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Some users of the sports betting site Draft Kings discovered that they were locked out of their betting account and, more importantly, their bank accounts were drained. Learn how this happened and what you can do to minimize this risk. Note that this is attack is not limited to Draft Kings or sports book sites….
Technical Debt
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Are you managing your technical debt? Do you even understand what technical debt is? Does your management and Board (if there is one) understand that unaddressed technical debt is like a bottle of nitroglycerin just waiting to be jarred in the wrong way. And we just saw a massive example (as in their technical debt…
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Dark Patterns and the Law
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Dark patterns are techniques that web site operators, typically, use to make it more difficult to choose one option than another. For example, try to close your Amazon account or your Facebook account. It used to be that you had to call Amazon and they would try and talk you out of it. Now you…
Managing Insider Threat
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Cyber insider threat is a significant issue. It comes in multiple flavors – accidental and malicious and can be caused by IT or by general users. While relatively rare compared to ransomware, it is more common than you might think. Learn about the problem here. Audio Video
Lessons to Learn from the MGM-Caesars Breach
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The breaches of both MGM and Caesars were not high tech; they were pure social engineering attacks. That means that you can harden your company and your information likely for very little money. While this is early in the game, there are some easy lessons to learn here. Here are some key takeaways from the…
Banking Social Engineering Scams are Alive and Well
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The easiest way for hackers to steal your money is to get you to help them do it. We are seeing attacks where the victim gets a text message supposedly from their bank about a potentially fraudulent transaction and asking the victim if it is legitimate. If the victim answers, the hacker goes into high…