Category Archives: insider threat

Understanding the Cyber Risk Exposures Within the Health Care Industry

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The health care industry is one of the most popular and lucrative targets for cyberattacks and malicious activity. Health care organizations always present as an attractive proposition to hackers as they possess high volumes of sensitive information about patients and rely on highly vulnerable medical devices. Advancements in medical procedures and the growth in digital […]

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Man charged with Ubiquiti data breach and extortion was employee assigned to investigate hack

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A former employee of Ubiquiti Networks has been arrested and charged in connection with a hack that stole gigabytes of data and attempted to extort US $2 million from the firm.

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The importance of vulnerability management for your organization

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Everyone is familiar with home burglaries. Criminals case a house looking for easy access through open windows, unlocked doors, open garages, and the like. Hackers take the same approach electronically and look for network vulnerabilities that grant th… Continue reading The importance of vulnerability management for your organization→

Eliminate cyber friction with smarter technology

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In modern organizations, it’s natural for there to be some friction between cybersecurity teams and employees. While the cybersecurity teams defends the organization’s attack surface with a defense-in-depth combination of tools, processes, … Continue reading Eliminate cyber friction with smarter technology→

How Detego is Helping Banks Protect Customers from the Rising Threat of Fraud

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Fraud is one of the biggest threats facing banks and financial institutions worldwide.
The US is home to the highest number of credit card fraud causes globally, losing around $9.47 billion to the crime in 2018. As of 2021, fraud … Read more The… Continue reading How Detego is Helping Banks Protect Customers from the Rising Threat of Fraud→

80% of organizations experienced employees misusing and abusing access to business apps

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Organizations continue to operate with limited visibility into user activity and sessions associated with web applications, despite the ever-present risk of insider threats and credential theft, a CyberArk research reveals. While the adoption of web ap… Continue reading 80% of organizations experienced employees misusing and abusing access to business apps→

Bank of America employee indicted for email scam that targeted businesses

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A 30-year-old man employed at Bank of America and TD Mark is alleged to have exploited his position to defraud five businesses out of more than $1.1 million in a Business Email Compromise plot.

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Insider Threat Prediction Based on Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Scheme for Proactive Forensic Investigation

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Hello everyone. Wei Yichen from the University of Hong Kong. Today I’m going to introduce our paper about insider threat prediction based on Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Scheme for Proactive Forensic Investigation.Let’s start with t… Continue reading Insider Threat Prediction Based on Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Scheme for Proactive Forensic Investigation→

3 ways any company can guard against insider threats this October

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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but most business leaders and consumers don’t need a special event to remember cybersecurity’s preeminence in today’s turbulent digital landscape. Even so, a little reminder can’t hurt. With the average cost of… Continue reading 3 ways any company can guard against insider threats this October→