul 14, 2023

Highlights: GitHub’s passkey public beta aligns with the growing trend of companies moving away from passwords. Passkeys, combined with personal identification numbers or biometric authentic...

All You Need to Know about Identity Theft in 2023

All You Need to Know about Identity Theft in 2023

Insights Desk May 10, 2023

Highlights: Unemployment fraud is also on the rise, with criminals using stolen identities to claim benefits. Despite efforts to prevent identity theft, it remains a significant threat. Don't ...

Google Implements Password Protection for User Accounts

Google Implements Password Protection for User Accounts

Insights Desk May 05, 2023

Highlights: A passkey-based login system uses the user's device for authentication rather than a username and password. The technology is founded on a method of encryption known as public-key ...

FBI Alerts Business Email Breach Attacks are Targeting Products

FBI Alerts Business Email Breach Attacks are Targeting Products

Insights Desk Apr 03, 2023

Highlights: The FBI claimed that scammers were using email accounts belonging to genuine businesses to order large quantities of goods from vendors all over the country. The FBI is advising al...

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