Wood you fall for this?
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This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner alongside Joe Carrigan are discussing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines.
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- AttackPhishingMessages that impersonate someone trusted to get people to click, log in or pay.
- ConceptAPT · Advanced persistent threatA well-resourced hacking group, usually tied to a government, that runs long, targeted campaigns.
- AttackRansomwareMalware that encrypts an organisation's systems and demands payment, often after stealing data to leak.
- ConceptExploitCode or a technique that turns a software flaw into something an attacker can actually use.