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A compromised account is an account that has been accessed without the owner’s permission. Compromised accounts can happen for a variety of reasons including public data breaches, using weak passwords, failure to enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on online accounts, falling for phishing scams or having malware unknowingly installed on your device. Continue reading to learn more about compromised accounts and tips to prevent your accounts from being compromised.

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, artificial intelligence is a two-sided coin. Fraud protection software, like INETCO BullzAI, harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to offer fraud protection against financial criminals and cyber attackers. Conversely, fraudsters can weaponize the same technology to steal funds. A prominent example of this connection is synthetic identity fraud. This payment fraud vector often employs AI and deepfakes.

In July of this year, the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) stated in its release of an RFI on regulatory harmonization that: “When cybersecurity regulations of the same underlying technology are inconsistent or contradictory—or where they are duplicative but enforced differently by different regulators … consumers pay more, and our national security suffers.” This is an understatement. SecurityScorecard agrees and was happy to share our comments with ONCD today.

In cybersecurity, the terms “trust” and “transparency” are often mentioned. And while they should no doubt be a priority, they can also be difficult to quantify. Good CISOs recognize that transparency in cybersecurity isn’t a one-time effort. It’s a continuous process that involves a near-constant state of evolution. But with the right tools and systems in place, it’s possible to not only measure trust and transparency but improve them as well.

The best security posture is a multi-layered security posture. Enterprise security leaders understand that no single tool or solution can provide best-in-class security to an entire organization on its own. As a result, security leaders continually invest in new security tools and platforms to address a growing list of emerging cyber threats like ransomware, credential-based attacks, and malicious insiders. However, not all network security solutions work together smoothly.

Custom Descriptions Teams can now design custom descriptions to provide context as to why a finding was ignored, resolved or marked as false positive. Previously, teams were provided a set of out of the box options, for the common use cases. The new flow resembles a standard documentation process where canned and contextual responses are available to help scale internal communication.

When a ransomware group launched twin cyber attacks on casino giants MGM and Caesars, they only needed the accidental participation of the organizations’ outsourced IT help desk to get started. It was social engineering — in this case impersonation over the phone, or vishing— that gave the hackers the information they needed to launch a ransomware attack that cost both casinos millions.

In Q2 and Q3 of this year, Kroll observed an increase in large-scale AiTM phishing and BEC attacks targeting organizations within the professional services, banking and financial industries. In 90% of Kroll's recent BEC investigations, MFA was in place at the time of unauthorized access, but attackers can obtain authentication tokens and/or session cookies to easily evade defenses.

Transport Layer Security (TLS) provides security for internet communications. TLS is the successor to the now-deprecated Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), but it is common for TLS and SSL to be used as synonyms for the current cryptographic protocols that encrypt digital communications through public key infrastructure (PKI).

If you’re developing a vendor risk management (VRM) plan from scratch or looking to scale your existing program, a cybersecurity IT risk assessment template can help you get started. Fortunately, you have options. In this blog, we’ve listed several templates, frameworks, and checklists that can help you create a personalized vendor cybersecurity IT risk assessment questionnaire.