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Most organizations’ external perimeter is pretty buttoned up. But once you make it inside it’s still pretty weak. It’s a pretty quick operation to go from social engineering to exploit somebody’s workstation, to pivoting in the environment and escalate all the way to an administrator where you can access anything.

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Over the weekend a screenshot circulating on Twitter caught our attention. Normally, this would be a one-off story for the weekly Rehashed round up, but this scam teaches a lesson that’s worth some focus. The lesson is that Social Engineering – when used effectively – will eventually defeat every security control you can throw at […]

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FBI warns US companies about rising email scams that have cost businesses up to $2.3 billion since 2013. The FBI this month issued a warning on a dramatic surge in business email compromise (BEC) scams that have resulted in huge financial losses among organizations nationwide. Cyber-criminals target businesses by spoofing company emails or performing other […]

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