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AI Governance: Opportunities and Challenges in Cybersecurity
AI Governance: Opportunities and Challenges in Cybersecurity With the increasing reliance on AI technologies in various fields, AI Governance has become a key factor to ensure system integrity and data protection. This governance plays an essential role in enhancing confidence in modern technology and ensuring that it is used responsibly. It has been almost two years since OpenAI’s ChatGPT went viral, igniting widespread interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and setting off a wave of technological and investment growth in the field. Academic and technical investments in artificial intelligence: The advancements in AI since then have been staggering, with exponential increases ...
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Keeping Our Kids Safe Online
A Guide For Keeping Your Kids Safe Online Parents and all who are concerned about the well-being of our young kids in this digital world. Today we will discuss a topic of utmost importance: digital safety for kids. Yes, the Internet can be a very dangerous place for our young kids , especially with the spread of phishing scams. So, let us dive deeper and present to you, in this comprehensive article, a comprehensive guide on digital safety for kids. What every parent needs to pay attention to. Internet risks for kids: The internet has become a big part of ...
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Could you be hacked through Slack?
Could you be hacked through Slack? The usage of collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Slack has significantly increased, with nearly 80% of employees utilizing them. These platforms are designed to be convenient and easily manageable for daily conversations within organizations. However, what makes them easy and convenient also renders them vulnerable to cyber threats and attacks. In 2021, for instance, 780 gigabytes of data from the gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) were breached through Slack! During the same year, a security vulnerability in Microsoft Teams was exploited to launch a widespread cyber attack on ...
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Employees and cyber security: dangerous statistics about Phishing
Employees and cyber security The relationship between employees and cyber security this days must be tight and your company have to give it the right care if you want to keep your data and your business secure.. According to insights from our leading Phishing simulation tool PhishGuard, 58% of users in Saudi Arabia have opened at least one phishing email. These insights reveal that at least one out of four employees have interacted with a phishing email, either by clicking on a link or downloading a malicious attachment. In some cases, employees have gone further and submitted their personal information ...
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LinQ2’s Participation at CITC Digital Technology Forum 2022
We are happy to announce that our product LinQ2, has been chosen to participate in CITC annual Digital Technology Forum, in addition to being nominated for the Top Technical Product award. The theme of this year’s forum is “Enabling Local Technology Products“. The Communication & Information Technology Commission (CITC) has recognized our efforts and achievements with our enterprise messaging gateway LinQ2. As our product can seamlessly and securely process messages from and to applications and systems, as well as have the ability to integrate with different channels and connection options. We at Cerebra continuously strive to become one of the ...
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Uber security breach by 18-year-old Hacker!
Uber security breach by 18-year-old Hacker! Uber security breach proves that the largest companies can be hacked by teenagers! this news will undoubtedly shock you.. How Uber security breach happened? Uber recently experienced a cyberattack where an 18-year-old hacker accessed their systems by launching a successful social engineering attack on an employee. The hacker used stolen employee credentials to launch an MFA (Multi-Factor authentication) Fatigue attack. It is an attack where a victim receives multiple requests from their MFA application till it bothers them out leading them to eventually accept the request. The teenage attacker did not disclose how he ...
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What is the role of MFA? |ECC & SAMA Compliance
ECC & SAMA Compliance with MFA solution Do you know that there are a great MFA solutions in market today help your organization for ECC & SAMA Compliance? this article will show you how and we will provide you the most incredible MFA solution help to comply with Cybersecurity regulation in KSA.. With the world of cyber threats becoming more intense than ever, organizations need to comprehend the need for an improved cybersecurity framework. The universal goal is to protect the organization’s network from any outsider or insider threats, especially with the addition of remote work resulting from the COVID-19 ...
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5 Benefits of Using AI in Cyber security | Artificial Intelligence
Using AI in Cybersecurity We should start learning using AI in cyber security because Hackers aren’t going to slow down any time soon and with a using AI! The next step to level up in protecting your business’s IT infrastructure is to integrate artificial intelligence. Studies have revealed that AI will strengthen the wall between systems and cyber threats. According to an IBM report, the average total cost of a data breach increased in 2021 from $3.86 million to $4.24 million. Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and advanced in their attacks resulting in this significant rise in cost. They are elevating ...
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Smishing Attacks (SMS Phishing) Trends | 2022
Did you know that there are 6.648 billion (83.72%) people worldwide who own a mobile phone and in Saudi Arabia alone, 97.5% of its society owns one? Also, did you know that the average time people spend on their phones is 3 hours and 43 minutes? What if you knew that they are all vulnerable to fraud attacks via Smishing! With most of the world connected to their mobile phones on a daily basis, this incited cyber criminals to level up their SMS phishing attacks . Smishing Attacks Trends It’s no wonder that the number of smishing attacks has increased in the ...
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The 6 hacker hat colors | Explained
hacker hat colors | Explained There are different hacker hat colors: black, white, grey, white, green, and blue hats. this article will explain you the deference.. When the word hacker or hacking is mentioned, a universal definition pops into mind. A hacker is known to be a cybercriminal who inflicts chaos on their victims by breaching, stealing, or damaging online systems and data. This is just one part of what the word hacking withholds. And contrary to popular belief, hacking is a broad and diversified category that is misunderstood. The dependency on storing data electronically, as computers have taken ...
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Identity Access Management (IAM) | What is it?
Identity Access Management (IAM) It’s so important for organizations today to Identity Access management solution. This article will put your org on the right direction! With Digital Transformation, remote work acceptance and e-services becoming ubiquitous, Businesses’ and organizations – of all sizes – main concern is to keep its Information Technology (IT) up and running around the clock. This requires its various ingredients such as database and servers to be secure. This means they are always on the lookout for ways to achieve the most efficient way to be safe and secure. Typically, organizations follow basic protocols and use p asswords ...
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Insider Threats in Cyber Security | types & protection
Insider Threats in Cyber Security Organizations tend to only focus on setting cyber security measures for potential threats and intrusions made by external circumstances. Unfortunately, they undermine the possibilities of a trusted employee launching a cyber-attack against them. This negligence resulted in 34% of businesses being affected by an insider threat on a yearly basis. This cyber security risk does not only leave the organization vulnerable but is also viewed as an easy target for internal and external threats. Whoever has authorized access to sensitive data, either it being an employee or a partner (which sometimes referred to as Third-party ...
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