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17/05/2023

Happy World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ℹ️ 💻 📱

10 Advantages of AI for Cybersecurity 🦾

✅ A lot of data is handled by AI.

✅ AI gets smarter with time.

✅ AI may automate threat detection, improve response times, and keep up with hackers.

✅ AI can identify new risks. AI can be used to detect criminal activity and online dangers. AI may be trained to recognize patterns, detect malware behaviour, and detect malware.

✅ AI finds undiscovered risks. It has the ability to foresee the actions and motivations of hackers in a variety of cyber security attacks.

✅ AI anticipates threats of breach. The IT asset inventory, which is a comprehensive list of all equipment, users, and apps, can be determined with the aid of AI. It can anticipate where and how data security may be exploited. It allows for the configuration and enhancement of cyber resilience processes.

✅ Better vulnerability management is provided by AI.

✅ Duplicate cyber security procedures are handled by AI.

✅ AI quickens the detection and reaction times. The passing of time is crucial when data is corrupted. AI has the ability to detect threats early and stop them from doing any damage.

✅ AI makes authentication secure. AI employs authentication security whenever it accesses accounts, including fingerprint scanners, CAPTCHAs, and facial recognition.

15/05/2023

Cyber criminals are targeting your industry.

13/05/2023

Recent cyber security attacks explained!

https://purplesec.us/security-insights/zloader-malware/

On April 13, 2022, Microsoft announced that their Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) -in a joint effort with ESET, Black Lotus Labs, Palo Alto Networks, HealthISAC, and Financial Services-ISAC – has successfully disrupted the botnet distributing the ZLoader trojan.

12/05/2023

Personas in Cyber Security series: How to stay safe in an online world by Maytal Brooks-Kempler 👇

https://www.ted.com/talks/may_brooks_kempler_think_cyber_how_to_stay_safe_in_an_online_world

Think Safe Cyber - How to stay secured in an online world: If you have a Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp than you're at risk of falling victim to a cyber attack. Over 80% of all security incidents involve the human factor, we're all exposed to cyber threats: viruses, ransomware, sextortion, phishing...

10/05/2023

10 distinct signs of Deepfakes 👇

Deepfake is a term used to describe a type of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven media that visually misleads an audience or a technology system by showing a person acting in a way that they did not actually do.

Various types of Deepfakes

1. Textual. AI-generated context, machine learning-, and NLP-based artistic endeavours like drawing.

2. Video. False images and videos produced by AI, especially when they are used in the media to explain events.

3. Audio. Human voice produced by AI. Deepfake algorithms can pick up information from a voice impersonator’s audiotapes.

4. Identity. Deepfake profiles on social media created by AI.

5. Real deepfakes. It enables the impersonation of political rivals and the imitation of user voices by hackers for voice authentication.

10 distinct signs of Deepfakes

✔️ Lack of eye movement or abnormal eye movement.

✔️ An absence of blinks.

✔️ Inappropriate facial expression.

✔️ Unnatural body shape because deepfakes tend to emphasise faces over bodies in general.

✔️ Abnormal hair. Deepfakes are unable to produce distinctive traits.

✔️ Unusual skin tone.

✔️ Awkward bodily alignment.

✔️ Strange lighting.

✔️ Discoloration. It might have odd lighting and misplaced shadows.

✔️ Lip-syncing issues or misalignment with the speaker’s speech.

06/05/2023

Recent cyber security attacks explained - 5 min video

https://purplesec.us/accellion-data-breach-explained/

The Accellion file transfer application (FTA) data breach has impacted over 100 companies, organizations, universities, and government agencies around the world and continues to grow every week.

05/05/2023

Personas in Cyber Security series: What you need to know about stalkerware by Eva Galperin 👇

https://www.ted.com/talks/eva_galperin_what_you_need_to_know_about_stalkerware

"Full access to a person's phone is the next best thing to full access to a person's mind," says cybersecurity expert Eva Galperin. In an urgent talk, she describes the emerging danger of stalkerware -- software designed to spy on someone by gaining access to their devices without their knowledge --...

03/05/2023

Educational institutions have the slowest recovery time from cyber attacks.

Cyber Security challenges schools are facing today 👇

👉 Unsecure wireless connection

👉 Wireless routers

👉 Social media usage

👉 Social media information sharing

👉 Scam emails

👉 Increase in e-learning tools

👉 Lack of resources

👉 Teachers awareness lack

👉 Students awareness lack

👉 Lack of cyber security policies

Cybersecurity lessons should be part of the study plan. Youth will therefore have a greater understanding of digital surroundings, thereby defending themselves against dangers including identity theft, credential theft, psychological online manipulation, falling for phishing schemes, and invasion of digital privacy.

That is why it is easier to prevent than to recover:

✅ Information back up

✅ Advanced password security

✅ Anti-virus solutions

✅ Anti-malware solutions

✅ Raising cyber security awareness at schools

✅ Sufficient phishing training for teachers

✅ Cyber security study curriculum for students

✅ Cyber hygiene

29/04/2023

Recent cyber security attacks explained - 5 min video

https://purplesec.us/kaseya-ransomware-attack-explained/

The Kaseya ransomware attack has impacted over 50 MSPs and between 800 and 1500 companies. With a ransom note of $70 million this is quickly becoming the largest ransomware attack in history.

28/04/2023

Happy World Day for Safety and Health at Work!

Check the motivational talk by a cyberpsychologist who delivers a fascinating look into the psychology of cybercrime.

Personas in Cyber Security series: Human Hacking by Dr. Erik J. Huffman 👇

https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_erik_j_huffman_the_making_of_a_cyber_victim_human_hacking_the_psychology_behind_cybersecurity_cyberpsychology

We have created an environment we are not built for. Hackers are not just hacking computer they are hacking people. Technology is not the problem, we are.