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Communication: Using Social Engineering Techniques in Everyday Life

| | communication , communication and social engineering , ego suspension , how to use social engineering in communication , Newsletter , quid pro quo , social engineering , validating others
When I first started in the social engineering field, I had no idea how much it would impact my everyday […] ...
Security Through Education

TikTok Abused Kids’ Data — UK Fines it $16 Million

| | Australia , Bytedance , children , Children and smartphones , five eyes , information commissioner's office , SB Blogwatch , TikTok , uk , Won’t somebody think of the children?
$8.50 per child: UK regulator punishes TikTok at 5.5% of revenue. Says app illegally tracked children ...
Security Boulevard

Screenshotting: Can You See What I See?

| | Chariot , CNNs , machine learning , ML , Red Team , screenshotting
At Praetorian, we firmly believe that the most effective way to secure your systems is to look at them through an offensive lens. After all, when you view yourself the same way ...
Blog - Praetorian

Western Digital Hacked: ‘My Cloud’ Data Dead (Even Local Storage!)

| | cloud storage , My Cloud , Ransomware , SB Blogwatch , storage , WD , Western Digital , Western Digital My Cloud
Déjà Vu: Hack of WD systems leads to My Cloud service outage. Owners unable to access files ...
Security Boulevard

Passkeys and Biometrics Can Thwart Bad Actors

| | Authentication , biometrics , FIDO , identity , Passkeys , passwordless
Cybersecurity breaches are a constant threat, and it’s only getting worse. In 2021, 45% of US companies suffered data breaches related to compromised credentials, 42 million individuals suffered losses greater than $50 ...
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Twitter Presses GitHub to Turn Over User Who Leaked Source Code

| | Breach , Data Security , GitHub , leaks , Source Code , Twitter
When Twitter joined the ranks of tech companies whose source code leaked online, it was met with little surprise and a whole lot of unease over what the leak might mean for ...
Security Boulevard

Brits Slap Wrists of DDoS Kids, via NCA’s Fake Booter Sites

| | booter , booter services , booters and stressers , crime , ddos , National Crime Agency , National Cyber Crime Unit , NCA , Operation Power Off , Operation PowerOFF , SB Blogwatch , U.K. National Crime Agency , uk
UK National Crime Agency nips it in the bud: Aims to scare straight naughty DDoS kiddies ...
Security Boulevard

I’d TAP That Pass

| | Azure AD , Cloud Security , Infosec , OAuth , Red Team
Summary:Given that:Temporary Access Passes (TAP) are enabled in the Azure AD tenantANDYou have an authentication admin role in Azure ADYou can assign users a short lived password called a Temporary Access Pass (TAP) ...
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The 2023 Security Landscape: A Social Engineer’s Take

| | 2023 security landscape , Cybersecurity , cybersecurity education , Cybersecurity Training , General , hacking tools , human network , Protect Yourself , Ransomware , security , social engineer , social engineer experts , social engineering
High-profile data breaches, attacks on essential infrastructures, and targeted cyber warfare made 2022 a pivotal year in the cybersecurity field. […] ...
Social-Engineer, LLC

ChatGPT Less Convincing Than Human Social Engineers in Phishing Attacks

| | AI , chatbots , ChatGPT , Malware , Phishing , social engineering
Tech companies large and small are all jumping on the AI chatbot bandwagon—Google just opened up access to its Bard offering and ChatGPT is already on version 4—and, not surprisingly, threat actors ...
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