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Believe it…despite the best technical defences, if the human is not secure then the system isn’t either Real-world example: 2016 Democratic National Committee (DNC) hack. Phishing Tactics Hackers sent phishing emails to several DNC staff members, masquerading as Google security warnings. • The emails claimed there was suspicious activity on their Google accounts and urged […]

Believe it…your data is at risk, so be careful who you choose to share it with. Real-world example: 2020 MGM Resorts Data Breach In 2020, hackers obtained a database containing the personal information of over 142 million MGM Resorts guests and posted it for sale on a dark web marketplace. The data included names, addresses, […]

Not quite…the Twitter accounts of several high-profile influencers were accessed to facilitate a widespread social engineering attack. Not everyone is who they say they are. Real-world example: 2020 Twitter Bitcoin Scam In July 2020, attackers gained access to Twitter’s internal tools and compromised several high-profile accounts, including those of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama, […]