March 05 Security Nudge: 60 Seconds of Cyber Protection for Employees Worldwide
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The Register reports that the number of senior executives stuck by an ongoing phishing campaign continues to rise, with cybercriminals recording hundreds of cloud account takeovers, or ATOs, over the past 90 days.
CEOs and other senior management positions are targets for attackers, as well as vice presidents, sales directors and financial directors.
The overarching goal, as with all these types of assaults, is to gain access to as many privileged accounts as possible and exploit all available resources to commit subsequent crimes.
Successful account takeover attacks are often the result of weak, reused passwords.
Radio Cybercrime: Cloud Account Takeovers (ATO) Target CEOs
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Cybsafe recommends setting and enforcing a strong password policy that includes enabling multi-factor authentication, or MFA, for all accounts.
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