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The Benefits of Digital Risk Protection Services

riskacademy — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 18:51:13 +0000

Over the last several months, organizations globally have realized the accelerated transformation of work processes, business models and customer relationships as we deal with a global pandemic. Everything from work from home for employees and digital-first engagement with customers, to new collaborations with partners has impacted how we work and do business. How are organizations coping with the dramatically increased public attack surface? Any organization that conducts business online, promotes products on the web or has customers engaging in its offerings on social media platforms needs to ensure that its public attack surface is safeguarded. If not, organizations are at risk for fraud that targets customers, damages the brand, or even attacks against the company’s assets – i.e. its data, executives and IT infrastructure. These kinds of threats, especially when made public, can significantly damage an organization’s reputation, resulting in the loss of digital trust and reduced revenues, to name a few.

The bad news for businesses is that these types of threats are only increasing, especially since the start of the pandemic. According to recent ZeroFOX…

A Wake-Up Call for Security

riskacademy — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:56:59 +0000

It started with a phone call, moved on to scamming unsuspecting victims out of Bitcoin, and ended in the arrests of three people, including a Florida teenager.

The July 15 hijacking of about 130 high-profile and verified Twitter accounts, including those of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, scammed dozens of people out of about $120,000 worth of bitcoin. The incident, which gained worldwide attention, contained a bit of everything, including a celebrity element and questions about the reliability of messages posted on one of the world’s largest social media platforms.

The arrests of a 17-year-old and two others in connection with the hacking case by the U.S. Justice Department and state prosecutors in Florida also reveal how rather basic hacking techniques, such as phone phishing and SIM swapping, can affect the security of an entire organization, leaving employees and internal resources open to attack.

“We still don’t know exactly what happened with Twitter, however, they’ve acknowledged that the incident was started by a phone spear phishing attack,” Hank Schless, a senior manager for security solutions at Lookout, told Dice….