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Social Engineering Takes Center Stage Amid COVID-19 Sitreps as Cyber Scams Reach Pandemic Proportions

30 March 2020 Gate 15

With multiple COVID-19 updates per day from myriad sources, scammers are predictably using every conceivable (and even inconceivable) lure to hide their cyber attacks in plain sight.

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Posted in: threats Filed under: covid-19, cybersecurity, pandemic, social engineering

Social Engineering: It’s Never About the Security, It’s About the People

12 October 2017 Gate 15

By Jennifer Kazy If you are a Doctor Who fan, you likely recognize the title used for this post in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cybersecurity, preparedness, social engineering

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