Understanding The Tactics and Techniques of Online Fraudsters (May 23)
Category: GDPR & Cyber | Duration: 1hr | Tag: VODIATS23D3S3 | Type: Video | Speaker: Liam Lynch | Date: 04/05/2023 12:00
Course Details
The most recent report from the EU's Cyber security agency, ENISA, showed that Ransomware and Social Engineering are two of the top three cyber threats to EU based organisations. Cyber criminals leverage these to make a considerable amount of money from their victims. This can be through theft of valuable client data in the case of ransomware or taking control of email accounts and initiating payment fraud through social engineering.
Accountants regularly store and manage valuable client data, which is highly prized by the organised criminal gangs. The threats posed by these gangs are constantly evolving, so it is important to keep up-to-date on the current tactics and techniques that are being utilised by them. Better awareness by staff, will reduce the risk of there being any downtime or reputation damage to the practice should they fall victim to something like a phishing email.
In this session Liam covers the following topics;
- Understanding social engineering
- Email account takeover protection
- How conversations (email or texts) get hijacked
- Payment fraud prevention
- Resisting ransomware
CPD Course Speaker
L2 Cyber Security Solutions
Liam Lynch
Liam has over 35 years of experience in IT. He started out as a programmer in the 1980s - yes, he's one of the people who fixed the Y2K bug - before moving into networking, infrastructure and security in the 90s. Having worked with people at every level, he has a knack for explaining scary technical topics and boring legal subjects in language that anyone can relate to and understand.
In 2016, Liam founded L2 Cyber Security Solutions, whose maxim is #SecuritySimplified — reflecting his mission to bring easy-to-understand cyber security awareness to everyone. He specialises in helping micro, small and medium businesses and charities, which usually don't have the in-house IT or cyber security support that larger corporates enjoy.
Through L2 Cyber, Liam delivers up-to-date, fun and easy-to-follow training in cyber security awareness and Data Protection/GDPR. Since the HSE ransomware attack in May 2021, his cyber security assessment service has been in high demand, giving businesses an independent view of the strengths and weaknesses in their IT infrastructure, with prioritised recommendations for fixing any gaps. He also helps organisations plan for the worst through incident response and business resiliency planning.
In 2016, Liam founded L2 Cyber Security Solutions, whose maxim is #SecuritySimplified — reflecting his mission to bring easy-to-understand cyber security awareness to everyone. He specialises in helping micro, small and medium businesses and charities, which usually don't have the in-house IT or cyber security support that larger corporates enjoy.
Through L2 Cyber, Liam delivers up-to-date, fun and easy-to-follow training in cyber security awareness and Data Protection/GDPR. Since the HSE ransomware attack in May 2021, his cyber security assessment service has been in high demand, giving businesses an independent view of the strengths and weaknesses in their IT infrastructure, with prioritised recommendations for fixing any gaps. He also helps organisations plan for the worst through incident response and business resiliency planning.